Key messages: Students

Gets you talking

90% of teachers who took part in an Oxford Impact study found that American English File improves
students’ speaking skills.

Students can:
Engage with motivating texts, tasks, and video on current, relevant topics that make you want to
speak.

Build your confidence to communicate with a proven balance of Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation
and skills development in every File.

Extend learning outside class with NEW Online Practice activities for every File:
o Look again: review the language, video, and audio from the lesson as many times as you like.
o Practice: Improve your skills with extra Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking practice.
o Check your progress: Test yourself on the language from the File and get instant feedback.
Key messages: Teachers

Gets you talking

90% of teachers who took part in an Oxford Impact study found that American English File improves
students’ speaking skills.

Teachers can:
Manage digital tasks and access all course content instantly. American English File’s unrivalled reputation
for teacher support is now better than ever before with the online Teacher Resource Center. It includes:
o All your American English File resources - video, audio, audioscripts, and much more -available in one
place online to save you time.
o A complete Test and a Quick Test for every File, two Progress Tests, and an End-of-course Test.
o A Gradebook to track your students’ progress.

Make class time more exciting and encourage students to continue learning at home with NEW videos:
o NEW Video Listening activities are now integrated in to each even numbered File, making class time
more dynamic.
o NEW Sound Bank videos bring American English File’s unique Sound Bank to life. Students watch and
listen to how a native speaker pronounces each sound, and understand the movement of the mouth
and vocal chords.
o NEW Interactive videos allow students to step in to the course and take part in the drama series with
Rob and Jenny. They record their own part in the conversation, play it back and have the opportunity
to try again.
Student Book Covers
 Components

For Students:
Online Practice
also available
via e-commerce

Student Book with Online Practice Workbook Multi-Packs A/B: Student Book/Workbook

For Teachers:
Teacher’s Online
Practice and TRC
also available via e-
commerce

Teacher’s Guide with Teacher Classroom Presentation Tool Access Class Audio CDs Class DVD
Resource Center Card (for Student Book and
Workbook)
Overview
American English File is loved by teachers worldwide for getting students talking.
In our recent impact study, 90% of teachers who participated perceived that this series improves students’
speaking skills and 84% think that it helps students speak English more confidently.
With relevant, lively lessons and its renowned communicative approach, American English File 3e gets students
talking more than ever before. How?
Students can:
• Turn each page to find uniquely motivating texts, topics, and tasks that interest them. They want to form their own
opinions, discuss and share them in class and beyond.
• Build confidence to communicate with a proven balance of Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation and skills in every
File.
• Engage with videos in every File, including a motivating drama series, NEW documentaries and dramas, and NEW
authentic interviews.
• Learn outside of class with NEW Online Practice. Look again at Student Book activities, do extra practice activities
and check your progress. Includes NEW interactive videos, and pronunciation activities, where students can go
online, record their voice and play it back for out-of-class speaking practice that mimics real-life interactions.
americanenglishfileonline.com

Teachers have:
• Complete support for every lesson, including detailed lesson plans, over 70 photocopiable activities and extra
support, ideas and challenges.
• A NEW Teacher Resource Center to save time with all American English File resources – video, audio, tests and much
more – stored in one place online. Includes a Gradebook to track students’ progress.
 Unit structure

Every even file includes the NEW video listening activity, and a Review and Check section at the end.
Every odd file includes a Practical English lesson (Starter – Level 3) or Colloquial English lesson (Level 4 - 5).

Starter: 12 Files, two lessons per File Level 1 and 2: 12 Files, three lessons per File
Student Book Level 1 sample unit Practical English at the end of every odd-numbered
file, Review and Check at the end of every even-
numbered File.
Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation in
every File.

Reference and practice materials at the end of each Student

Book, including American English File’s renowned Sound Bank.
Student Book Level 1, Unit 5 The ‘Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation’ approach
that teachers know and trust to get students talking is
clearly signposted at the start of each File.
Student Book Level 1, Unit 5 A speaking element in every File encourages students
to talk by provoking personal reaction and response:
An engaging and flexible approach to integrating skills throughout keeps learners What’s she doing?
motivated. In this example, we see Reading and Speaking combined into one activity.

Students can now go online to review each lesson, complete interactive

activities and check their progress.
Student Book Level 1, Unit 5
Clear references to the Grammar Bank and Vocabulary
Bank at the back of the Student Book support learners.

Non-fiction texts like this new one are ‘googleable’: students can go online
to find out more and be confident that their learning is authentic.
 Student Book Level 1, Unit 5
The motivating drama series with Rob and Jenny remains at the end of each odd file, based on positive feedback from teachers from 2nd edition.

This drama (available in Levels 1 to 3) is filmed on location in New York and London, and teaches high-frequency, everyday English to prepare students for
practical, real-life situations.

Click here to
download a sample
Practical English
video from Oxford
Share.

New! Videos can be

download online,
and students have
the chance to
record their voice
and take part in the
Practical English
videos with
interactive videos
for each episode.
 Videos in American English File:
Practical English and Colloquial English lessons

Practical English videos: Motivating drama series
with Rob and Jenny
(Starter – Level 4)
• Practical English videos and activities follow Rob and
Jenny in a soap-opera style drama, filmed on location in
London and New York.
• Students learn high-frequency, every day English as they
watch the entertaining story unfold. Find the Practical
English sections after every odd numbered File.
Colloquial English videos: unscripted video
interviews of around 10 minutes
(Levels 4–5)
• Each video features an expert who has first-hand
experience related to a theme from Student Book.
• These videos focus on natural spoken language and
provide opportunities for students to use the language
and express their opinions.

Click here to download a sample Practical English video Click here to download a sample Colloquial English
from Oxford Share. video from Oxford Share.

These videos were very well received in the second edition, which is
“The Practical English section makes the students learn
why they have stayed the same for third edition. Although the videos
by heart many useful phrases, so their speaking skills
have stayed the same, the lessons have been updated and students can
improve and the mistakes gradually disappear.”
now go online and take part in the Practical English videos themselves
– Teacher, Let’s Talk English File survey 2013
with interactive video activities.
 Videos in American English File third edition:
Review and Check lessons
NEW documentaries and dramas
• These short films extend the Student Book
topics and offer learners an incremental
level of challenge as they progress through
the course.
• NEW these documentaries and dramas are
now integrated in to the lessons.
NEW authentic interviews
• Give your students the opportunity to listen to
and understand real people.
• These interviews contain authentic and
spontaneous language, suitable for the level.
• They recycle the language and topics from the
previous two Files. Find them in the Review and
Check lessons after every even numbered File.
Student’s Online Practice: Access

americanenglishfileonline.com
Students use the access code in the front of their Student Book to register.

Access code valid for 18 months.

Student access code

card for Online Practice
 Student’s Online Practice: Activities

With American English File Online Practice students can: Practice

Look again
- Review the language from every lesson. Students can review the
Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation from each File.
- Watch the videos and listen to all the class audio again. Video
and audio can be streamed online or downloaded to a device.
- Develop their skills with extra Reading, Writing, Listening and
Speaking practice.
- Speaking practice includes interactive activities to record voice
and respond in a real conversation (see next slide)
- Activities are directly related to the Student Book unit.

Check progress
- Test themselves on the main language from the unit and get
instant feedback.
- Try an extra challenge and share knowledge with classmates via
the online discussion board.
 Student’s Online Practice: Interactive Videos and
Pronunciation Videos
To follow on from every Practical English lesson,
students can now go online to record their voice and
take part in the Rob and Jenny video conversations. They
can play back their conversation, and re-record to
improve it, giving them out-of-class practice that is
relevant to their lives.
Download an example of a student using the
interactive video
Click here for an interactive video demo
American English File’s renowned Sound Bank has helped students
with accurate pronunciation for over 20 years. This edition brings it
to life with NEW Sound Bank videos on
americanenglishfileonline.com
For each sound, students have the unique opportunity to watch
how a native speaker pronounces the sound, understanding the
movement of the mouth and vocal chords, including animations of
mouth position for consonant sounds. Students then hear example
words demonstrating each sound in beginning, middle, and end
position.
For detailed training on Online Practice, download the
Online Practice Product Training Manual from Share.
Workbook

The Workbook contains

• Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation practice for each file (more than ever before!)
• NEW Can you remember? sections to refresh and consolidate learning as students move
through the course.
• Practical English sections that link to the motivating drama series with Rob and Jenny.

All audio for the Workbook is found on

Online Practice.
Workbook Level 1, Unit 5
Workbook audio can all be found on the Online Practice
Workbook Level 1, Unit 5
Workbook Level 1, Unit 5

Link to Online Practice

Workbook Level 1, Unit 5
Workbook Level 1, Unit 5 Students can review the grammar,
vocabulary, pronunciation and skills
Link to Practical English they have learned
Student Book and Workbook
Classroom Presentation Tools
The American English File Classroom Presentation Tools capture students’ attention with full-screen activities,
audio and video teachers can play at the touch of a button and teach their way with flexible digital tools.
Teachers can use across a range of devices, online and offline. The Classroom Presentation Tools each contain
the Student Book and Workbook pages with interactive activities and an answer key.

Flexible teaching
• Use each Classroom Presentation Tool across a range of devices, Teachers can set up the CPT in 4 simple
including tablets and computers steps
• Multiple options for marking questions and revealing answers 1. Go to oxfordlearnersbookshelf.com
• Range of audio and activity features allow teachers to teach in their 2. Create an account or login with
own way existing details (Oxford ID)
3. Click ‘add books’ and enter access
Reliable technology code
• The Classroom Presentation Tools can be used both online and 4. Download the app to use offline
offline
Teachers can also buy their Student Book
• Oxford Learner’s Bookshelf is OUP’s most reliable platform
Classroom Presentation Tool and Workbook
• No installation required, quick and easy set-up Classroom Presentation Tool combined
access code from the online catalogue. They
Increased student engagement will receive an email with instructions as
• Embedded video and audio – all in one place above.
• Range of interactive activities to use with students
• Focus on activities and make full-screen – great for large classes
• Reveal and mark answers automatically Download the full Classroom Presentation
Tool Product Training Manual here.
Digital samples available

Request code for Student Book and Workbook Classroom Presentation Tools sample
from Sales Operations (dates tbc)
Teacher’s Guide
With Teacher Resource Center and Communicative, Grammar,
and Vocabulary photocopiables
American English File has an unrivalled reputation for teacher support, and the fourth edition
builds on this. The Teacher’s Guide contains the same level of guidance as the previous edition,
and the print guide now comes with access to the NEW Teacher Resource Center.

The print Teacher’s Guide contains:

• Detailed lesson plans for every File.
• Extra support, extra ideas and extra challenges to make each lesson your own.
• Over 80 photocopiable activities including Communicative activities, Grammar activities and
Vocabulary activities (over 50 photocopiable activities for the higher levels).
Teacher’s Guide sample Level 1, Unit 5 Clear answer
Complete lesson keys
introduction, with easy
reference to all materials.

PLUS 80+ (50+ for higher levels) photocopiables at

Optional activities and extra ideas and support the back of the book. For this edition, these
teachers to plan creative lessons. photocopiables are also included in a digital format
on the Student Book Classroom Presentation Tool.
Teacher Resource Center: Access

Teachers use the access code in their Teacher’s Guide to log in to the American English File
Teacher’s Resource Center for the first time. The Teacher Resource Center includes all additional
teaching resources in one place, as well as a Gradebook to track the progress students are making
on Online Practice.

americanenglishfileonline.com
Access code valid perpetually.
Access code card instructions

If institutions require more than one account, additional gratis

codes should be requested by the ELT consultant
from your Sales Operations account manager.
Teacher Resource Center: Resources

All resources stored in one place online to make lesson planning simple.

Resources for teachers include:

• Student Book and Workbook audio
(can be streamed online or
downloaded to watch/listen offline)
• Teaching notes
• Photocopiables
• Audioscripts
• CEFR correlations
• Tests: File tests, Quick tests, Progress
tests, an End-of-course exit test and an
Entry test (available as customizable Microsoft Word documents)

Resources are available as downloadable PDFs.

Teacher Resource Center: Gradebook

Teachers can use the gradebook at americanenglishfileonline.com to manage classes

and track students’ progress.

Teachers can create classes, and lock and unlock content

to control what students can see in their accounts.

Teachers can also monitor students’ progress with a variety

of easy-to-use visual reports – from multi-class, to whole-
class, to individual student level. They can review, print, or
export the reports for further analysis.