Reflecting a personalized, critical-thinking approach to studying field-specific English, Become 1, 2nd ed. encourages students to improve their listening and reading comprehension skills and to consolidate their knowledge and understanding of vocabulary and grammar. 

Ultimately, it allows them to express themselves clearly in speech and writing on topics that are relevant both to themselves and to their field of studies. 

GSE Level: Skills 44 - 59 (low-intermediate)

What?s new?

Become 1 has been completely revamped with:

• new level-appropriate texts and activities with more scaffolding
• more videos 
• a clearer teaching path
• and projects related to the student?s field of study, allowing the development of English skills they need for real-life situations.

The eText with My eLab is a completely digital version of the Become textbook. The eText is accessible online and provides a wide array of functionalities that allow students to highlight, annotate, search and access My eLab.

The Skills eText includes:

• high-interest and authentic reading, listening and watching materials
• vocabulary activities that allow students to practise vocabulary in context and a Vocabulary Tracker in which they can record new and field-related words
• speaking tasks including discussions and presentations
• final tasks at the end of each unit incorporating writing and speaking assignments
• workshops that focus on challenging aspects of pronunciation
• Become Skilled for Work and Study sections after each unit that cover language skills that are important in any academic or professional context

My eLab - Maximize Your Learning Experience

Practise your English and critical-thinking skills online

Interactive Activities:

• An additional reading or listening comprehension activity for each unit of the skills book
• Vocabulary exercises
• Pronunciation exercises
• Skills practice
• Reading and Listening tests

Documents:

• Recordings of all the Pronunciation Workshop exercises included in the skills book
• A research activity
• A resumé template
• Model outlines for oral presentations and essays
• All the audios and videos accompanying the skills book
• Transcripts of all the audios and videos
• The answer keys
• Reading and Listening tests in Word and PDF format
   

• Become 1, 2^nd ed - Skills - Table of contents

• Become 1, 2^nd ed - Skills - Scope and Sequence

​Andy Van Drom has an MA in Language and Literature from the University of Antwerp (Belgium). He has completed doctoral studies in Linguistics at Université Laval (Québec), including a research visit at Lancaster University (UK). Since 2005, he has been teaching Linguistics and ESL at the college and university level, specializing in English for Specific Purposes.