The All American B2 Student's Book

• engages students thanks to its thought-provoking topics and exciting visuals that reflect modern-day life and 21st century issues.
• builds on the students' existing knowledge and natural curiosity in special introductory Checkpoints.
• develops reading comprehension skills and strategies while giving students opportunities to express themselves.
• stimulates the students' attention with specially-made videos engaging learners and involving them creatively.
• builds up the students' knowledge in all lexical and grammatical areas required at B2 level.
• offers step-by-step development of listening and speaking skills, ranging from guided practice to realistic exam tasks, with extra support through Language Banks.
• provides detailed guidance on the process and requirements of effective writing through systematic model analysis, appropriate language use and suitable structure, with a novel Writing Guide for support.
• develops efficient test-taking skills thanks to the comprehensive Exam Strategy sections and helpful Tips.
• enables students to recycle language and evaluate their progress in special B2 Practice tasks and dedicated Exam Practice sections in each unit.
• provides a comprehensive learning framework that ensures success in any B2 examination in American English.

The All American B2 Workbook

offers additional practice in all four skills and all aspects of language included in the Student’s Book.

The Workbook includes:

• extensive vocabulary practice through a range of different tasks, at sentence and text level, covering all key lexical items in each Student’s Book unit, with an additional vocabulary check in exam format.

• comprehensive practice on all grammar points in the Student’s Book, focusing on areas of common difficulty, with an additional grammar check in exam format.

• listening practice in realistic exam-level tasks that reflect the unit topic and develop the learners’ listening skills.

• further development of speaking skills in all exam parts, with guided practice that leads to realistic exam questions related to the unit theme.

• writing sections modelled on common B2 exam tasks and closely connected to the writing skills development program in the Student’s Book, with additional support for the Workbook users.

• Exam Practice at the end of each unit, which offers an opportunity for self-evaluation on the vocabulary and grammar of the preceding unit, and prepares learners for most B2 examinations.

The All American B2 Companion is a useful tool for learners needing support with learning, consolidating and expanding their knowledge and use of vocabulary.

The Companion includes:

• all words and expressions in the Student’s Book that students would need to learn or revise, listed in order of appearance.

• an accurate definition of each word or expression in English, related to its specific use in the Student’s Book, with phonetic transcription and translation in modern Greek.

• an example for each headword, specially written to reflect its meaning in the specific context.

• additional listing of associated words, derivatives, synonyms, opposites and special notes where useful.

• a complete Grammar Reference section in each unit, with grammar theory translated in Greek.

• extra Vocabulary and Grammar Practice sections in every unit, with exam-type tasks on the key lexical and structural items of the unit.

• an Alphabetical word list at the back of the Companion, for ease of reference.

The All American B2 Test Book offers a comprehensive scheme for assessment and progress evaluation of the key language and skills in the Student’s Book.

The Test Book includes:

• ten Quizzes, one for each unit in the Student’s Book, testing all key vocabulary and grammar areas.

• five Progress Tests, one for every two units in the Student’s Book, including exam-type tasks on vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing.

• a Mid-Year Test and an End-of-Year Test, evaluating student progress through exam-type tasks on vocabulary, grammar, listening, reading, and writing.

All Quizzes and Tests come complete with a ready-for-use marking scheme. Score sheets are also included

The class CDS contains the narration of the reading passages as well all audio required for the listening tasks.