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Third Edition
Solutions Advanced
Teacher’s Guide
Katherine Stannett
Tim Falla Paul A Davies Jane Hudson
,Introduction to Solutions Third Edition
A note from the authors The components of the course
Welcome to Solutions Third Edition. Teachers’ responses
to Solutions and Solutions Second Edition have been Student’s Book
overwhelmingly positive. Solutions Third Edition has evolved, The Student’s Book contains:
based on teacher feedback, whilst retaining the key features • a four-page Introduction Unit, revising grammar and
that teachers value in the Solutions series: vocabulary
• engaging topics and texts • nine topic-based units, each covering eight lessons
• a strong focus on exam topics and tasks • five Exam Skills Trainer sections providing Cambridge
• a clear structure, with easy-to-follow lessons that always English: Advanced (CAE) exam preparation and practice
have an achievable outcome • ten Vocabulary Builders with practice and extension
• a familiar teaching and learning approach with plenty of • ten Grammar Builder and Grammar Reference sections with
extra practice material further practice and a full grammar reference
• a guided and supported approach to speaking and • nine Culture lessons with linked documentary DVD clips
writing • nine Literature lessons with literary extracts linked to the
In the course of extensive research carried out for the new topic of the Culture lessons
edition, we spoke to scores of teachers and asked them how Strategy boxes appear throughout to provide advice on
we could improve the course. specific skills and how best to approach different task types.
In response to their requests, we have: There are Strategy boxes for listening, speaking, reading and
• provided 100% new content writing.
• included a Listening lesson in every unit which will Workbook
develop your students’ listening skills
The Workbook mirrors and reinforces the content of the
• included a Word Skills lesson in every unit which explores Student’s Book. It offers:
the grammar of key vocabulary and includes dictionary-
based exercises
• further lesson-by-lesson practice of the language and
skills taught in the Student’s Book
• addressed mixed ability, with extra support for all levels
and suggested extension activities in the Teacher’s Guide
• more listening practice
• increased the amount of language recycling and included • five Exam Skills Trainer sections providing further practice
of typical Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) exam tasks
a Recycle! activity to consolidate grammar students have
studied earlier in the course • nine Unit Reviews to develop students’ awareness of
their progress
• provided added flexibility with a bank of Culture lessons
with supporting DVD documentary clips at the back of • Self-checks with I can … statements at the end of every
the Student’s Book and extra activities on the Classroom Unit Review to promote conscious learner development
Presentation Tool • five Cumulative Reviews for Units I–1, I–3, I–5, I–7 and I–9
Solutions Third Edition has benefited from collaboration • Functions Bank and Writing Bank
with teachers with extensive experience of teaching and • a Wordlist
preparing students for exams. We would like to thank • an irregular verbs list
Katherine Stannett for sharing her expertise in writing the Students can download the Workbook Audio from
procedural notes in the Teacher’s Guide. www.oup.com/elt/solutions. The Workbook Audio is also
We are confident that the result is a forward-thinking and available on the Workbook Audio CDs in the Teacher’s Pack.
modern course that will prepare your students for the future
and provide you with all the support that you need. We Student’s Book and Workbook e-Books
hope that you and your students enjoy using it! Solutions Third Edition e-Books provide all the content from
the Student’s Books and Workbooks, with extra features to
Tim Falla and Paul A Davies support your students’ learning:
• Built-in audio allows students to access the course audio
straight from the page.
• Students can slow down the audio to hear every word
clearly.
• The listen, record, compare feature helps students practise
their pronunciation.
• Built-in video in the Student’s Book e-Book gives you the
option of setting video homework for your students.
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,• Automatic marking in the Workbook e-Book lets students • optional task support – for example, useful language or
check their progress independently and saves precious extra ideas to help students complete classroom tasks
class time.
Student’s and Teacher’s Websites
Teacher’s Pack • The Student’s Website provides the Workbook Audio
This pack provides everything you need to teach successful (www.oup.com/elt/solutions).
lessons with Solutions Third Edition. The pack includes: • The Teacher’s Website provides further resources and
• Essentials Teacher’s Book – answer keys and audio scripts reference material (www.oup.com/elt/teacher/solutions).
for both the Student’s Book and the Workbook
• A Teacher’s Resource Disk which contains: Solutions Third Edition and exam
–– 47 photocopiable activities preparation
–– nine DVD worksheets with keys and scripts
Student’s Book
–– Teacher’s Guide: full teaching notes with ideas in every
The Student’s Book includes five Exam Skills Trainers designed
lesson for extra / alternative activities, suggestions on
to familiarise students with Cambridge English: Advanced
how to adapt material for strong and weak learners, and
(CAE) task-types.
extension activities for fast finishers
These sections provide strategies and exam techniques
–– Twenty-first Century Skills Projects
to give students the skills they need to tackle exam tasks
–– Course Test Audio, which can be played on your with confidence.
computer or on a CD player
Each section provides practice of all the skills that students
• Workbook Audio CDs will need to demonstrate in most exams: use of English,
Class Audio CDs listening, reading, speaking and writing.
The Class Audio CDs contain all the listening material from Workbook
the Student’s Book, including recordings of all the reading Every other unit in the Workbook is followed by a double-
texts from the Student’s Book. page exam section to practise tasks for both oral and written
Course Tests exams. Work in class can be followed up with tasks done
as homework. There is also practice of Cambridge English:
The tests are available in editable and ready-to-use formats.
Advanced (CAE) exam tasks in the five Exam Skills Trainers in
They include:
the Workbook.
• two Short Tests per unit, A and B versions The audio for Workbook listening tasks is on the Workbook
• a longer Progress Test for every unit, A and B versions Audio CDs or can be downloaded from www.oup.com/elt/
• three Cumulative Tests for Units 1–5, 6–9 and 1–9, A and solutions.
B versions
All tests are fully editable, so you can adapt them to match Teacher’s Guide
your students’ needs. The Student’s Book Exam Skills Trainers are accompanied
by full procedural notes with advice and tips for exam
Course DVD preparation.
The Course DVD provides teachers and students with 45
educational and informative DVD clips to extend the theme
and topic of the Student’s Book Culture lesson. The Course
DVD includes the following resources for Elementary,
Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate and
Advanced:
• one documentary-style DVD clip for every Student’s Book
Culture lesson
• worksheet and teaching notes with background notes,
answer key and script for every DVD clip
• optional subtitles in English
Classroom Presentation Tool
Deliver heads-up lessons with the Classroom Presentation
Tool. Class audio, video and answer keys, as well as your
teaching notes, are available online or offline, and updated
across your devices.
• one documentary-style DVD clip for every Student’s Book
Culture lesson
• optional lesson openers – additional lead-in activities to
motivate students and recycle language
• optional lesson closers – quiz-style round-up activities to
consolidate what students have learned in the lesson
Introduction to Solutions Third Edition 3
,A tour of the Student’s Book
As well as the Introduction Unit, there are nine units in
the Student’s Book. Each unit has eight lessons (A–H).
Each lesson provides material for one classroom lesson of
approximately 45 minutes.
Lesson B – Grammar
• Lesson B presents and practises the first main grammar
point of the unit. The new language is presented in a
short text or other meaningful context.
Lesson A – Vocabulary • There are clear grammar tables and rules, and the grammar
• Lesson A introduces the topic of the unit, presents presentation is interactive. Students often have to complete
the main vocabulary sets, and practises them through tables and rules, helping them focus on the structures.
listening and other activities. The vocabulary is recycled • Look out! boxes appear wherever necessary and help
throughout the rest of the unit. students to avoid common errors. Learn this! boxes
• The unit map states the main language, skills and topic present key information in a clear and concise form.
areas to be taught. It gives a visual reference to the skills • This lesson links to the Grammar Builder and Reference at
pages and highlights the reference sections in each unit. the back of the book, which provides further explanations
• I can … statements in every lesson establish a clear with examples and more practice.
learning objective. • There is always a supported final speaking activity for
• Vocabulary is presented in lexical groups which aids students to apply what they’ve learned in a productive task.
learning, memorisation and recall of new language.
• The Fluency activity focuses on C1-level vocabulary
from the lesson. The aim is to refine the students’ use of
language and help them become more fluent.
• The lesson finishes with a speaking task giving further
personalised practice of the lesson vocabulary.
Lesson C – Listening
• Lesson C follows a comprehensive and systematic syllabus
to improve students’ listening skills.
• Lessons start with a vocabulary focus.
• There is a focus on one key sub-skill per lesson to allow
extensive development and practice of listening skills.
• Each lesson has a listening strategy, focused on the sub-skill.
• The second part of the lesson allows students to apply the
sub-skill to an exam-style listening task.
• Lessons end with a speaking task.
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, Lesson F – Reading
• Lesson F contains the main reading text of the unit.
Lesson D – Grammar • It covers two pages although it is still designed for one
• Lesson D presents and practises the second main lesson in class.
grammar point of the unit. • The texts are up-to-date and engaging and link to the
• The grammar presentation is interactive: students often topic of the unit.
have to complete tables and rules, helping them focus on • The text recycles the main grammar and vocabulary
the structures. points from the unit.
• Learn this! boxes present key information in a clear and • Important new vocabulary is highlighted in the text and
concise form. practised in a follow-up activity in the lesson and in the
• This lesson links to the Grammar Builder and Reference at corresponding Workbook lesson.
the back of the book, which provides further explanations • All reading texts have been recorded and are on the Class
with examples and more practice. Audio CDs.
• A final speaking activity allows students to personalise the • A Critical Analysis feature explores an aspect of language
new language. from the reading text in greater detail.
Lesson E – Word Skills Lesson G – Speaking
• Lesson E provides extensive practice of word building, • Lesson G gives carefully staged supported practice of
phrasal verbs and dictionary skills. common exam speaking tasks.
• Vocabulary is introduced in the context of a short text. • Lessons start with a vocabulary focus and also provide Key
• Students learn the grammar of key vocabulary and Phrases for the speaking task.
develop their understanding of the language they • A Speaking Strategy gives practical advice on how to
are learning. approach the speaking task.
• A Dictionary Work activity encourages learner autonomy. • Students listen to and analyse recorded models for
Learning tips help students with self-study. language, ideas and how best to approach a speaking
task. They are then well prepared to do the speaking task
themselves.
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,• The Functions Bank at the back of the Workbook is an
essential reference resource and offers an effective way to
learn language in functional sets.
Culture Bank
• The Culture Bank consists of nine ready-to-use culture
lessons linked to the topic and language of the main unit.
Lesson H – Writing • Each Culture lesson is supported by a DVD documentary
clip with accompanying worksheets.
• Lesson H takes a structured approach to writing and
prepares students for a wide range of writing exam tasks.
• The lesson always begins by looking at a model text or
texts and studying the language and structure.
• Students learn and practise Key Phrases.
• In the final writing task, students are given support
(prompts / ideas) to produce their own writing.
• A Writing Bank in the Workbook provides models of typical
exam writing task types and guidance on structure and
language to use.
Literature Bank
• The Literature Bank consists of 9 ready-to-use literature
lessons with a literary extract linked to the topic of the
Culture Bank.
Exam Skills Trainer
• There are five Exam Skills Trainers (after units 1, 3, 5, 7 and
9) in the Student’s Book.
• Each Exam Skills Trainer incudes exam tasks for use
of English, listening, reading, speaking and writing.
• Each Exam Skills Trainer provides students with the
language, strategies and exam skills they need to achieve
success.
• The topics of the Exam Skills Trainers relate to the topics of
the previous two units.
Introduction to Solutions Third Edition 6
, Solutions Third Edition Classroom Presentation Tool
Deliver heads-up lessons with the Classroom Presentation Tool.
Engage your students in your blended learning classroom with digital features that can be used on
your tablet or computer, and connected to an interactive whiteboard or projector.
Play audio and video at the touch of a button and launch activities straight from the page.
These easy-to-use tools mean lessons run smoothly.
Answer keys reveal answers one-by-one or all at once to suit your teaching style and the highlight
and zoom tools can be used to focus students’ attention.
Take your Classroom Presentation Tool with you and plan your lessons online or offline, across your
devices. Save your weblinks and notes directly on the page – all with one account.
Use lesson openers, lesson closers and task support to motivate students, consolidate learning, and
support students to complete classroom tasks.
• Zoom in to focus your students’ attention on a single activity.
• Play audio and video at the touch of a button.
• Speed up or slow down the audio speed to
tailor lessons to your students’ listening level.
• Save time in class and mark answers all at once.
• Reveal answers after discussing the activity wasn’t
with students.
• Try the activity again to consolidate learning.
• Save your weblinks and other notes for quick
access while teaching. Use across devices using
one account so that you can plan your lessons
wherever you are.
• Work on pronunciation in class: record your
students speaking and compare their voices to
the course audio.
Example screens taken from iPad iOS version Introduction to Solutions Third Edition 7
, Introduction
I
• Ask students to read the speech bubbles and decide
Map of resources which experiences they share. For each speech bubble,
IA Grammar ask students to raise their hands if they have a similar
Student’s Book, page 4; Workbook, page 4 opinion, or if they have had a similar experience. Find out
which speech bubble best describes the experiences of
Photocopiable: Grammar Review
students.
IB Grammar
Student’s Book, page 5; Workbook, page 5 Exercise 2 page 4
Photocopiable: Grammar Review • Before students identify the tenses in the speech bubbles,
write an example sentence for each tense on the board,
IC Grammar e.g. She travelled to London last year. He has never met an
Student’s Book, page 6; Workbook, page 6 English person. We have been sitting here for ten minutes.
Photocopiable: Grammar Review Quickly remind students how each tense is formed.
• Students read the speech bubbles and identify the tenses.
ID Grammar
• Check answers as a class.
Student’s Book, page 7; Workbook, page 7
Photocopiable: Grammar Review KEY
Past simple since I was a little kid; I struggled with English;
Classroom Presentation Tool Unit I I got a B
End of unit Present perfect simple I’ve never had the opportunity; I’ve
come on in leaps and bounds; As soon as I’ve finished
Short tests: Unit I
my exams; I’ve already passed First Certificate; I’ve just
registered for the CAE exam
Present perfect continuous I’ve been learning English since …
IA Grammar
For further practice of past simple, present
Past simple and present perfect perfect simple and present perfect continuous:
Grammar Builder I.1 page 131
LESSON SUMMARY
Grammar: Past simple, present perfect simple and present
1 1 wasn’t 2 have suggested 3 swam, have
attempted 4 has had, left 5 have (you) looked
perfect continuous
Reading: Comments about learning English 2 1a ’ve read b ’ve been reading 2a has been staying
2b ’ve stayed 3a have been disappearing
Listening: People talking about learning English
3b ’s disappeared 4a ’s stopped 4b have been
Speaking: Discussing personal experiences of learning stopping 5a ’ve been swimming 5b has swum
English
SHORTCUT Exercise 3 page 4
• To do the lesson in 30 minutes, keep the lead-in brief • Students complete the sentences.
and spend no more than five minutes on exercise 7. Set • Check answers as a class and ensure that students explain
exercise 4 as homework. their choice of tense.
LEAD-IN 3–4 MINUTES KEY
• Write Top Tips for Learning English on the board. Ask 1 phoned 2 have (you) known 3 has been
students to work in groups and brainstorm ideas for running, moved 4 has belonged, left 5 ’ve been
learning English, e.g. Listen to English songs, Read English waiting 6 ’s been working out 7 haven’t met 8 ’ve
language blogs. been looking for 9 Have (you) seen, bumped into
• Give students two minutes to discuss their ideas before
Exercise 4 page 4
asking one student from each group to write their ideas
on the board. Keep the ideas on the board; they can be • Students complete each sentence twice using different
used in exercise 8. tenses. They then explain the difference in meaning.
• Go through the first sentences together. Elicit the two
Exercise 1 page 4 possible tenses (present perfect simple and past simple)
• Focus attention on the photos of the people and the and the difference in meaning. Students then work
speech bubbles. Ask: What are these people talking about? individually.
(their experiences and opinion of learning English) • Check answers as a class.
KEY
1 I haven’t seen Kate for three months. (This suggests up
until recently.) I didn’t see Kate for three months. (This
Introduction 1