Open Mind is a groundbreaking course that provides learners with the professional, academic and personal skills they need. Not only are language skills developed in the course, but also 21st-century skills that students need in order to have a better awareness of self and society, to handle the demands of their study and learning and to deal with challenges in their work and career.
The course offers a flexible combination of materials to ensure that students are learning from a variety of sources: content-rich reading texts, speaking and writing workshops, high-quality video, self-study Online Workbooks, and projectable Student's Books.
Key Features:
• Integrated and flexible online material from our new platform gives users the access to everything they need in one place
• Life Skills syllabus recycles languages while giving students an opportunity to learn skills which are vital in today's world
• Highly visual double-page spread opens every unit with clear CEFR orientated unit objectives.
• Grammar sections offer a step-by-step analysis of form and function
• Support for speaking tasks with functional language
• Speaking and Writing Workshops with self-and peer-assessment features at the end of alternate units
Steve Taylore-Knowles has been involved in ELT for 17 years as a teacher, examiner, trainer and author. His most recent courses, published by Macmillan, are openMind and masterMind. He has also written other successful courses including Laser and Destination. Mickey Rogers graduated from the university of Texas and went on to teach there after gaining a Masters in TEFL. Mickey has since taught in Colombia, Spain, America and Mexico. Joanne Taylore-Knowles moved out to Greece, where she worked as an English language teacher. She taught a range of students there, from young learners up to adults.
