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Expanded, enriched and visually polished Unterrichtsmaterial auf Basis der fotografierten Lehrbuchseiten – ideal für Nachhilfe, Klassenarbeitstraining und Prüfungsvorbereitung.
Die neuen Seiten liefern zusätzliche Bereiche, die für moderne Englisch-Nachhilfe extrem nützlich sind: report, review, summary, revising texts, mediation, selecting relevant information, paraphrasing, cultural differences, communication in everyday situations, discussion skills, agreeing / disagreeing und panel discussion.
Target level
B1–B2 / teils B2
Core focus
Exam writing + mediation
Method
Step-by-step coaching
Use cases
Nachhilfe, G9, MSA, Oberstufe light
Part I
Definition: Skimming means reading quickly to understand the general topic, main idea or basic message of a text.
How to skim
Book insight
At the end, ask: What is the text about in one sentence? If students can answer that, they have skimmed successfully.
Definition: Scanning means searching a text for specific information such as names, dates, places, times or numbers.
How to scan
Key tip
Students should not read everything. They should only read the parts where the relevant keyword appears.
Definition: Marking up a text helps learners identify important content, organise information and make structure visible.
Useful actions
Important textbook tips
Definition: A well-structured text follows a logical sequence so that the reader can follow the writer’s ideas easily.
Basic structure
Paragraph rule
One paragraph should focus on one central idea. Start a new paragraph when the focus changes.
Topic sentence
The topic sentence often comes first and tells the reader what the paragraph is about.
Good sentences are clear, varied and connected. The new page confirms several building blocks learners should practise systematically.
Sentence boosters
Extra insights from the book
Definition: A formal email or letter is polite, clear, structured and written in correct, neutral language.
Formal structure
Must-know rules
Ending rule
Yours sincerely when the person’s name is known. Yours faithfully when the name is unknown.
Part II
Definition: A report presents factual information clearly and objectively. It often focuses on an event, survey result or observation.
Suggested structure
Important tip from the page
Keep the style objective and simple. Put the most important information first and use subheadings where helpful.
Question frame students can use
Who? What? When? Where? Why? What were the results? What happened in the end?
Definition: A review gives information about a book or film and adds a personal evaluation.
Typical review structure
Important writing rule
Use the simple present when writing about books or films.
Extra tip
Use strong adjectives and adverbs to make the evaluation more vivid, but stay precise.
Definition: A summary gives the essential information of a text in a shorter form and in your own words.
Planning questions
Very important textbook rules
Checklist
Have you used your own words? Included only key information? Left out examples, statistics and unnecessary detail?
Definition: Revising means checking and improving a text after the first draft.
Revision checklist from the page
Teaching insight
The page strongly suggests revising by categories. That is ideal for Nachhilfe: check one focus at a time instead of correcting everything at once.
Part III
Definition: In mediation, students do not translate word for word. They transfer relevant information into another language or another form.
What to do
Important tips
Definition: Students learn to decide which information is needed for a specific purpose and which details can be omitted.
How to select well
Strong textbook insight: detail is only relevant when it helps solve the communication task.
Definition: Paraphrasing means expressing information in different words without changing the meaning.
Useful paraphrasing moves
Starter phrases
Part IV
Definition: Cultural competence means understanding that communication styles, politeness and behaviour can vary across cultures.
Examples mentioned
Teaching use
This is a strong entry point for role plays, travel English and mediation tasks involving real-life misunderstandings.
Definition: Students practise how to start, maintain and end simple conversations politely in common real-world situations.
Core actions
Useful point from the page
Students should learn friendly repair strategies such as asking again, requesting repetition and thanking the other person for help.
Part V
Definition: In a discussion, speakers exchange opinions and react to each other’s arguments in a structured way.
Discussion phases
Important speaking tip
English discussion style is often more direct than German classroom talk, but students should still sound polite and not overly blunt.
This page adds a very useful language bank for structured interaction.
Stating your opinion
Agreeing / disagreeing
Definition: In a panel discussion, several speakers present positions on a topic, usually with a moderator guiding the process.
Roles from the textbook page
High-value classroom use
This section is excellent for advanced speaking lessons because it combines preparation, active listening, note-taking and spontaneous reaction.
Part VI
Formal writing
Review / evaluation
Discussion
Mediation
1. The book is highly procedural
Almost every skill is taught through steps. That makes it ideal for weak or insecure learners who need routine and structure.
2. Mediation is central
The newer pages show clearly that modern English teaching is not only about writing texts, but also about processing and re-communicating information.
3. Speaking and writing connect well
Discussion phrases, panel roles and polite interaction can easily be recycled into comment, letter-to-the-editor and opinion tasks.
Part VII
20-minute writing clinic
Students write a mini-summary, then revise it using the six-point revision checklist.
Mediation relay
One student reads a German text, selects relevant information and explains it in English to a partner.
Panel discussion setup
Assign moderator, two to four speakers and audience question cards. Use a controversial but age-appropriate topic.
Writing
Mediation
Speaking
Revision
Part VIII
Definition: Students should learn to use vocabulary in context, not as isolated translations. The textbook page makes clear that word choice depends on situation, register and collocation.
Key insights from the page
Very important example logic
A literal translation may be wrong even when every single word looks correct. Students need context-sensitive vocabulary training.
Definition: The internet can support vocabulary growth when learners use it actively, selectively and critically.
Recommended by the page
Important textbook warning
Students should not trust the first internet result automatically. They should verify meanings and check whether the word fits the context.
Definition: Vocabulary becomes more useful when it is grouped in meaningful categories rather than learned as random word lists.
Useful tools from the page
Strong teaching insight
The page explicitly suggests learning not only nouns, but also verbs, adjectives, phrases and typical combinations around a topic.
Definition: Grammar learning should be structured, example-based and supported by clear subheadings, summaries and warning boxes.
Elements shown on the page
Didactic value
This page reinforces that grammar explanations should be visually organised and that learners benefit from compact reference sections they can return to quickly.
Definition: Notes reduce information to short, useful cues that help students understand, remember and later reproduce content.
Core note-taking steps
Extra insight from the textbook
Students should build a personal system of abbreviations such as b/w, w/o, e.g. or arrows and symbols to speed up note-taking.
Part IX
Definition: Written exam success depends not only on language knowledge, but also on knowing task types, reading techniques and response formats.
Task formats named on the page
High-value exam insight
The page repeatedly stresses method choice: learners should decide whether the task requires skimming, scanning, close reading or note-making.
Open-question advice
Answer in a concise but complete way. Use short phrases where allowed and do not copy too much detail from the text.
Definition: Students need to decode command words precisely because different operators require different depth, structure and language.
Typical operator families from the page
Exam strategy
Students should underline signal words in tasks, identify what is really required and match their answer type to the operator before writing.
Part X
Definition: Speaking exams test structured communication under time pressure, often in monologic and dialogic forms.
Exam formats shown on the page
Preparation focus
Students should clarify partner setup, topic type, preparation time, allowed materials, media and evaluation focus before the exam.
The page distinguishes between speaking from an impulse and speaking on a prepared topic.
Useful preparation moves
Performance tip from the page
Do not read full notes. Speak freely, keep eye contact where possible, pause briefly and articulate clearly.
Part XI
1. Vocabulary is treated as network knowledge
The textbook moves beyond isolated word translation and encourages semantic fields, collocations, mind maps and internet-supported vocabulary building. That is highly modern and very useful for long-term retention.
2. Exams are presented as method problems, not just knowledge tests
The written-exam pages show clearly that success depends on task recognition, operator decoding and choosing the right reading strategy. This is extremely relevant for German school contexts.
3. Speaking is broken down into trainable components
The speaking-exam page is strong because it makes preparation concrete: topic, format, media, partner constellation, timing and performance strategies become teachable units.
Vocabulary studio
Build topic pages with nouns, verbs, adjectives, collocations and sentence stems instead of traditional vocab lists.
Operator drills
Train students to sort tasks into summarise, analyse, comment and justify before they answer.
Speaking rehearsal cards
Create short cards for impulse talk, partner dialogue and teacher discussion with timing, support phrases and feedback focus.