Cambridge Essential English for Queensland Units 3&4
Overview
Cambridge Essential English for Queensland Second Edition comprehensively covers the revised Essential English syllabus for Year 12 in 2026 and includes new high-interest content. A new chapter focusses on the use of images in advertising and social media, new film studies explore a range of media and their relationship with real life and the diverse human experience. New texts and extracts allow students to engage with current examples. Teachers benefit from new teacher explanation notes, scaffolded teaching with activities and extension tasks and an introductory chapter, with explanations and key literacy routines and strategy examples and downloadable, editable worksheets.
Features
- Extensive support for the Common Internal Assessment including a chapter to prepare students for their Response to Stimulus CIA with examples and scaffolded practice activities.
- New embedded teacher explanation notes offer alternative ideas for tasks, approaches, and assessment ideas.
- Scaffolded teaching with routines, activities and extension tasks to suit a range of student needs.
- Support for teachers Contextual information at the start of each chapter supports all teachers, including those new to teaching English. An introductory chapter, with explanations and key literacy routines and strategy examples.
- The ‘Glossex’, a combination of glossary and an index, is a useful tool allowing students to expand their vocabulary by listing and defining important or difficult words.
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