The Speakout Student Book: the ideal resource to succeed

Help your students improve their English skills with the Speakout Student Book w/DVD. Speakout offers an innovative and contemporary approach to learning, incorporating a lot of real-world media content into the teaching material: BBC clips provide concrete examples of English as it is spoken in real life. 

More than 90 hours of teaching material

The Speakout Student Book offers 10-12 units (depending on the level), with several sections that address each new skill using a variety of methods, allowing students to find the most suitable way to study and practise. 

The manual is organized as follows:

• Each unit follows the same pattern, with:
  • An introductory page with learning objectives 
  • Two main input lessons covering grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and skills work
  • A practical lesson, which develops useful communication skills and includes strategies for developing speaking and listening skills
  • A motivating skills-strengthening lesson based on a BBC DVD clip, which acts as a springboard for further speaking (Speakout) and writing (Writeback) tasks
  • A final page of Lookback exercises
• The end matter, at the back of each book, includes the following:
  • Language and practice bank, which provides detailed explanations of key grammar points and further practise opportunities
  • Photo bank, which reinforces vocabulary taught in the lesson using memorable images to enrich students' understanding
  • Communication bank, which provides further practice and language reinforcement opportunities, such as through role-playing, information gap activities, etc.
  • Audio scripts of each class audio, which allow students to do a quick self-check and learn the spelling of words that were spoken in class

BBC videos for authentic spoken English

The Student Book comes with a DVD that contains a wide choice of BBC video clips, plus BBC interviews and scripts. Based on selections from the BBC's rich archives, these lessons are designed to strengthen language knowledge and act as a springboard for further speaking and writing tasks. 

BBC Program Clips Intermediate: 

• The Blind Painter
• Hustle
• YouTube: the Future of TV?
• Gavin and Stacey
• Top Gear
• My Worst Week
• The One Show: Christine's Water-Ski Challenge
• Tribe: Anuta
• The Divine Michelangelo
• Nature's Great Events: The Great Melt

The Speakout DVD also includes the Student Book scripts, class audio and the corresponding audio scripts.

Antonia Clare is a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer. She has taught and trained with International House and the British Council in many countries around the world including Italy, Spain, Hong Kong, Portugal, Ukraine, Poland, South Africa and the UK. She is a co-author of Language to Go Upper-Intermediate and Total English Intermediate and Advanced (Pearson ELT).

JJ Wilson is a teacher, teacher trainer and co-author of Language to Go Upper Intermediate and Total English Intermediate and Advanced (Pearson ELT). He has lived and worked in Egypt, Lesotho, Colombia, the UK, Italy and the US. He is currently a faculty member at the School of Education, Western New Mexico University, US. He is also the author of How to Teach Listening (Pearson ELT) which won an English Speaking Union award for the Best Book for Teachers.