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MACMILLAN ARGENTINA


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Contents

Contact information 2

Courses for Children 4

Courses for Teenagers 10

Courses for Adults/Young Adults 12

Exams 14

Readers 16


Cheeky Monkey

Key Features> A Pupil’s Book with:

> 6 story-based units with 7 lessons each. Festival units are also included

> Sticker activities to focus attention on key vocabulary

> Stickers, press-outs and a free Multi-ROMfull of activities for each unit and festivals. The Multi-ROM also contains the songs from the course. Each song is accompaniedby mime and gesture to facilitate understandingand provide opportunities for movement

> Perforated pull-out pages to store children’s work

> A Busy Book offers extra worksheets and extension for schools with more hours ofEnglish. Every unit has an extra song

> A Teacher’s Book for the Pupil’s Book and Busy Book with plenty of photocopiable materials: three additional worksheets for everyunit; mini-cards to play games that review thefocus language, letters to parents explainingwhat the children are studying; variety of evaluation materials including Child’s report, a termly report for parents, and a Classprogress report. A special Teacher talk sectionprovides a useful list of classroom language

> A Cheeky Monkey Puppet for the teacher to greet children, put them at ease during theclass and introduce and revise languagethrough games and activities

> A Play mat for children to use during story time and circle time. It provides a tactile point of reference which helps to focus the children’s attention

> 38 full-colour Busy Book Flashcards > Full-colour A4 Story cards > Class Audio CDs

Kathryn Harper and Claire Medwell

Cheeky Monkey is a flexible two-level course for pre-primary which adapts to different teaching situationsand styles. Children using this series will enjoy hours of learning fun with Cheeky Monkey, Rory the Lion andtheir friends.

Cheeky Monkey focuses on story-based learning with songs, chants, TPR (Total Physical response) –the children love the Cheeky’s jungle gym activities,dances and musical games.

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Lucky and me / Lucky and you

Key Features> A Student’s Book with:

> 7 six-page units (in Lucky and me writing is introduced as from Unit 5 with block letters)

> Revision sections that consolidate the vocabulary and structures learnt

> An ‘Attitudes’ section focusing on different attitudes cropping up naturally from the context of the stories

> A cross-curricular page at the end of every unit that lets children use what they’ve learntfor other school subjects such as maths, art,social studies and science

> A section of seasonal activities (in Lucky and me) and special environment-related days (in Lucky and you) including a chant and amini-project

> A ‘Pictionary’ double page that summarizes and consolidates all the vocabulary learnt (inLucky and me) and a final revision game (inLucky and you)

> A visual end-of-year play> An 8-page cut-outs section of all the vocabulary

in the book (in Lucky and me)> An ‘Extra activities’ section including unit-by-

unit extra practice (in Lucky and you)> A free Student’s CD with all the stories and

songs from the book as well as classroom songs> A Teacher’s Book containing:

> Clear step-by-step lesson notes with a Resource Bank of suggested optional activities

> Useful teaching tips> Notes on classroom management with chants

for the different moments of the class (inLucky and me)

> Ideas for open classes with children’s families> A photocopiable section with plenty of extra

activities, black line masters for craft activities,evaluation sheets and a note to parents

> A Poster Pack with:> 7 unit posters that facilitate presentation of

new vocabulary and structures, and work onthe story in big classrooms

> Generic posters (including the alphabet, numbers 1–10, the colours, the house and theweather in Lucky and me and the alphabet,numbers 1–20, the town and the body inLucky and you)

> An Audio CD per level

Annie Altamirano and Lucy Crichton


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Let Lucky and Poppy enter the classroom and help you make your lessons successful!

Thank you very much for sharing with us what you experiencedwhen using Lucky and me. Once you have used Lucky and youin your classes, we’d love to get your comments and suggestions.

Please send us your feedback to [email protected]

Lucky and me is especially thought for first graderswith up to 3 contact hours a week. Lucky and youcan be used after Lucky and me or as a self-standingcourse with children who have had some exposure to English and who can already read and write in theforeign language. Two lovable superheroes, Lucky andPoppy, will introduce children to the new language andwill make it memorable for them.

By using the senses of sight, sound and touch, Luckyand me and Lucky and you will transport children intoa world of fantasy extremely familiar to them, facilitatingin this way their learning process.


Find Out!

Key Features(Levels 1 & 2)> A Pupil’s Book with 6 topic-based units. Each

unit has 8 lessons with cut-outs, a picture dictionary and a double page of stickers

> A Stories and Songs CD free with the Pupil’s Book, with all the songs, chants and stories

> A CD-ROM free with the Pupil’s Book, withinteractive games

> An Activity Book to develop early reading and writing in English

> Find Out about Science and Art!, an optional full-colour Activity Book covering other areas of the school curriculum

> A Teacher’s Book with notes, mini-flashcards Games Bank, ideas for projects, letters for parents,fast finisher and self-evaluation worksheets,tests and extra photocopiable resources

> 36 full-colour laminated Story Cards for each level> 64 full-colour Flashcards for each level> Word Cards with the key vocabulary items> Class CDs> A DVD for each level with a mix of animation,

songs and real-life sketches

(Levels 3–6)> A Pupil’s Book with 8 topic-based units,

material for festivals and a picture dictionary.Each unit has 8 lessons including the Find Out!Magazine

> An Activity Book including cut-out activities, adouble page of stickers and a picture dictionary

> A Stories and Songs CD free with the Activity Book, with all the songs, chants and stories

> A CD-ROM free with the Activity Book> Find Out about Science and Art!, an optional

full-colour Activity Book covering other areasof the school curriculum

> A Teacher’s Book with notes, fast finisher tips, extra activities, cultural information, ideas forprojects, letters to parents, photocopiables, self-evaluation worksheets and tests

> 48 full-colour Story Cards for Levels 3 & 4, and Story and Grammar Posters for Levels 5 & 6

> 64 full-colour Flashcards for each level> 64 Word Cards for each level > Class CDs> A DVD for each level

Donna Shaw and Mark Ormerod

Find Out! is organized around a series of topics whichprovide clear and fun contexts. Children learn through a wide variety of activities – songs, chants, stories, TPR, art and craft.

Find Out! 1 and 2 provide global understanding of simple oral messages in regular classroom situations.


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> Macmillan Children’s Readers(Levels 1–6)

> Macmillan English Explorers> Macmillan Essential Dictionary

www.macmillan.com.ar/freeresources


Footprints

Key Features> A pack with a Pupil’s Book, a Stories and

Songs CD, a CD-ROM and a Portfolio Booklet> A Pupil’s Book with:

> 80 full-colour pages> Festival pages> Pull-out double page of colour stickers in the

centre of the book> An Activity Book with:

> Engaging activities to practise and develop language skills

> Cut-outs and mini-book> A Teacher’s Book with:

> Facsimile pages from the Pupil’s Book and Activity Book, syllabus guide, photocopiablecut-outs for festivals, activities to practisegrammar, and clear and full teaching notes

> Finger puppets (pack of 2 for Levels 1 & 2)> Flashcards> Word Cards> Photocopiables CD> 3 Audio CDs per level

Carol Read

Footprints is a new six-level story-based course beautifully illustrated and appealing to both children and teachers which integrates cross-curricular contentand cultural awareness with learning English.

Levels 1 and 2 take students on a magical journey,meeting well-known fairy tale characters to find thetreasure at the end of the rainbow.

Levels 3 and 4 continue the idea of a quest but the context moves away from the world of fairy tales to one of mystery and adventure, working with the children’s growing maturity and awareness of the world around them.


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> Macmillan Children’s Readers (Levels 1–4)

> Macmillan English Explorers> Macmillan Essential Dictionary

www.macmillanenglish.com/younglearners


Go on Sailing

Key Features> A 6-unit Student’s Book with a built-in

Workbook> Each unit is topic-based, giving students

the chance to discover new sounds, words and structures

> The units are organized around Argentine topicsto facilitate the learning of the new languagewithin a well-known and familiar surrounding

> Throughout the series there is a strong cross-cultural element which allows students to understand others

> A Teacher’s Book in English with:> Step-by-step guidance to help teachers make

teaching easier> Unit-by-unit planning in Spanish, covering all

the areas required> A photocopiable test per unit with an easy-to

mark scheme and answer key> Evaluation sheets to be filled in by teachers

and students> Extra photocopiable material

> An Audio CD with the songs and the audio for the listening comprehension activities

Susana García Cahuzac and Silvia Carolina Tiberio

Go on Sailing is the new edition of one of Macmillan’sbest-sellers, Sailing. It is a three-level series written byArgentine teachers with interesting topics for children.The authors have planned the series to guarantee thelearning process of students with no previous knowledgeof the language.

Go on Sailing takes into consideration the problemsand difficulties of Spanish speakers to learn English. It has been designed following a carefully graded progression which reduces students’ mother tongueinterference to its minimum extent and enables students’communication in a natural and efficient way.


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> Macmillan Diccionario Pocket


Evolution


> 9 units made up of 6 lessons, 3 practice pagesand 1 Revision page at the end of each unit

> A rap and a song per unit> Clearly signposted special sections including:

‘Have a talk!’ (pairwork activities), ‘Look!’ boxes(dealing with secondary language aspects),‘Sounds right!’ (pronunciation activities), ‘TheEvolution Magazine’ (game-like activities) anda cross-curricular lesson at the end of eachunit dealing with content from different schoolsubjects such as maths, social studies, science,music, art, PE and IT

> Listening activities included in the practice pages> A final revision game> Stories with activities for extensive reading> A free Student’s CD with the audio for listening

activities on the practice pages, and all theraps and songs plus their Karaoke versions

> A Teacher’s Book with:> Yearly plan, step-by-step notes, optional

activities, a section on values per unit, answerkeys and audioscripts

> A full section of photocopiable material including extra activities for fast finishers,projects, self-assessment pages, unit Testsand an End-of-year Exam

> An Audio CD (including the audio for the unit Tests and End-of-year Exam)

Nick Beare

Evolution is a new three-level series from beginner tolower pre-intermediate level designed for 9–11-year-oldstudents with up to 3 contact periods a week.

Evolution is a highly creative and motivating series, fullof fun and challenging activities, which has everythingstudents need to learn English easily and fast!


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> Macmillan Readers (Starter & Beginner Levels)

> Macmillan Diccionario Pocket

Once you have used Evolution in your classes,we’d love to get your comments and suggestions.

Please send us your feedback to [email protected]


Switch On


> An introductory unit and 9 ten-page units in which grammar is presented in the context of areading and listening text and followed byquestions which clarify the meaning and theform of the new language

> Clear and attractive visual support> Vocabulary presented in lexical sets > Reading and listening texts adapted from

authentic material for motivation and accessibility> Pronunciation activities focusing on the new

grammar point and covering sounds, stressand intonation

> Special sections such as: ‘Did you know..?, ‘Everyday English’, ‘Remember this!’, ‘StudyTips’, ‘Time To Switch Over’, ‘Guided Writing’,‘Progress Check’, and ‘Switch On To…!’

> A ‘Language Guide’ section and a ‘Wordlist’ including phonetic transcriptions at the end of the book, ideal to aid self-study and facilitate homework or for classroom use tocomplement the Student’s Book

> 3 four-page ‘Consolidation’ sections, one afterevery 3 units

> A Workbook with:> 6 pages of practice exercises for each unit,

including ‘Reading’ and ‘Writing’ sections withExtension activities

> A ‘Revision’ section plus further Extra and Extension activities at the end of each unit

> Irregular verbs list> A Teacher’s Book with:

> Detailed unit notes, cultural notes, answers and audioscripts

> Extra activities suggesting optional ways of teaching students with mixed-abilities

> Interactive activities for each unit> A ‘Reading Bank’ with a reading strategies

syllabus and suggested activities, and 9 photocopiable pages of texts on topics relevant to teenagers

> A free Resource CD including more unit Revisions and Extension activities, PairworkWorksheets, a Diagnostic Test, a Progress Test per unit, End of Term Exams and an End of Year Exam with the correspondingaudioscripts and answer keys

> 2 Audio CDs per level

David Spencer

Switch On is a three-level series written specifically forteenagers aged 12–15 attending English classes 4 ormore periods a week. This series takes students fromfalse beginner to pre-intermediate level.

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What do you think of Switch On?Has it proved a useful tool in teaching your students?

Please send us your feedback [email protected]

> Macmillan Readers(Starter–Elementary Levels)

> Macmillan Essential Dictionary> Macmillan Diccionario Pocket> Elementary Language Practice> Macmillan English Grammar in Context

With Switch On motivate your teenage students and get them switched on to learning!


Hot Spot


> 7 theme-based modules, each made up of 3 double-page Language Input lessons, a coreIntegrated Skills lesson, a ‘can-do’ Reviewlesson and an optional Extra Special Lessonincluding a mini-project

> ‘Check your English’ activities at the end of every lesson to encourage learners to takeresponsibility for their language progression

> An illustrated grammar and practice section with grammar references and a wordlist at theback of the book

> ‘Pronunciation spots’ in every module that focus on common pronunciation problems

> Songs and games> A free CD-ROM

> An Activity Book with:> Both controlled and open grammar and

vocabulary practice for self-study and for usein the classroom

> A learning diary for students to assess their own progress

> Fast finishers activities and extra practice activities for students who need additionalpractice

> Extra reading practice through a fun new story> A spiral bound and interleaved Teacher’s

Book with:> Warm-up and mixed-ability activities,

dyslexia tips (additional support for teachingdyslexic students), extra-activity suggestions,cultural information, homework suggestionsand photocopiable classroom activities and worksheets

> A free Test CD> Class CDs

Colin Granger and Katherine Stannett

Hot Spot is a new four-level course for students aged 10–14. It takes students from beginner to low-intermediate level.

Hot Spot follows a traditional and transparent grammarsyllabus while ensuring that a balance of all four skills ismaintained in every lesson.

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> Macmillan Readers> Macmillan Essential Dictionary> The Language Practice Series> Macmillan English Grammar in Contextwww.macmillanenglish.com/hotspot


New Inside Out

Key Features> Inside Out can take students all the way

from complete beginner to advanced level> A student’s CD-ROM included with every

Student’s Book – extra practice for students at home or in language labs

> ‘Useful phrases’ sections offer functional language for use outside the classroom

> ‘The Vocabulary Extra’ pages at the end of every unit recycle the key vocabulary items

> Grammar sections provide the support teachers need for the effective teaching ofgrammar. There are two comprehensive grammar sections in every unit. In addition,students are referred to the ‘Grammar Extra’section at the back of the Student’s Bookfor extended explanations and practice

> Extra grammar and vocabulary sections provide more recycling of language

> Topics and images throughout the books havebeen fully updated

> A Workbook, With or Without Key, which supports the work done in the Student’sBook and provides extra practice and revisionfor each unit. The Workbook also includes an Audio CD

> A complete self-contained writing course and a complete story for extra reading practice isincluded on the back of each Workbook

> A Teacher’s Book containing teacher’s notes, practical teaching tips, methodologysections and photocopiable resources, in addition to full lesson plans for each unit anda Test CD

> A Class DVD containing 7 units which complement the topics in the book, with a mix of formats including documentaries, interviews and profiles.

> A DVD Teacher’s Book containing related teaching notes and photocopiable worksheets

Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones

New Inside Out takes all the best features of the original series – including the personalized speakingtasks and great topics – and adds a host of brand-newfeatures to make it even more engaging for studentsand teachers alike.

To make Inside Out better for you, Sue and Vaughanwent back to the classroom and spent some time finding out how teachers were using the book with theirstudents. The result is the most relevant and excitinggeneral English course available.

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> Macmillan Readers> Macmillan Dictionaries> The Language Practice Series> Macmillan English Grammar in Context

www.insideout.netwww.macmillanpracticeonline.com

New Inside Out Digital:Elementary–Upper-intermediate levels available in February 2010

Beginner level available in May 2010


Straightforward

Key Features> The Student’s Book provides motivating content

in a format that is easy for students to use> All lessons include a balance of language and

skills work, contextualized grammar activities,vocabulary exercises and functional languagelessons, and the different sections on thepage are clearly labelled so that studentsknow exactly what they are focusing on ateach moment

> ‘Did you know’ sections increase students’ intercultural awareness

> Communicative language abilities develop through a wide range of speaking tasks

> Includes a free multimedia CD-ROM for self-study

> The Workbook, With or Without Key, contains one-page practice closely linked to the lesson> A complete writing course with model texts

and comprising practical writing tasks> Extra reading texts and activities for every unit> A free Audio CD with dictation activities and

audio of reading texts from the Workbook> The Teacher’s Book provides teaching notes

with extra, optional and alternative activities> Methodology builders with useful teaching

ideas and tips> Photocopiable activities for every lesson> Editable tests on CD, which assess students’

overall progress> An Audio CD with songs and listening test material> The Portfolios encourage learner independence

and contain self-assessment material

Philip Kerr, Lindsay Clandfield, Ceri Jones, Jim Scrivener and Roy Norris

Straightforward is a six-level series, based on observations of what good teachers do in the classroom.

Straightforward is ideal for teachers looking for abeginner to advanced general English course. It is flexibleand simple to use, with 12 modern topics per level.

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> Macmillan Readers> Macmillan English Dictionary> The Language Practice Series> Macmillan English Grammar in Context

www.macmillanenglish.com/straightforwardwww.macmillanpracticeonline.com


Macmillan English Grammar in Context

Key Features> Grammar explanations with traditional practice

activities and contextual examples> Cross-curricular content areas include: literature,

science, geography, history and social science> Examples demonstrate real-world usage of

English grammar> Review section for extra practice> Grammar index and wordlist for easy use> Ideal for self-study or classroom use> Most units contain 1 page of grammar explanation

and 2/3 pages of practice> With and Without Key editions available> The free CD-ROM contains unit-by-unit interactive

material, a glossary of all words that are highlighted in the book, extra practice for eachunit and printable tests for each language area

Michael Vince and Simon Clarke

Macmillan Vocabulary Practice SeriesKeith Kelly

Macmillan English Grammar in Context is a three-level (Essential, Intermediate and Advanced)grammar practice series.

Key Features> 28 key subject-specific topic areas> Vocabulary wordlist with easy-to-understand

definitions that use a restricted defining vocabulary> Contextual sentences show students how and

when to use appropriate terminology> Exercises practise the vocabulary in context at

word, sentence and text level> Straightforward diagrams help understand and

practise key terms> With and Without Key editions available> The CD-ROM contains listening activities,

interactive games, and students can hear thepronunciation of any word with just one click> Clever word mapping tool for every topic to

help students learn via word association> Comprehensive diagram bank includes all

illustrations with and without labels> Amazing animations that help bring topics

to life

The Macmillan Vocabulary Practice Series is a seriesof exciting vocabulary books designed for students who are taught subjects in English.

Clear, concise and informative, the Science VocabularyPractice Book and CD-ROM and the GeographyVocabulary Practice Book and CD-ROM help students to learn subject-specific vocabulary by placingit in context.

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The Testbuilder SeriesJake Allsop, Judith Ash, Tricia Aspinall, Anthea Bazin, Sarah Dymond, Amanda French, Mark Harrison, Nick Kenny, Sam McCarter, Lucrecia Luque-Mortimer, Tony D. Triggs

David Porter

The Testbuilder Series is designed to help improvestudents’ exam performance. It is ideal for using in theclassroom or for self-study.

With and Without Key editions are available for KET,PET, FCE, CAE and New Proficiency Testbuilders. The answer key also includes clear explanations andanalysis of model answers.

A free Audio CD is included in KET, PET, FCE, CAE,IELTS 1 & 2, and BEC Higher, Preliminary andVantage Testbuilders.

The Check Your Vocabulary Series

Key Features> Tests and improves vocabulary with exercises,

word games, puzzles and quizzes> Easy-to-use format with clear instructions and

answer key> Covers general and topic-specific vocabulary,

as well as grammar and use of English, comprehension, pronunciation and spelling

The Check Your Vocabulary Series is ideal for use inthe classroom or for self-study.

This range of Workbooks has been designed to helpstudents prepare for their English examinations. Theycontain a range of activities to help build, improve andrevise English vocabulary.

Academic English

Academic English has been written for students atupper intermediate level and above. It contains exercisesto help teach and practise the vocabulary, and to testgrammar, spelling and comprehension that studentsneed for academic purposes.

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PETTessie Dalton

TOEIC®

Rawdon Wyatt

FCERawdon Wyatt

TOEFL®

Rawdon Wyatt

IELTSRawdon Wyatt

All you need to pass your exams!


Macmillan Literature Collections

Four advanced-level Readers containing original, unsimplified short stories written by famous classic and modern writers.

These collections come with substantial support materialfor each story, including a short summary, a descriptionof major themes, pre-reading vocabulary activities,post-reading language and comprehension exercises, a literary analysis section and essay questions.

These collections will help ease students’ transitionfrom graded Readers to authentic reading, giving themthe joy of feeling they are finally reading and studyingliterature just as it was written.

www.macmillanenglish.com/readers


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