New Concept English

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Longman New Concept English by L. G. Alexander is a popular English language textbook.

Contents

[edit] Introduction

The course was first published on October 30, 1967. A later (1993) revised edition is also available.

The course consists of four components:

  • The Students' Book
  • The Teacher's Book
  • A set of cassettes, on which the multi-purpose texts have been recorded.
  • Another set of cassettes, on which Repetition drill in the Teacher's Book has been recorded.

[edit] Book 1: First Things First

This book is for beginners who learn English. The stories are funny and easy to learn.

[edit] Book 2: Practice and Progress

This book includes 96 lessons:

Lesson 1: A private conversation

Lesson 2: Breakfast or lunch?

Lesson 3: Please send me a card

Lesson 4: An exciting trip

Lesson 5: No wrong numbers

Lesson 6: Percy Buttons

Lesson 7: Too late

Lesson 8: The best and the worst

Lesson 9: A cold welcome

Lesson 10: Not for Jazz

Lesson 11: One good turn deserves another

Lesson 12: Goodbye and good luck

Lesson 13: The Greenwood Boys

Lesson 14: Do you speak English

Lesson 15: Good news

Lesson 16: A polite request

Lesson 17: Always young

Lesson 18: He often does this

Lesson 19: Sold out

Lesson 20: One man in a boat

Lesson 21: Mad or not

Lesson 22: A glass envelope

Lesson 23: A new house

Lesson 24: It could be worse

Lesson 25: Do the English speak English

Lesson 26: The best art critics

Lesson 27: A wet night

Lesson 28: No parking

Lesson 29: Taxi

Lesson 30: Football or polo

Lesson 31: Success story

Lesson 32: Shopping made easy

Lesson 33: Out of the darkness

Lesson 34: Quick work

Lesson 35: Stop thief

Lesson 36: Across the channel

Lesson 37: The Olympic Games

Lesson 38: Everything except the weather

Lesson 39: Am I all right?

Lesson 40: Food and talk

Lesson 41: Do you call that a hat?

Lesson 42: Not very musical

Lesson 43: Over the South Pole

Lesson 44: Through the forest

Lesson 45: A clear conscience

Lesson 46: Expensive and uncomfortable

Lesson 47: A thirsty ghost

Lesson 48: Did you want to tell me something?

Lesson 49: The end of a dream

Lesson 50: Taken for a ride

Lesson 51: Reward for a virtue

Lesson 52: A pretty carpet

Lesson 53: Hot snake

Lesson 54: Sticky fingers

Lesson 55: Not a gold mine

Lesson 56: Faster than sound!

Lesson 57: Can I help you, madam?

Lesson 58: A blessing in disguise

Lesson 59: In or out

Lesson 60: The future

Lesson 61: Trouble with the Hubble

Lesson 62: After the fire

Lesson 63: She was not amused

Lesson 64: The Channel Tunnel

Lesson 65: Jumbo versus the police

Lesson 66: Sweet as honey!

Lesson 67: Volcanoes

Lesson 68: Persistent

Lesson 69: But not murder!

Lesson 70: Red for danger

Lesson 71: A famous clock

Lesson 72: A car called Bluebird

Lesson 73: The record-holder

Lesson 74: Out of the limelight

Lesson 75: SOS

Lesson 76: April fool's day

Lesson 77: A successful operation

Lesson 78: The last one

Lesson 79: By air

Lesson 80: The Crystal Palace

Lesson 81: Escape

Lesson 82: Monster or fish

Lesson 83: After the elections

Lesson 84: On strike

Lesson 85: Never too old to learn

Lesson 86: Out of control

Lesson 87: A perfect alibi

Lesson 88: Trapped in a mine

Lesson 89: A slip of the tongue

Lesson 90: What's for supper?

Lesson 91: Three men in a basket

Lesson 92: Asking for trouble

Lesson 93: A noble gift

Lesson 94: Future champions

Lesson 95: A fantasy

Lesson 96: The dead return

[edit] Book 3: Developing Skills

This volume includes 60 lessons. At this level,there is less need for pattern control and contextualization. Now that the foundations have been laid,the student is in a position to cope with new sentence patterns as and when they occur.

[edit] Book 4: Fluency in English

This volume includes 48 lessons. The materials were chosen from a variety of publications. Nine of the lessons were selected from The Listener.

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