Welcome to face2face Second edition!
face2face Second edition
face2face Second edition is a general English course for For more on the face2face approach, see p11.
adults and young adults who want to learn to communicate All new language is included in the interactive Language
quickly and effectively in today’s world. Based on the Summaries in the back of the Student’s Book and is regularly
communicative approach, it combines the best in current recycled and reviewed. Students can also review new
methodology with innovative new features designed to make language in the Extra Practice section in the Student’s Book,
learning and teaching easier. Each self-contained double- on the Self-study DVD-ROM and in the Workbook.
page lesson is easily teachable off the page with minimal The Student’s Book provides approximately 80 hours of core
preparation. teaching material, which can be extended to 120 hours with
The face2face Second edition syllabus integrates the learning the inclusion of the photocopiable materials and extra ideas in
of new language with skills development and places equal this Teacher’s Book.
emphasis on vocabulary and grammar. The course uses a The vocabulary selection in face2face Second edition
guided discovery approach to learning, first allowing students has been informed by the English Vocabulary Profile
to check what they know, then helping them to work out the (see p17) as well as the Cambridge International Corpus
rules for themselves through carefully structured examples and and the Cambridge Learner Corpus.
concept questions.
face2face Second edition is fully compatible with the
There is a strong focus on listening and speaking throughout Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
face2face Second edition. Innovative Help with Listening (CEFR) and gives students regular opportunities to evaluate
sections help students to understand natural spoken their progress. The Advanced Student’s Book completes C1
English in context and there are numerous opportunities (see p16–p21).
for communicative, personalised speaking practice. The
Real World lessons in each unit focus on the functional
and situational language students need for day-to-day life.
face2face Second edition Advanced Components
Student’s Book with Self-study Class Audio CDs
DVD-ROM The three Class Audio CDs contain all the listening material
The Student’s Book provides 10 units with three for the Student’s Book and the listening sections of the
lessons. A and B lessons have extended reading and Progress Tests for units 5 and 10.
listening texts and a self-contained full-page Writing
activity. Lesson C is a double-page spread that includes Workbook and Online Workbook
Real World language. The Workbook provides further practice of all language
The Self-study DVD-ROM is an invaluable resource presented in the Student’s Book. It also includes a 30-page
for students with over 250 exercises in all language Reading and Writing Portfolio based on the CEFR. The
areas, a Review Video for each unit, My Test and My Online Workbook provides students with the same Workbook
Progress sections, where students evaluate their own exercises in an easy-to-use online format, as well as additional
progress, and an interactive Phonemic Symbols chart. audio and supporting activities. It also allows teachers to
In addition there is an e-Portfolio with Grammar monitor students’ work online.
Reference, Word List, Word Cards, plus a My Work
section where students can build a digital portfolio of Testmaker CD-ROM and Audio CD
their work. (See the photocopiable user instructions on The Testmaker enables teachers to create, edit, save and print
p13–p15.) their own tests, choosing exercises from the Progress Tests
and a bank of extra questions. Testmaker also allows teachers
Teacher’s Book with Teacher’s DVD to produce two versions of each test to prevent students from
This Teacher’s Book includes Teaching Tips, Classroom sharing answers.
Activities and Teaching Notes for each lesson, as well
as an extensive bank of photocopiable materials (see Website
p3). The Teacher’s DVD contains video presentation Visit www.cambridge.org/elt/face2face for bilingual Word
material for the bank of Video worksheets in the Lists, sample materials, full details of how face2face Second
Student’s Book, as well as printable PDFs of all the edition covers the grammatical and lexical areas specified by
Teaching Notes and photocopiable materials (see p12). the CEFR and much more!
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New Features of face2face
Second edition Advanced
NEW VIDEO NEW Teacher’s
worksheets DVD with all the video
for each presentation material,
unit. (Video Teaching Notes and
presentational photocopiable materials
material is on from this Teacher’s Book.
the Teacher’s
DVD.)
NEW
full-page
Extra
Practice and
Progress
Portfolio
sections for
each unit in
NEW Help with the back of
Pronunciation the Student’s
sections in the Book provide
Student’s Book further
enable students controlled
to improve their practice of all
pronunciation and new language.
help them to
communicate more
effectively.
NEW full-
page Writing
sections for
each unit help
students by
focusing on
punctuation,
spelling and
discourse
markers.
NEW Self-study DVD-ROM with over 250 practice
exercises, Review Video, My Test and My Progress
sections, e-Portfolio and much more!
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A Guide to the Student’s Book
Lessons A and B in each
unit introduce and practise Menu boxes list the
new language and develop language taught and
Advanced skills. reviewed in each lesson.
New language is introduced
in context in authentic
reading or listening texts.
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Help with Grammar sections combine
both inductive and deductive approaches There are practice Students can learn and
to grammar. Either the rules of form and Help with Pronunciation activities immediately check the meaning of new
use are given or students are encouraged sections help students after the presentation vocabulary in the interactive
to work them out for themselves before with specific areas of of vocabulary to help Language Summary for
checking their answers in the interactive pronunciation that they consolidate the new the unit in the back of the
Language Summary for the unit. often find problematic. language. Student’s Book.
Get ready ... Get it right! sections are
structured communicative speaking
tasks that focus on both accuracy and
fluency. The Get ready ... stage provides
the opportunity for students to plan the
language and content of what they are going
to say before Getting it right! when they do
the communicative stage of the activity.
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A Guide to the Student’s Book
Quick Reviews at the beginning
of each lesson recycle previously
learned language and get the
class off to a lively, student-
centred start.
Frequent speaking opportunities give Controlled practice
students the chance to work in pairs exercises check students
or groups to practise new language have understood the
and prepare for activities. meaning and form of new
language.
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The Writing sections help
students by focusing on
punctuation, spelling and
discourse markers.
Help with Vocabulary sections encourage
students to work out the rules of form
and use of new vocabulary themselves
before checking in the interactive
Language Summary for the unit.
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Lesson C in each unit provides students
with opportunities to work with different
types of authentic listening and reading
texts, and then to develop their speaking
and writing skills. In the even-numbered
units these lessons focus on integrated
skills practice. In the odd-numbered units
they focus on functional language.
Real World sections The continue2learn There is a full-page Extra Practice section in The Self-study DVD-
focus on the functional sections show the back of the Student’s Book, which provides ROM provides further
language students need students where revision of key language from the unit. Students practice activities,
for day-to-day life. they can continue can also monitor their progress by completing Review Video, drills,
practising and the Progress Portfolio, which is based on My Test, My Progress
extending their the requirements of the Common European and e-Portfolio
knowledge of the Framework of Reference for Languages. sections.
language taught in
the unit.
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The face2face Approach
Listening stems (e.g. There’s no way I’d …), connotation, informal
A typical listening activity in face2face Second edition and formal language, phrasal verbs and phrasal nouns
Advanced checks understanding of gist and then asks (e.g. go down with, onset), word building, fixed and semi-
questions about specific details. In other activities students fixed phrases (e.g. hit and miss, in phases).
guess the meanings of words or phrases from the context When students meet a new vocabulary area, they are
and interpret the speaker’s attitudes. The authentic often asked to tick the words they know before doing a
recordings in every unit expose students to natural matching exercise or checking in the Language Summaries.
connected speech and a range of accents. This is usually followed by communicative practice of the
The 10 Help with Listening worksheets in this Teacher’s new vocabulary. They are also encouraged to deduce the
Book use authentic recordings from the Student’s Book, meaning of new words, either from the context or from
and focus on how fluent speakers of English structure the prefix, suffix, etc. In addition, each unit in face2face
their discourse in a variety of genres. Second edition Advanced includes at least one Help with
Vocabulary section, designed to guide students towards
For Teaching Tips on Listening, see p22. a better understanding of the lexical systems of English.
The information in these sections is in the Language
Speaking Summaries for students to refer to.
All the lessons in face2face Advanced and the Class
For longer courses and/or more able students, this
Activities worksheets provide students with numerous
Teacher’s Book also contains one Vocabulary Plus
speaking opportunities, which focus on both accuracy
worksheet for each unit. These worksheets introduce
and fluency.
and practise new vocabulary that is not included in the
Even at advanced level, students may need time to Student’s Book.
formulate their ideas before they speak. Therefore this
For Teaching Tips on Vocabulary, see p24.
preparation stage is incorporated into the Get ready ...
Get it right! activities at the end of each A and B lesson. Grammar
For Teaching Tips on Speaking, see p22. Examples of the new grammar are taken from the listening
and reading texts in the lesson and there is a strong focus
Reading on appropriacy of language in both spoken and written
In the face2face Second edition Advanced Student’s contexts.
Book, there is a wide range of authentic texts covering
In most of the Help with Grammar sections there is a
a variety of genres. As well as developing the reading
guided discovery approach to grammar in which students
skills of skimming and scanning, there are activities
work out the rules before checking their answers in
which focus on other sub-skills such as interpretation
the Language Summaries. However, at Advanced level,
of attitude, and awareness of text structure. For classes
because some of the grammatical rules are so complex, we
that require more practice, there is the 30-page Reading
sometimes use a more deductive approach where students
and Writing Portfolio in the face2face Second edition
are given the rule before they look at examples and
Advanced Workbook. This section contains 10 stand-alone
practise the new grammar forms.
lessons, one for each unit of the Student’s Book, which
are designed for students to do at home or in class. The For Teaching Tips on Grammar, see p24.
topics and content of these lessons are based closely on the
CEFR reading and writing competences for level C1. At Real World
the end of this section there is a list of ‘can do’ statements At this level, students need to think about the subtleties of
that allows students to track their progress. effective communication in more depth. Therefore, some
For Teaching Tips on Reading, see p23. units practise strategies such as paraphrasing, ways of
being tactful, etc., whereas other units focus on developing
Writing fluency by encouraging students to react personally to
topics which they have read and heard about.
face2face Advanced recognises the importance of accuracy
in writing, and includes sections which focus on spelling, Reviewing and Recycling
punctuation and the accurate use of discourse markers.
In face2face Second edition Advanced opportunities for
For students who need more practice of writing skills, review are provided in the Quick Review sections at the
there is the Reading and Writing Portfolio and the beginning of lessons, the comprehensive Extra Practice
Accurate Writing exercises in the face2face Advanced sections for each unit, the 10 photocopiable Progress
Workbook. Tests and three of the Class Activities worksheets in this
For Teaching Tips on Writing, see p23. Teacher’s Book.
Vocabulary For Teaching Tips on Reviewing and Recycling, see p25.
There is lexical input in most lessons, all of which is
consolidated for student reference in the interactive
Language Summaries in the back of the Student’s Book.
The areas of vocabulary include: collocations, sentence
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