four sections:conversation,functions,grammar and vocabulary. The activities within these sections are organized into categories that are arranged alphabetically,so that using the book is a simple matter of turning to the appropriate page for the topic in bold. There are also references to activities in which the topic is covered incidentally.
the activities fall into 4 main categories:
the teacher prompts students with questions,key words or phrases
cues are written on the board.this can either be done while students are engaged in the previous task,or they can be elicited during the presentation.
The activity is instigated by means of a short dictation,or through the allocation of roles to individuals or groups.
a project is assigned to individual students and they make preparations outside the class for an activity to be carried out in the next lesson.
the majority of activities are written as if spoken directly to the students. The language is not graded foe lower levels because of the nee to keep the instructions clear and concise for the teacher, so sometimes they will need simplifying. Instructions to the etcher are written in brackets. There is sometimes more than one activity under each heading. The start of each activity is indicated with a.