The Course

The Skyline Writing Resource Books are designed to accompany each of the five levels of Skyline. Each level offers a purposeful and motivating approach to the development of writing skills by providing a practical resource that examines what is involved in writing. The focus is on the types of task and text that students will need, particularly in their professional and academic lives.

Teachers are provided with clear and simple instructions to enable their students to carry out a number of accuracy and fluency-based activities. These activities will help to develop learners’ ability to produce a number of different text types suitable to their needs and to their level of written English.

Key features:

• Limited new language allows students to focus simply on improving writing.
• Photocopiable worksheets accompany all Teacher’s Notes giving teachers the choice to cover different lessons as they choose.
• Model answers provide a framework for teachers to assess students’ writing.
• Correction symbols help teachers to mark students’ writing.
• Banding system and comments page help teachers to provide feedback to students.
• Error sheet encourages students to monitor their own work.

Skyline Writing Resource Books
Teach English writing with easy-to-use, fun and flexible photocopiable lessons.

The Skyline Grammar Resource Books are designed to accompany each of the five levels of Skyline. Each level is directly linked to the grammar in the Student´s Book.

The Skyline Grammar Resource Books provide teachers with photocopiable pages of exercises that offer further practice of the grammar presented in Skyline. The exercises cover the points in the Grammar Builders in each unit of the Student’s Book and enable teachers to improve their students´ grammar with additional practice.

Key features:

• Things to Look Out For sections point out mother tongue interference problems so teachers can quickly identify and focus more attention on these.
• Notes for teachers offer support in explaining difficult points.
• Personalize It! sections make the grammar meaningful for the students.
• Board Games mirror the content of the review sections of Skyline, giving further grammar practice as students answer questions.
• Communicative Activities offer more grammar revision with a strong focus on developing students´ speaking and listening skills.

Skyline Grammar Resource Books
Teach English grammar with easy-to-use, fun and lively photocopiable lessons.

Skyline is a brand new, five-level American English program taking adult learners from the beginner
to the upper intermediate level, and leaving them ready to embark on a TOEFL preparation course.

The extensive range of materials offers a fresh, easy-to-use approach to learning a language,
based on current views of language acquisition and knowledge about how best to help learners. 

The Student’s Book offers 90 plus classroom hours, and a wealth of additional materials
that makes it easy for teachers to create a unique course for any teaching situation.

For sample materials click here.
                   

The Skyline author team has developed the Triple A approach to learning English:

• Access - Learners are exposed to language in clear, interesting contexts that are relevant
  to their interests and needs.
• Analysis - Learners are encouraged to notice the meanings, forms and use of language.
• Activation - Learners are continuously given opportunities to use language and skills
  through a wide variety of motivating task and text types

How to order
To order any Skyline components, or for more information, please contact
your local Macmillan representative.