Revised Communicate in English CCE edition is an activity-based integrated skills course with a cross-curricular approach that will equip learners to communicate and express themselves in English. The series reflects the changing trends and developments in the communicative approach. The books are carefully-graded and classroom-tested.

The course comprises COURSEBOOKS LITERATURE READERS WORKBOOKS TEACHERS’ HANDBOOKS WEB SUPPORT

Books A and B have attractive talk-about colour pages to encourage children to observe closely and generate vocabulary focus on the practice of Phonic patterns, introduction of elementary language patterns, talk-about activities, sequencing activities, matching and colouring exercises and solving puzzles have special notes FOR THE TEACHERat the end of the book that comprise activities, poems, songs and stories for classroom use

In Books A, B there is a CCE checklist for the teacher.

Books 1–8 have been enriched and updated with new pieces on sports, the environment, international events . . .

THE BASIC FORMAT OF REVISED CIE CCE edition BOOKS 1 TO 5 GET SET - warm-up activity that leads the learners into the main text COMPREHENSION - PROSE OR POEM Read and Understand section MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ALTERNATE RESPONSE TYPE QUESTIONS REFERENCE TO CONTEXT SEQUENCING ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

HOTS QUESTION / QUESTIONS FROM BOOK 3 ONWARDS DISCUSS IN CLASS HOTS QUESTION / QUESTIONS FROM BOOK 3 ONWARDS Book 3 Book 5

VOCABULARY SPELL RIGHT LEARN PUNCTUATION and USE YOUR DICTIONARY WORD WISE section, apart from vocabulary-building exercises also includes SPELL RIGHT LEARN PUNCTUATION and USE YOUR DICTIONARY

UNDERSTAND GRAMMAR Grammar has been reinforced, students are made aware of the grammar rules through well-graded exercises and activities. Book 2 Book 5

Book 3 Book 4

SKILLS PRACTICE LISTEN CAREFULLY section increases awareness of the different sounds of English, develops the ability to listen accurately and sharpens listening. Book 2 Book 4

SPEAK WELL section encourages verbal interaction in class through group and pair work. Builds confidence and fluency Book 1 Book 5

WRITE WELL section fosters creative thinking and expression, initiates the learners into organized writing Book 2 Book 3

The DO AND LEARN section (IN BOOKS 1 AND 2) and CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING in Books 3 – 8 has tasks that teachers can use for FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Book 2 Book 5

SA 1 AND SA2 ( for Term 1 and Term 2) sums up how much a student has learned from the course covered Book 2 Book 5

Books 1 and 2 have a STICKER PAGE Books 1 and 2 have a STICKER PAGE. The young learners will paste a sticker from this page on to the CHECK LIST for self-assessment given on COVER PAGE 3

SCHOLASTIC ASPECT OF LEARNING The features covered so far give recognition to the SCHOLASTIC ASPECT OF LEARNING The assessment in the SCHOLASTIC area may be done using multiple techniques of evaluation.

The CO-SCHOLASTIC asepct is well-defined as the LIFE SKILL section that includes the following v LIFE SKILLS v CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES v ATTITUDES AND VALUES Book 1 Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5

BOOKS 6 – 8 WHAT’S NEW???

1. FOUR COLOUR Book 6 Book 8

2. NEW FORMAT AND LAYOUT OF EACH UNIT Book 7

3. AS PER FEEDBACK FROM EVERYWHERE, NO. OF UNITS REDUCED FROM 8 TO 7 Book 6 Book 8

4. The GET SET sections new in most of the units Book 8

5. The VOCABULARY SECTION is now well-defined within all the three SECTIONS of the lessons in the units Book 8

6. GRAMMAR SECTION UPGRADED, now WITHIN the lessons The SECTIONS 2 and 3 in all the units have grammar under two different headings UNDERSTAND GRAMMAR - it has the grammar rules and practice exercises USE GRAMMAR - the exercises enable the learners to internalize the rules in a task-based activities. Book 8 Book 8

7. TASKS FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT (include activities on Vocabulary, Grammar, Listening, Speaking, Writing using techniques like DEBATES, POSTERS, MINDMAPS, VENN DIAGRAM, PIE-CHART, FLOW CHART, ROLE PLAYS, etc) Book 6 Book 7

8. As per CCE guidelines, there are IT-based activities/projects Book 6 Book 8

9. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS (SA1 AND SA 2, at the end of UNIT 3 and UNIT 7) Book 7

10. The CO-SCHOLASTIC aspect is well-defined as the LIFE SKILL section Book 6 Book 8

GENERAL SALIENT FEATURES Books 1 to 8 A warm-up or a pre-reading task at the beginning of each lesson introduces the theme of the lesson and gently leads the reader’s mind into the main lesson. Texts are a balanced mix of classic and contemporary pieces. In Books 6 to 8, the selections from a wide range of genres are theme-based. Lively poems by modern as well as classical poets inculcate in the learner a love for poetry. New and difficult words and phrases in the texts are highlighted in an easy-to-read, unobtrusive and visually- appealing manner and their meanings given at the bottom of each page. Exhaustive exercises are given to develop the skills of comprehension, grammar and writing.

The Activity ( Workbooks ) have theme-related Unseen Comprehension passages that are followed by exhaustive exercises. Every unit in Activity Books 1 to 8 contains sections on vocabulary, grammar, writing and reference skills( in workbooks 6 - 8). Grammar is presented in a graded and orderly manner. The Writing exercises in every unit will expose the students to a variety of writing formats. The Literature Readers motivate students to read for pleasure. They help to develop the students’ analytical, inferential and deductive skills. The study of literary pieces provides opportunities to the students to reflect on the events and characters.

Web-support for teachers is available on the ELT Virtual Resource Centre (www.ratnasagar.co.in ) in the form of lesson-linked downloadable exercises and activities on grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, writing tasks and listening and speaking skills. In addition there sample question papers and a teacher resource centre in which teachers can post their queries and get responses from our ELT experts.

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