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Big English, 2E

PRIMARY

Mario Herrera and Christopher Sol Cruz

Big English just got bigger! Designed for achieving results, Big English 2nd Edition
(American English) delivers comprehensive English language acquisition alongside CLIL
and broader life skills, supported by unique online digital teacher and student resources.

The 2nd Edition features improved digital tools, clearer designs for students, and

mapping to the Global Scale of English.

Enhancements to the 3 educational pillars at the core of Big English

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

• New CLIL pages in the Student Book, containing up-to- date material to better engage
learners by reflecting their interests.
• New Big TV as an innovative way to digitally deliver CLIL to students. It consists of 52
videos that use content from different news outlets, to match the themes of the
Student Book Content Connections pages. It also features a printed video workbook
and a bank of teacher notes.

Assessment for Learning (AfL)
• There are opportunities to review progress at every stage with built-in Assessment for
Learning (AfL) in the Student Book and Teacher Book.
• The assessment pack includes Cambridge Young Learner assessment type activities,

plus pre-tests, practice tests, unit tests, final exams and materials for oral assessment.

21st Century Skills
• 21st Century Skills, embedded throughout the course, help students develop
essential skills for life, such as Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication,
Creativity and Digital Literacy.
• 21st Century Skills are signposted sections in the teaching notes. There is also a Think
Big feature that appears 3-5 times each unit.

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