Teacher’s Edition Eliteh Mercredi Me) lalarsig with ActiveTeach SECOND EDITION About the Authors Joan Saslow Joan Saslow hes taught Ina variety of programs in South America and the United States, She i author ‘of number of mult-level Integrated sks cowses for adults and young adults: Ready 19 Go: Language, Liestils, ard Gris: Workplace Pus: Living and Working in English and of Literacy Plus. She i also author of Engish in Context: Reading Comprehenston far Scence and Technology: Ms, Saslow was the series director ‘of True Colors and True Voices, She pertietpates in the English Language Specialist Progiam In the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Aff. Allen Ascher ‘Allen Ascher has been a teacher and a teacher trainer in China and the United States and taught in the TESOL Certificate Program at the New School in New York. He was also acaclemic director of ‘he Intemational Engllsh Language Insitute at Hunter College. Mr. Ascher is author of the “Teaching Speaking” module of Teacher Development interactive, an online multimedia teacher-training program, and of Think about Editing: A Grammar Editing Gude for ESL. Both Ms. Saslow and Mr, Ascher are frequent and popular speakers at professional conferences and international gatherings of EFL and ESL teachers, Authors’ Acknewledgments ‘The author ae indebted to these reviewers who provided extensive and detalled feedback and suguestions for ‘the second ection of Top Nove as wll asthe hundreds of teachers whe participated in surveys and feeus groups, Manuel Agile Bis Gels! Tuple, oclug ice Sanne troy Usesy, hear Hause, Cato Comin Arana, Pele Manal Alford yneion Waring Tyan varia lng Calngoe Place” anucgatio’ Wa eeeiana ‘Company ett Lae ae dehesta ete eo Mewes, ais cyt tne aren ales rata ary Car {Ween Hombests na chatno ears Sihaal sappy tows aude Gavencho. 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Top Notch isa siclevel* communicative course that propares adults and young adults to interact successfully and confidently with both native and non-native speakers of English, The goal of the Top Notch course is to make English unforgettable through: & Multiple exposures to new language > Numerous opportunities to practice it > Deliberate and intensive recycling The Top Notch course has two beginning tevels: Top Notch Fundamentals for true beginners and Top Notch 1 for false beginners. Each fll level of Zop Notch contains enough material for 60 to 90 hours of classroom instruction. A wide choice of supplementary components makes It easy to tallor Top Notch to the needs of your classes. “Summit band Sumi 2 re the tiles of the fill: wl sat eves ofthe Yop Note course, ‘Al Student’ Books ave avalae In split eatons wath boundin workbooks Dally confirmation of progress Each easy-to-follow two-page lesson begins with a clearly stated communication goel. Al lesson activities are integrated with the goal and systematically buikd ‘toward a fina speaking activity in which students demonstrate achievernent of the goal, “Cando” statements in each unit ensure stucents! awareness ‘of the continuum of their progres. ‘A porpaseftd conversation syllabus Memorable conversation models provide essential and practical social language that students can camry “in thelr pockets” for use in reat ie, Guided conversation pair work enabies students to modify, personalize, aad extend each mode! so they can use ‘eto communteate thet awn thoughts and needs, Free dlsussion acthties ae carefully crafted 50 students can continually retrieve and use the language from the models. Al conversation models ars informed by the Longman Corpus of Spoken American English, ‘As emphasls on cuftural fluency Recognizing that English (sa global language, Top Notch actively equips students to interact socialy with people from a varlety of cultures and deiberately prepares them to understand accented speakers from diverse language backgrounds. The Top Notch instructional design Intensive vocabulary development Students actively work witha rich vocabolary of high frequency words, coflocations, anit ‘expressions in all units ofthe Student’ Book, (Cler Mlustrations and defintions dandy mearing, and provide support for independent study. reset, and test preparation. Systematic recycling protnotes smooth and continued acquisition of vocabulary from the begining to the advanced levels of the course. Adynamic approach to grammar -An explicit grammar sflabus ix supported by charts containing clear grammar fuies, relevant examples, and explanations of meaning and Use. ‘Numerous grammar exercises provide focused ‘Practice, ard grammer usage is continually activated in communication exercises that ‘usteate the gearmmar being leamed. A dedicated pronunciation syflabus Focused pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation practice is inchided in each unit, providing application of each pronunciation point to the target language of the unit and faciitating comprehensible pronunelation, Printable test preparation »,., pBeiR 4 and review Interactive practice (with daly activity records) ‘tea istening and reading comprehension © Record-yourself speaking © Grammar and vocabulary practice Games and puzsles © top Notch Fop and karaoke Inches: Ie A bound: in Methods Handbook for profesional development be Detaled leson plans with suggenled teaching times -> Language culture and corpus totes 1» Students Bookand Weskbook answer lays Authoscrnts Top Notch TY teaching notes | A Digital Student’ ook with interactive whiteboard (WB) software © inwtantly accesible audio and Top Notch TV video © interactive exercises fom the Students ActiveBok for in-lass wie © A complete menu of printable extension activities — ‘iro stun comet, axenic wrcharad ondinset ierdan, 204 and Tap Rota Pop kareako. Wi, ave and ober WH ots — Recmertine pune sennwe: eget GST TOP NOTCH "find someone who,” fot every lesson. ‘An optional ontine learning tool with: m Aninteractve Top Notch Workbook 1m Speaking and writing activities & Pop-up grammar help ‘Students Book Grammar Boaster exercises 1 Top Notch TV with extensive viewing acthitles Automatically-graded achievement fests tm Easy course management and record-keeping