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self-assessment section, rating how well they’ve learned   they begin the new book. The Entry Test allows you
             the material and identifying areas for further practice.  – and your students – to assess their understanding
                                                                   of the key grammar points presented in the previous
             In Starter Level, students finish their review with a fun   level of Everybody Up. Based on students’ strengths and
             board game that uses language they have learned.
                                                                   weaknesses, you can assign Entry Review Worksheets
             Bonus Lesson and Project: In Levels 1 to 6, after the   to review, support, challenge, and further assess your
             Check Up, there is a Bonus lesson and a Project. In   students’ understanding of specific grammar topics.
             Levels 1 and 2, the Bonus lesson features phonics, which   Achievement Tests: A unit test after each unit, a
             teachers can use to present and review the letters of the
             English alphabet and the sounds those letters make.    midterm test after Unit 4, and a final test at the end of
                                                                   the level help you assess your students’ mastery of the
             In Levels 3 to 6, the Bonus lesson features integrated
             skills with activities for reading, writing, listening,    vocabulary, grammar, and conversational language.
                                                                   There are also speaking tests that provide a framework
             and speaking.
                                                                   for assessing your students’ progress in this area. In
             The Bonus lesson is followed by a Project. These projects   addition, every test contains questions and tasks similar
             encourage students to collaborate, communicate, and   to what your students will encounter in Young Learners
             be creative in real ways through creating posters, books,   examinations.
             artwork, and other tangible items to present and share.
             The projects require some basic materials and may also   Further information on testing and evaluation can be
                                                                   found on the Teacher’s Resource Center CD-ROM.
             utilize photocopiable templates available on the Teacher’s
             Resource Center CD-ROM. Each project includes a
             Home-School link that encourages students to share    Cambridge English: Young Learners
             their work and language at home.
                                                                   (YLE) Tests
                                                                   In many areas, students will take the Cambridge
             Assessment                                            English: Young Learners (YLE) tests. To help prepare

             Everybody Up provides all the assessment resources you   for this, much of the content of Everybody Up, such as
             need to help shape and improve your students’ learning.   vocabulary items and grammar structures, serves to
             This includes tests for establishing students’ language   prepare students for these tests.
             level, for evaluating their progress in the course, and   Each Student Book features eight pages of exercises
             for preparing them for the Cambridge English: Young   practicing listening, speaking, reading and writing as
             Learners (YLE) tests.                                 they are focused on in the YLE tests.

             The Teacher’s Resource Center CD-ROM contains the     Additionally, the Teacher’s Resource Center CD-ROM
             following tests, most of which are customizable. Testing   contains YLE practice tests. These tests provide specific
             instructions, audio files, and answer keys are also   practice in the style of the actual examinations, enabling
             provided.                                             you to choose task types and create practice materials

             Placement Test: This test is a quick tool to help you   to prepare for these tests. Even if your students aren’t
             determine the English Level of new students. Placement   preparing for these examinations, you can still use the
             Test A matches the syllabus of Everybody Up Starter   tests to create extra practice, review tests, or worksheets,
             Level to Level 3. Placement Test B matches the syllabus   and to provide additional skills practice.
             of Everybody Up Levels 4 to 6. Online Young Learners   Further information on testing and evaluation can be
             Placement Tests are available for purchase from       found on the Teacher’s Resource Center CD-ROM.
             OxfordEnglishTesting.com. These tests are written by
             international young-learner assessment experts and
             offer more detailed placement advice for Everybody Up,   Other Features in the Second Edition
             including CEFR Levels.
                                                                   The proliferation of technology in our lives makes
             Entry Test and Entry Review Worksheets: In Levels     visual literacy and communication more relevant
             1 to 6, each level has one grammar-focused Entry Test   than ever before. Videos, posters, and illustrations are
             designed to help you measure your students’ levels as



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