Comparison of three textbooks for the secondary grammar school New Headway BlueprintMatrix Intermediate level

We are going to deal with: The image of the book The image of the book System of its division System of its division Language of the book Language of the book Vocabulary Vocabulary Grammar & practical grammar exercises Grammar & practical grammar exercises Skills Skills Information about the English speaking countries Information about the English speaking countries Marks for the books Marks for the books

The image of the books All the books are blue All the books are blue The biggest book is Headway The biggest book is Headway The smallest is Blueprint The smallest is Blueprint

System of the book division Every book is divided into Every book is divided into units units The number of pages in each unit differs: The number of pages in each unit differs: Blueprint (2-3) Blueprint (2-3) Headway (9-12) Headway (9-12) Matrix (12-14) Matrix (12-14)

Language of the book & vocabulary All of these book are very rich in vocabulary; All of these book are very rich in vocabulary; the richest and hardest to understand is Matrix Blueprint - new words, everyday expressions Blueprint - new words, everyday expressions Headway - everyday expressions, a lot of new words, phrasal verbs Headway - everyday expressions, a lot of new words, phrasal verbs Matrix - scarcely used words, rich vocabulary, phrasal verbs, idioms, Matrix - scarcely used words, rich vocabulary, phrasal verbs, idioms, + wordlist + wordlist

Grammar & practical grammar exercises Where is the grammar explained? Where are the exercises placed? Blueprint In each unit (set of units) Special pages Headway Grammar reference In each unit Matrix Grammar reference Special pages

Skills As we already know: As we already know: Very well developed in all of these books (and all units) Very well developed in all of these books (and all units) listening listening reading reading speaking speaking writing writing

Listening Students may appreciate the tapescript at the end of Headway, otherwise all the books are equally good Students may appreciate the tapescript at the end of Headway, otherwise all the books are equally good Exercises for: - filling in the missing words Exercises for: - filling in the missing words - true or false exercises - true or false exercises - comprehension questions - comprehension questions

Speaking Discussions about problems Discussions about problems Asking and explaining Asking and explaining Comments to some interesting topics (previous reading) Comments to some interesting topics (previous reading) Reading Reading Stories Stories Comprehension questions Comprehension questions New words New words Broadens knowledge Broadens knowledge

Writing formal and informal letters, formal and informal letters, descriptive writing, descriptive writing, writing a narrative, writing a narrative, sending a fax, sending a fax, filling in a form, filling in a form, dialogues, dialogues, note of welcome and explanation note of welcome and explanation

Information about the English speaking countries All of these books give us information about Britain, U.S., famous English and American people (e.g. Dickens), literature (David Copperfield), habits (cuisine), national characteristics. All of these books give us information about Britain, U.S., famous English and American people (e.g. Dickens), literature (David Copperfield), habits (cuisine), national characteristics. BUT they all could give more!!! BUT they all could give more!!!

BlueprintHeadwayMatrix Image of the book 111 Division of the book 321 Language221* Vocabulary221* Grammar212 Grammar exercises 1*21 Listening111 Reading111 Speaking111 Writing111 Information about ESC Not bad, but could be more

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