OPEN MIND OPENS DOORS!
A unique content strand focuses on life skills contemporary topics to enhance students’ future potential through English.
- A focus on sub-skills centres around strategies to support skills development, not just practice.
- A carefully-staged grammar syllabus focuses on meaning, form and function to enhance confidence and understanding.
- A strong focus on functional language helps to develop fluency in real-world contexts and prepares learners for life both in and out of the work environment.
- Self-assessment and independent learning features throughout the course encourage learners to analyse their own progress.
- A diverse range of topics exposes learners to a variety of perspectives in order to encourage critical thinking.
- High quality video content is provided that matches the themes and language elements covered in the textbooks.
Flexible combinations of print and digital allow all classroom situations to be covered.
MEET THE AUTHORS
“A student’s experience of learning English has to be seen in the wider context of their whole education. In developing Open Mind, we have carefully integrated two aspects of this: 1) learning English needs to be personalised, and 2) the student needs to develop life skills in preparation for using English in the real world beyond the classroom.”
Watch video interviews with Steve Taylore-Knowles introducing Open Mind and Life Skills
Steve Taylore-Knowles
“In today’s world, you will succeed only if your mind is open to new ideas and ways of doing things. Open Mind is about learning more about the world and your place in it, as well as learning English.”
Mickey Rogers
“It’s not always easy to engage adults in learning English. The trick is to find the right topics and ways of making them accessible. The topics in Open Mind range from the familiar to the more thought-provoking, and learners get lots of opportunities to express their opinions and relate them to their own lives.”
Joanne Taylore-Knowles
“What’s exciting to me about Open Mind is that students can not only see how language skills apply to their learning of English, but how that applies to life skills, and how those life skills apply to their education, career, and personal and social lives. Their studies are both interesting and relevant.”
Dorothy E. Zemach
STUDENT’S MATERIAL
STUDENT’S BOOK
PREMIUM PACK
PRINT WORKBOOK
+ AUDIO CD PACK
ONLINE
WORKBOOK
DIGITAL MATERIAL
ONLINE WORKBOOK
AND MARKBOOK:
The Online Workbook provides interactive workbook activities that support the Student’s Book material and provide instant feedback.
STUDENT’S RESOURCE CENTRE:
Accessible through the Student’s Book Premium Pack, the Student’s Resource Centre includes the class and Workbook audio as MP3 files. High-quality video, matched to the Student’s Book themes and language areas, is avalaible online with downloadable video worksheets.
COMPONENTS FOR TEACHERS
TEACHER’S BOOK
DIGITAL MATERIAL
DIGITAL MATERIAL
TEACHER’S RESOURCE CENTER:
Includes class and workbook audio, streamable video and video worksheets with extensive teacher’s notes, additional Life Skills lessons, communicative wrap-ups and CEFR checklists
PRESENTATION KIT:
Uniquely available with the Teacher’s Book Premium Pack, the Presentation Kit offers a page-faithful digital version of the Student’s Book with embedded audio, video, pop-up answers and interactive tools.
SAMPLE MATERIAL
Download sample material from Open Mind and try it for yourself. We’re confident you will love what you find!
BEGINNER
elementary
pre-intermediate
BEGINNER
elementary
pre-intermediate
intermediate
upper-intermediate
advanced
intermediate
upper-intermediate
advanced
UNIT TOUR
Have a look at a unit of Open Mind to see how it can improve your classes.
Coursebook Resources
Additional resources to supplement your coursebook: videos, audio files, flashcards, worksheets… giving you endless options for adapting your classes to you and your students’ needs.
Resource Hub
A wealth of articles, videos, tips and practical classroom activities to give your classes that personal touch. Click below to see a sample of some of the tools you will have access to.
And much more…
Exclusive tools and resources to make the most of your classes and give you the support you need.
Open Mind is perfect for adult learners of all levels. Enjoy the best combination of digital and print material and free up your class time to focus more on your students’ communicative needs. This truly flexible new course gives you a balance between preparation, teaching and marking.