How to use this book
You may start this book at any chapter that you wish, according to your students’ needs. Regarding proficiency levels, every chapter starts with Novice and Intermediate level conversation and it moves to advanced and superior levels. Each level is marked by the following color-coded levels:
Novice
Intermediate
Advanced
Superior
The questions function as prompts for the conversation. Each chapter has the following parts:
- Aquecimento/Warm-up – An image with 3 warm-up questions and a tongue-twister
- Perguntas para Conversar/ Conversation Questions – Approximately 20 questions preceded by a short list of vocabulary and expressions
- Situação/Role-play – A set of role-plays for the intermediate, advanced and superior levels.
- Dicas de Gramática/ Grammatical tips -Brief tips on grammar structures, common mistakes and language transfers from English and/or Spanish
- Imagem para discussão/ Image for discussion – An image for an open-ended conversation
- Recursos Adicionais/ Further resources – A song and two films accompanied by discussion questions, in addition to links for other Open Educational Resources.
