Category: English Language Teaching
English Expert Coursebook 7
English Expert is a new multi-skill course in English that aims to address the needs of the learners, as outlined in the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2023, one of whose underlying principles is a
concerted shift towards competency-based learning. This series is distinct in its inclusion of curricular goals, mapped to the respective competencies. It focuses on literacy through thoughtfully curated content, exercises, and activities that will help to develop the 3Hs – Curious Heads, Skilled Hands, and Compassionate Hearts.
English Expert is a new multi-skill course in English that aims to address the needs of the learners, as outlined in the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2023, one of whose underlying principles is a
concerted shift towards competency-based learning. This series is distinct in its inclusion of curricular goals, mapped to the respective competencies. It focuses on literacy through thoughtfully curated content, exercises, and activities that will help to develop the 3Hs – Curious Heads, Skilled Hands, and Compassionate Hearts.
ISBN
9789356992849
Format
Paperback
First Edition
2024
Latest Edition
2025
Books of the Series
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- ClassClass 7
- LevelMiddle
- Warm-up has theme-based activities
- Reading comprises a rich variety of texts by global and Indian writers.
- Cross-curricular corner, Literary terms, Common idioms and proverbs have additional trivia, explanations of figures of speech, and idiomatic structures.
- Curricular Goals are mapped to the respective Competencies outlined in the NCF 2023.
- While-reading in-text questions check factual understanding.
- Glossary includes contextual meanings of difficult words.
- In a Nutshell is a useful revision tool which recapitulates the key aspects of the text.
- About the author/poet/playwright includes a brief biography of the author/poet
- Comprehension checks factual understanding through ‘wh-’ and objective questions of various types.
- Life Skills and Values has inferential questions on values and interpersonal skills.
- Vocabulary includes exercises on contextual usage, modes of language acquisition and figures of speech.
- Grammar includes graded practice tasks accompanied by simple explanations.
- Exercises available as interactivities on DigiSuite are tagged with an icon.
- Study Skills includes graded phonics, spelling, and dictionary activities.
- Listening covers aural comprehension activities, as well as word and sentence-based Dictation tasks
- Speaking includes role plays, conversation practice and public speaking tasks through solo, pair and group work. It also covers financial literacy tasks.
- Writing includes graded and free composition.
- Poetry chapters include Activity, a hands-on creative task.
- Explore More has suggestions for further reading, watching and listening to encourage learners to delve further into the theme of the reading text.
- Projects cover cross-curricular activities aligned to the unit themes. They also include ‘bagless day’ activities.
- Coursebook
- Language Companions
- Supplementary Readers
- Teacher’s Resource Book
- Collins DigiSuite for Teachers
- Collins DigiSuite App for Students
- Multimedia eBooks offer interactive learning with videos, animations, presentations, and audio for better concept comprehension and retention.
- The audio feature offers a flexible learning experience by allowing students to listen to chapters. It also helps auditory learners and those with reading difficulties comprehend course material easily.
- Interactive slideshows combine engaging visuals and concise text to help students better grasp concepts.
- Interactivities engage students through quizzes, games, and more. Active participation leads to better retention of the concepts covered.
- Animations simplify complex concepts with clear audio and engaging visuals, making it easy for students to understand.
- Lesson plans offer comprehensive guidance for teachers, including pre-, post-, and while-reading activities, teaching strategies, and learning objectives.
- Additional worksheets are provided for practice and reinforcements.
- The question paper generator enables educators to create, organize and assess students’ understanding with a question bank based on Bloom’s taxonomy.
Suchismita Banerjee holds an MPhil degree in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has been working in the field of children’s publishing with a special focus on early learning for the past twenty years.
Rashi Ravi Ganguly has been a teacher of English and is an ELT materials writer.