Helping students learn real-life English to connect with others and the world 

Everything you need to suit your teaching style, in-class, online or both!

Lessons in  Connections  can be completed in the order presented, or in any other order that best suits your curriculum or teaching style. Each lesson is self-contained, and while all lessons are cohesive and relate to the unit theme, the separate lessons don't rely on each other, allowing for greater teaching flexibility. Each unit contains the following:

• 1 Warm-Up
• 2 Speaking Lessons
• 1 Reading Lesson
• 1 Listening Lesson
• 1 Watching Lesson
• 1 Writing Lesson
• 2 Grammar Lessons
• 1 Final Project
• 1 Wrap-Up 

In your interleaved, spiral-bound Teacher's Edition you'll find:

• every student book page with its respective answers/teacher page, with step-by-step instructions for each activity
• optional activities
• extra guidance for activities
• instructions about handouts
• answer keys (tests and student workbook)

The e-space platform: an enhanced learning experience at your fingertips 

Access  Connections  anytime, anywhere on the easy-to-use, easy-to-access, flexible and comprehensive e-space platform. The e-space platform is easy for teachers and students to use, encourages engagement, enhances the learning experience, and helps to improve outcomes. You'll find your ELT tools all in one place:

• Front-of-class presentation tool for teachers with integrated activities
• Interactive Student Book with multiple interactive features and functionalities
• Online Resources for both students and teachers
• Online activities with a learner management system, automated correction, and result compilation in online gradebook
• Test kit
  • 10 unit tests (for each unit)
  • 1 midterm test (units 1-5)
  • 1 final test (units 6-10)
  • 1 overall exam (units 1-10)
  • Speaking and writing rubrics for marking schemes

In addition, the Online Practice gives your students access to instantly-graded activities with supportive feedback.

Sonia Egron has been teaching ESL for 17 years and is currently a teacher at the Collège International Marie de France in Montreal, Canada. She has been authoring ESL material since 2012. Sonia is co-author of the enriched ESL textbook Raising the Bar 5, published in 2013, the ESL textbook On Track 3 published in 2018, as well as the ELT textbook Connections 1 published in 2022. She has also authored material used by the University of Ottawa for a special ESL teaching project in Haiti. She has an MA in curriculum development from McGill University.

Shawna Cole has spent more than 15 years in the education and ESL fields in various capacities including teacher, administrator, and curriculum developer. Her passion has always been teacher training and teaching excellence. She has had the pleasure of sharing this passion with hundreds of teacher trainees over the last 10 years as a TESOL instructor and by presenting and hosting workshops internationally. As a freelance consultant in recent years, she has been involved in the development of more than 30 programs and courses for various corporations, ESL schools, and private career colleges across Canada. She also provides professional development training for educators on instructional design locally and internationally.