Oxford Progressive English (Secondary)

First Edition

For Classes 6 to 8

Rachel Redford

This is the secondary level of Oxford Progressive English series. The books have been written according to the UK and Pakistan National Curriculum guidelines and aim to develop language skills through practice in reading, writing, speaking, and listening in a structured, progressive way, bridging the stages from primary to O Level.

This series contains a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and prose by eminent Pakistani and foreign authors. This course encourages pupils to read, interpret, and analyse texts and to write about them in a thoughtful and organized manner.

The Teaching Guides have been enhanced to provide useful instructions and support, lesson plans, answer keys, tasks and photocopiable worksheets for reinforcement, and sample test papers following each unit.

Second Edition

For Classes 6 to 8

Rachel Redford

Over the last fifteen years, Oxford Progressive English has enjoyed huge success as a wholly reliable resource for both language acquisition and in preparing students for the Matriculation Exams and Cambridge O Level examinations (CAIE).

New Edition:

Books 6, 7, and 8 have now been re-written and re-designed for today’s changed and changing world.
The Reading, Writing, Listening, and Discussion tasks in Book 7 have been written specifically to prepare students for CAIE O Level examinations and include some explicit reference to the CAIE syllabus.
Revised and re-written Teaching Guide for each Book.

New features:

Over 30 brilliant new lively texts cover varied issues and topics from across the world with a focus on Pakistan and the United Kingdom.
Questions test an increasing level of close reading and critical thought.
To build and extend students’ word power, the new Word Power logo highlights language with words and expressions followed by guided practice tasks illustrating their usage.
Listening in which teachers read text to students now concludes each Unit. The speaking elements encourage expression of structured ideas and opinions.
Extensive revision and testing are provided by Let’s Revise, and move this with the line above Test Yourself which concludes each Unit with a test for spelling and meaning.