Connect with the world and bring your classroom to lifeNow in a new edition, National Geographic Learning brings the world to your classroom with Life, a six-level integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners.Through stunning National Geographic content, video, and engaging topics, Life inspires a generation of informed decisionmakers. With Life, learners develop their ability to think critically and communicate effectively in the global community.An extensive Critical Thinking syllabus encourages learners to develop well-informed opinions.Updated and relevant content through National Geographic photographs and video engages learners by connecting them to people and places from around the world.New My Life sections help learners explore the connections between the content and their own lives.The following new and updated features of the second edition of Life are based on extensive research and consultation with teachers and learners from around the world:Updated global content in the unit themes and reading selectionsUpdated video material featuring additional video support for vocabulary learningNew, specially selected National Geographic photography stimulates learners' visual literacy skillsExtended and better-integrated critical thinking syllabus actively engages students in their language learning, encouraging them to develop their own well-informed and reasoned opinionsA refined grammar syllabus with increased scaffolding and an enhanced reference sectionNew Memory Booster activities improve students' ability to retain new languageImproved Classroom Presentation Tool now includes the Workbook pages, academic skills worksheets, extra support, and extension activities

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John Hughes is an award-winning ELT author with thirty years' experience of teaching and teacher training. He has worked with learners and teachers from all over the world and is a well-known conference presenter. For National Geographic Learning, he is an author on the course series Life, World English, Third Edition World Link, Fourth Edition, Success with Business, and Total Business. He's also the author of the methodology title, Critical Thinking in ELT. His website is www.johnhugheselt.com. Helen Stephenson first taught business English in the 1980s. She has written in-house training courses and a course for upper-secondary students. She teaches at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.Paul Dummett is a teacher and writer based in Oxford, UK, where he ran his own school teaching English to professionals from 1996 to 2006. He currently teaches refugee children in Palestine and Jordan with The Hands Up project. His main interests are the use of images and narrative in language teaching and how these can aid deeper learning and memory. Seeking out writing projects that explore these interests he has found a natural home at National Geographic Learning, co-authoring titles such as Life and Keynote and acting as a Course Consultant for Look, a seven-level primary series. He enjoys travel, exercise and live music/spoken word performance.

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Now in a new edition, National Geographic Learning brings the world to your classroom with Life , a six-level integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Through stunning National Geographic content, video, and engaging topics, Life inspires a generation of informed decisionmakers. With Life , learners develop their ability to think critically and communicate effectively in the global community.

An extensive Critical Thinking syllabus encourages learners to develop well-informed opinions.
Updated and relevant content through National Geographic photographs and video engages learners by connecting them to people and places from around the world.
New "My Life" sections help learners explore the connections between the content and their own lives. The following new and updated features of the second edition of Life are based on extensive research and consultation with teachers and learners from around the world:
Updated global content in the unit themes and reading selections
Updated video material featuring additional video support for vocabulary learning
New, specially selected National Geographic photography stimulates learners' visual literacy skills
Extended and better-integrated critical thinking syllabus actively engages students in their language learning, encouraging them to develop their own well-informed and reasoned opinions
A refined grammar syllabus with increased scaffolding and an enhanced reference section
New "Memory Booster" activities improve students' ability to retain new language
Improved Classroom Presentation Tool now includes the Workbook pages, academic skills worksheets, extra support, and extension activities Student's Book + App
Engaging tasks with fascinating National Geographic content
Grammar reference with additional practice activities
Access code to download the Student App Life Student App
The Life Student App is an exciting new feature of the second edition, it contains the video and audio for the Student's Book and Workbook, grammar practice activities, interactive reading practice, expanded wordlists, and games. Interactive E-Book
Interactive version of the Student's Book with integrated audio and video Workbook + Audio CD
Further content-rich practice of the language aims in the Student's Book
Grammar extra sections to extend students' understanding of how grammar works
A focus on learning skills to encourage independent learning
A graded IELTS test to allow students to benchmark their learning MyLife Online Resources
Consolidates the Student's Books contents
Includes new activities for vocabulary, grammar, writing, speaking and pronunciation
Provides additional practice that complements the print Workbooks
MyELT platform allows teachers to set up classes and monitor students' progress via a gradebook Teacher's Book + Audio-CD + DVD
Detailed teaching notes, answer keys, background information and teacher development tips
Photocopiable communicative activities
Progress tests for every unit ExamView®
Make paper and online tests in minutes Online Resources
The Life resource website contains a wealth of extra teaching material including video, audio, tests, wordlists and much more.

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Now in a new edition, National Geographic Learning brings the world to your classroom with Life , a six-level integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners.
Through stunning National Geographic content, video, and engaging topics, Life inspires a generation of informed decisionmakers. With Life , learners develop their ability to think critically and communicate effectively in the global community.

An extensive Critical Thinking syllabus encourages learners to develop well-informed opinions.
Updated and relevant content through National Geographic photographs and video engages learners by connecting them to people and places from around the world.
New "My Life" sections help learners explore the connections between the content and their own lives.
The following new and updated features of the second edition of Life are based on extensive research and consultation with teachers and learners from around the world:
Updated global content in the unit themes and reading selections
Updated video material featuring additional video support for vocabulary learning
New, specially selected National Geographic photography stimulates learners' v…