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Transition Guide
for Teachers
Empower 1st and 2nd Edition Updates
Component comparisons
Key updates
Student Book content
01
A revised design gives the course
an attractive, fresh, modern look.
02
New impactful unit opener images
12B You should live like and replacement course photos
12B
Learn to give advice about travelling

YOU SHOULD LIVE LIKE Learn to give advice about travelling G should / shouldn’t
G should / shouldn’t the local people V Travel collocations

THE LOCAL PEOPLE

create interest and curiosity.
V Travel collocations

1 READING
a Ask and answer the questions.
Would you like to live in a different country? Why /
Why not? If yes, which country would you choose?
b Read the article and name the people in
pictures 1–4.
c Read the sentences. Who do you think wrote each one: Tom (T), 1 READING 2 VOCABULARY Travel collocations
Oliver and Kirsten (OK) or Maya (M)?
1 Saw some beautiful fish yesterday. Fantastic! a Ask and answer the questions. a Match pairs of verbs 1–6 with a word or phrase in the
2 We’ve got a job taking photos for a local newspaper. Would you like to live in a different country? Why / Why not? box. Use the texts in 1b to help you.
3 I think they liked the music I played last night. If yes, which country would you choose?
4 I’m going to work on the island of Koh Tao – the sea is so clear there. a hotel a bag home abroad plans a holiday
5 We’re going to find a local school for our daughter next week. b Read the texts and match the people with pictures
1 make / change 4 plan / have
a–d.
d Would you like to go travelling and never stop? Why / 2 travel / live 5 book / stay in
Why not? 3 stay at / go back 6 pack / unpack
c Read the sentences. Who do you think wrote each one:

Why not go travelling ...

Troy (T), Oliver and Kirsten (OK) or Cerys (C)?

UNIT e6s
b
CAN DO OBJECTIVES
3.80 Six people talk about travelling and holidays.
1 Saw some beautiful fish yesterday. Fantastic!
2 We’ve got a job taking photos for a local newspaper.
Complete the sentences with verbs in 2a. Listen and CAN DO OBJECTIVES
check your answers.

and never stop?

3 I think they liked the music I played last night.
■ Talk about advice and rules
1 I always my holidays carefully. I read about the ■ Talk about advice and rules
4 I’m going to work on Koh Tao Island – the sea is so place before I go there. ■ Describe food ■ Describe food
clear there. 2 I don’t want to abroad. It’s better to go on holiday ■ Ask for and give recommendations
5 We’re going to find a local school for our daughter next week. in my own country.
■ Ask for and give recommendations
■ Write a review of a restaurant or café
In 2010, Tom sold everything, packed a small bag Write a review of a restaurant or café
3 I never a hotel. I want to see my room before I ■
1 d Would you like to go travelling and never stop?
and left his home in London to travel abroad. He
decide to stay there.
Why / Why not?

t cultur
was 30. Ten years and 15 countries later, he’s still
4 I usually my bags about an hour before I go on
holiday. I hate doing it!
travelling and he says he’s never going to go back
5 After a week away I’m always happy to home and
home. Last year he arrived in Portugal. To earn Why not go

Differen
see my family again.
money, Tom works as an English teacher. He’s

travelling
6 When I’m on holiday I never plans. I just see
also a DJ in some local nightclubs.
what happens when I get there.
TOM SAYS: You can use English in most

... and never stop?

places, but you should try to learn the local c Which speakers in 2b do you agree with?
language, too. Why / Why not?

In 2003 Troy sold everything, packed a small bag and left his Oliver and Kirsten Foster left the UK in 2009. In three years
home in Australia to travel abroad. He was 30. Ten years and they travelled to Mexico, Peru, the USA, Thailand, China,
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15 countries later, he’s still travelling and he says he isn’t Dubai and Germany before arriving at their latest home
ever going to go back home. Last year he arrived in Portugal. in Egypt. They’re both photographers, so they can work
To earn money, Troy works as an English teacher. He’s also a anywhere in the world. They now have a three-year-old
DJ in some local nightclubs. daughter, Liona, so they have to make plans more carefully.
But they don’t want to change their lives. Next year they are
TROY SAYS: You can use English in most places, but
going to live in Ecuador and then South Africa.
you should try to learn the local language too.
OLIVER SAYS: I love meeting new people, but you
shouldn’t forget your family back home. I phone my
Like many students, Maya finished university in her
Like many students, Cerys finished university in her home mum every week.
home town of Athens, Greece and decided to have
a long holiday. She stayed in cheap hotels and town of Swansea in Wales and decided to have a long KIRSTEN SAYS: You should live like the local people and
with friends in different countries. Five years later, holiday. She stayed in cheap hotels and with friends in try to make friends with people from the country.
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she is still enjoying that holiday. When she was in different countries. Five years later she is still enjoying that
Australia, she learned how to dive. She loved it and holiday. When she was in Australia, she learned how to dive.
she decided to do a course and learn to teach other She loved it and she decided to do a course and learn to a
people how to dive. Now she works all over the teach other people how to dive. Now she works all over the
world teaching tourists to dive. world teaching tourists to dive.
CERYS SAYS: It’s a big, wide world out there. I don’t
MAYA SAYS: It’s a big, wide world out there. I don’t

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want to spend my life in just one place.
want to spend my life in just one place.

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UNIT
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DIFFERENT CULTURES
Empower 2nd Edition Empower 1st Edition GETTING STARTED
GETTING STARTED
a Look at the photo. Ask and answer the questions.
a Look at the photo. Ask and answer the questions. b Have you met people from different cultures? 1 Where do you think the photo was taken?
2 Where are the people from?

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1 In which part of the world do you think the photo was taken? If you have, what did you have in common? How
were you different? If you haven’t, what do you think 3 What do they have in common?
2 What job are the men doing?
they would find interesting or surprising about your 4 How are they different?
3 How is this similar to or different from the same job in
your culture? country’s culture? b Have you met people from different cultures? What
4 Are there any jobs in your country that still use traditional did you have in common? How were you different?
methods? Give details.
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Revised course material and a
number of updated texts ensures
the content is up-to-date. 04
3B PEOPLE USED TO
MIX US UP ALL THE TIME
Learn to talk about families
G used to, usually
UNIT 3

3B Wetogether
used to get
every year
Learn to talk about families

G used to, usually

V Family; Multi-word verbs
New documentary videos New
documentary style video program
V Multi-word verbs

1 READING 1 VOCABULARY Family

a Look at the photos and guess the family
1 2 3 4 relationships between the people. Make at least

available in each unit. The new

two guesses for each picture.

They could be sisters.

Perhaps they’re cousins.

b Match sentences 1–8 with photos a–h.

1 I haven’t got any brothers or sisters, so I’m an

video teaching notes come with

a Discuss the questions.
1 Look at the photos of the twins. Which twins are
identical (they look exactly the same)?
only child. b
2 My brother has got a son and a daughter, so I’ve got
a nephew and a niece. They’re twins.
3 Judy was born a year before me, so I’ve got an
older sister.
b Do the quiz. Answer the quiz questions with your
4 My brother is two years older and my sister is three
partner. Then check your answers at the bottom of p. 37.
years younger. I’m the middle child in our family.
5 I’ve got five brothers and sisters who are all younger

video activity sheets.

2 If you are a twin, what is it like? If you are not a
than I am. I’m the oldest child in the family.
twin, what do you think it would be like?
6 My family lived in Malta until I was 12 years old, so
I spent all my childhood there.
7 Helena has given up work to stay at home and

QUIZ:
raise her young children.
Do you think the following facts about twins are true or false? 8 I’ve just become a grandmother, so there are
Not sure? Have a guess! now three generations in our family!

TWIN
d
c Use the bold words and phrases in 1b to
1 There are about three chances out of 100 of twins
talk about your family.
being born – they make up 3% of the general population. T / F

FACTS 2
3
Identical twins have exactly the same DNA.
Mothers of twins are likely to be a bit taller than other women.
T / F

T / F
I’m not an only child –
I’ve got an older sister.

4 Most twins would prefer to be an only child. T / F

I spent my childhood
When twins are very young, about 40% develop c
5 a language of their own. T / F
in the country.

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6 Many twins believe they can read each other’s thoughts. T / F

7 Identical twins have the same fingerprints. T / F

Cândido Godói in Brazil is the twin capital of the world – e g h

8 between 1959 and 2008, 8% of the births there were twins. T / F

9 Many twins are left-handed. T / F

Film stars Rami Malek, Scarlett Johansson and Vin Diesel

10 each have a twin. T / F

2 3

Rami Malek Scarlett Johansson Vin Diesel

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Empower 2nd Edition Empower 1st Edition

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Academic Skills. Additional lessons
for every unit of Empower Second
edition, focusing on language
and skills for academic purposes.
Available on Cambridge One.

Note American Empower will only have the documentary videos, whilst Empower Second edition will also have the Lesson
C course videos in the Student’s Book and vox pops in the Workbook in addition.
Key updates
Assessment

01
All End-of-Unit tests and the Mid and End-of-course Competency tests are
now all available in Cambridge One. All tests should be taken on a desktop
or laptop.

02
End of unit test ‘personalised pathways’ are no longer part of the 2nd
Edition. Students can use the mobile optimised Digital Workbook for
additional practice.

Details on the End of Unit Tests

Both Empower Second Edition and American Empower will
have access to the end of unit tests on Cambridge One
after lesson C. The tests are automarked and students can
see how they have performed on each of the grammar,
vocabulary and functional language points covered in the
unit.

At this point students can review their test and see what
they got right or wrong. Students are then directed to a set
of relevant exercises in the Digital Workbook for further
practice. There will be no personalized paths as with the
First edition. If the students has performed well in the test
then extension activities are suggested.

After completing these exercises students are able to re-

attempt those test questions they got wrong the first time,
thus learning from and having the opportunity to correct
their earlier mistakes. The student can then review their
test again and this time has access to the correct answers.
Key updates
Cambridge One – everything in one place

01
All Empower online content and online assessment is now available on a new
platform – Cambridge One
A new easy-to-use flexible learning environment for English language learners and
teachers. It offers intuitive navigation and clear data views. This means all online
content and resources for teachers and students are in one convenient place.

02
The Digital Workbook can be accessed via mobile, tablet or computer.
Learn and teach on the go with content designed to adapt to different screens sizes.
The simple layout and clear navigation help you learn and teach on mobile, tablet and
desktop. This means students can access content and study outside of class in a way
which suits them.
03
Teacher content available on Cambridge One
• Teachers can find all the course materials
including the Digital Workbook, Class Audio,
Class Video, Video Worksheets, Photocopiables,
Classroom Presentation software and
assessments all in one place.

• Gradebook - Use insights to drive results. Track

completion, engagement, and achievement using
meaningful, relevant and actionable metrics to
boost learner motivation and measure success.

04
Students’ content available on Cambridge One
• Student’s eBook, Audio, Video, Digital Workbook,
and Assessments.

• Students no longer have to remember their

username. They can log in with their social media
account or email address. If they used the CLMS
before they can log into Cambridge One with the
same credentials.
Linguaskill
Empower is a recommended course for Linguaskill preparation:
Effective English language testing for success
Linguaskill is a quick and convenient online test to help institutions
check their students’ level of English.

For more information visit:

cambridgeenglish.org/linguaskill

visit:
cambridge.org/empower
cambridge.org/americanempower

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