Course Overview

Close-up, Second Edition

Beginner – Proficient | CEFR: A1+ – C2 | 7 Levels

Authors: Angela Bandis, Katrina Gormley, Diana Shotton, Karen Ludlow, Motse Watkin

Develop students’ English with Close-up, a flexible course suitable for secondary and exam preparation now with a brand-new A1+ level! Close-up brings English to life through spectacular National Geographic photography and facts carefully selected to appeal to the inquisitive minds of students. They will discover real places, real people and real English through a ‘Close-up’ on the world around them.

What’s new with Close-up Second Edition?

  • The integrated ‘Exam Close-up’ feature gives students and teachers step-by-step advice and strategies for how best to approach exam tasks so students have an opportunity to put the advice into practice on the page
  • A new ‘Learning Focus’ feature introduces ‘learning to learn’ tips so students can see what they need to do themselves outside of the classroom to progress
  • Students’ abilities to think, form, express and justify personal opinions are developed further in the ‘Ideas Focus’ sections – a core skill for success at First
Student’s Book
  • Exam tasks have been updated to align with the Cambridge English for Schools 2015 specifications
  • Step-by-step grammar presentations make the teaching of grammar clearer and more straightforward
  • New ‘Use your English’ sections in each unit provide practice of grammar and vocabulary
  • A ‘Grammar Focus’ section at the end allows students to check their learning
Workbook
  • A wide variety of tasks that consolidate the vocabulary and grammar presented in the Student’s Book
  • Exam style tasks in each section with Exam Reminders to help students tackle them
  • Further reading practice in each unit
  • A listening exercise in every unit
  • Writing sections
  • Regular reviews to check understanding
Student eBook
  • The Student’s Book in an interactive eBook format delivered on a disc
MyELT Online Resources
  • Additional online workbook activities powered by MyELT
  • Online workbook activities include English in Use that provides further practice of the grammar and vocabulary
  • For more information about MyELT visit http://myelt.heinle.com
Teacher’s Book
  • Includes unit and lesson plans
  • Contains key and audio script for the Student’s Book and Workbook
Interactive Whiteboard
  • Play the audio material included on the online student zone
  • Enjoy the National Geographic videos found on the online student zone with or without subtitles
  • Show or hide the key to the student’s book and workbook tasks
  • Show the justification for the key to reading comprehension and listening tasks at the click of a button
  • Create your own interactive tasks with the easy-to-use Content Creation Tool
 
 
Component Array and ISBNs

9781408098196 CLOSE-UP A1+ STUDENT'S BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE

9781408098318 CLOSE-UP A1+ STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE + E-BOOK DVD (FLASH)

9781408098240 CLOSE-UP A1+ WORKBOOK

9781408098271 CLOSE-UP A1+ WORKBOOK + ONLINE WORKBOOK

9781408098288 CLOSE-UP A1+ TEACHER’S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO & VIDEO DISCS

9781408098295 CLOSE-UP A1+ TEACHER’S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO & VIDEO DISCS + IWB

9781408096840 CLOSE-UP A2 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE

9781408096956 CLOSE-UP A2 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE + E-BOOK DVD (FLASH)

9781408096895 CLOSE-UP A2 WORKBOOK

9781408096901 CLOSE-UP A2 WORKBOOK + ONLINE WORKBOOK

9781408096925 CLOSE-UP A2 TEACHER’S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS

9781408096963 CLOSE-UP A2 TEACHER’S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO & VIDEO DISCS + IWB

9781408095546 CLOSE-UP B1 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE

9781408095553 CLOSE-UP B1 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE + DVD EBOOK (FLASH)

9781408095560 CLOSE-UP B1 WORKBOOK 

9781408095881 CLOSE-UP B1 WORKBOOK + ONLINE WORKBOOK

9781408098509 CLOSE-UP B1 TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS

9781473755512 CLOSE-UP B1 TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS + IWB

9781408095638 CLOSE-UP B1+ STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE

9781408097915 CLOSE-UP B1+ STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE + DVD EBOOK (FLASH)

9781408095645 CLOSE-UP B1+ STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE + DVD EBOOK (HTML)

9781408095652 CLOSE-UP B1+ WORKBOOK

9781408095898 CLOSE-UP B1+ WORKBOOK + ONLINE WORKBOOK

9781408098516 CLOSE-UP B1+ TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS

9781473755529 CLOSE-UP B1+ TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS + IWB

9781408096413 CLOSE-UP B1+ IWB (HTML)

9781408095720 CLOSE-UP B2 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE

9781408097922 CLOSE-UP B2 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE + DVD EBOOK (FLASH)

9781408095737 CLOSE-UP B2 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE + DVD EBOOK (HTML)

9781408095744 CLOSE-UP B2 WORKBOOK

9781408095904 CLOSE-UP B2 WORKBOOK + ONLINE WORKBOOK

9781408098523 CLOSE-UP B2 TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS

9781473755536 CLOSE-UP B2 TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS + IWB

9781408096420 CLOSE-UP B2 IWB (HTML)

9781408095812 CLOSE-UP C1 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE

9781408095829 CLOSE-UP C1 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT ZONE + DVD EBOOK (FLASH)

9781408095836 CLOSE-UP C1 WORKBOOK

9781408095911 CLOSE-UP C1 WORKBOOK + ONLINE WORKBOOK

9781408098530 CLOSE-UP C1 TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS

9781473755543 CLOSE-UP C1 TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS + IWB

9781408098332 CLOSE-UP C2 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT'S ZONE

9781408098455 CLOSE-UP C2 STUDENT BOOK + ONLINE STUDENT'S ZONE + EBOOK DVD (FLASH)

9781408098387 CLOSE-UP C2 WORKBOOK

9781408098417 CLOSE-UP C2 WORKBOOK + ONLINE WORKBOOK PAC

9781408098424 CLOSE-UP C2 TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER'S ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS

9781408098431 CLOSE-UP C2 TEACHER'S BOOK + ONLINE TEACHER'S ZONE + AUDIO + VIDEO DISCS + IWB

9781408098301 CLOSE-UP A1+ COMPANION (GREECE) + ONLINE RESOURCES

9781408096932 CLOSE-UP A2 COMPANION (GREECE) + ONLINE RESOURCES

9781408095607 CLOSE-UP B1 COMPANION (GREECE ONLY) + ONLINE RESOURCES

9781408095690 CLOSE-UP B1+ COMPANION (GREECE ONLY) + ONLINE RESOURCES

9781408095782 CLOSE-UP B2 COMPANION (GREECE ONLY) + ONLINE RESOURCES

9781408095874 CLOSE-UP C1 COMPANION (GREECE ONLY) + ONLINE RESOURCES

9781408098448 CLOSE-UP C2 COMPANION + AUDIO (GREECE)