The
Ecco! series treats student motivation, engagement and enjoyment as vital for successful learning. Teachers will also value the imaginative approaches, cultural authenticity, updated educational principles, logical sequencing, ease of use and practical support of the
Ecco! series.
The Ecco! series is devised for the first four years of secondary school.
Ecco! uno is intended for three semesters' to two years' work.
Ecco! due is more advanced and is intended for two years' work.
Workbook features:
- checklists for students' active self-assessment of chapter learning outcomes
- exercises to help students master new vocabulary through inductive reasoning
- varied listening comprehension tasks using lively performances by native speakers on the Ecco! uno Teacher Audio CDs
- a wide range of appealing reading comprehension, grammar practice and text-type writing activities
- targeted cultural awareness revision and ICT activities
- dictionary skills work to develop students' bilingual dictionary know-how.
Student CD-ROM features:
- cartoon stories replay for listening, reading and speaking practice
- applied pronunciation practice of key sounds (students record own voice)
- vocabulary games to reinforce knowledge of new words and phrases
- different text-type writing tasks with templates provided
- varied activities to extend cultural knowledge
- chapter review quizzes for revision of grammar, vocabulary and cultural knowledge
- record keeping
Recommended CD specifications
PC
- Intel® Pentium® III processor or higher
- Windows® 2000, XP or Vista
- Microsoft® Office 2000, XP or 2007
- 128MB or more of installed RAM (256MB recommended for complex forms or large documents)
- Adobe® Reader® 7 or 8
- microphone
Mac
- G3 or higher
- OS X.4 or higher
- Microsoft® Office for Mac 2004
- 128MB or more of installed RAM (256MB recommended for complex forms or large documents)
- Adobe® Reader® 7 or 8
- microphone
Selected sample pages from
Ecco! uno Workbook.