Angela Tomkinson, Elizabeth LeeAngela Tomkinson, Elizabeth Lee Thin Global A Cultural Journey through the English-Speaking World (Welcome to THINK GLOBAL Think Global captures not only the past of the English-speaking world reflected in its mores, traditions and customs, but also its present multicultural, technological, vibrant, exciting, global incarnation. Think Global is divided into 15 units each focusing on a theme of relevance to today’s young people. Each unit is divided into two levels: the first 4 pages follow the guidelines of the Common European Framework level Al/ A2. The following 4 pages are a slightly higher level, that of the Common European Framework level A2. This structure allows the students to study the themes at different times in their language learning studies, and so by returning to the themes more than once, they enforce their knowledge of the topic. To help students who are preparing for an internationally recognised English qualification, you will find in each Unit exercises styled upon KEY (KET) and Trinity exams type questions. The Exam Buster page is dedicated to preparing students for the Italian middle school state exam with exercises that the students might encounter. However, these pages are not limited only to students who have to take this exam because every page has study tips which show students how to study better and maximise their linguistic potential. The final page of every unit is a video page. These pages contain truly authentic material and reflect the type of extracts that our students really do watch and listen to online — that is to say English spoken at a natural speed with language appropriate to their audience, e.g. slang. Furthermore these clips expose the students to a large variety of global accents. The clips are accompanied by exercises designed to help students confront this reality. In each unit there is also a double page spread focusing on a different country where English is the national and / or one of the official languages. These pages look at well-known and less wellknown aspects of these countries and so reflect the individual and contemporary nature of each of the countries united around the globe by their common use of the English language. From England to Australia, fram India to the States and from Kenya to Canada students will be encouraged to really Think Global!