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2 LEVELS | ECCE AND ECPE (PROFICIENCY) | B2, C2 |
New Plus Michigan

New Plus Michigan is a series of two books in American English which
develops students’ listening, speaking and writing skills and prepare
them effectively for the corresponding
sections of the Michigan ECCE and ECPE
examinations. COMPONENTS

KEY FEATURES
Student’s Book Skills Development
• Units based on different topics and divided into
three thematically linked sections, each of which
three thematically linked sections, each of which
corresponds to one of the three skills
corresponds to one of the three skills Teacher’s Book
• Topics which interest learners and are commonly
• Topics which interest learners and are commonly
found in examinations
found in examinations
Class CDs
• A variety of speaking and listening tasks
• A variety of speaking and listening tasks
providing extensive practice in the language and
providing extensive practice in the language and
functions which are useful for the writing section
functions which are useful for the writing section Tests
• Guidance, plans, tips and tasks leading to
• Guidance, plans, tips and tasks leading to
successful writing of all composition types
successful writing of all composition types
• Teacher’s Book including key, listening
• Teacher’s Book including key, listening
transcripts and notes
transcripts and notes
SAMPLE PAGES
SA M PL E P A G E S New Plus Michigan Proficiency, Student’s Book

model essay accompanied by useful tips
questions helping students understand
questions helping students understand and suggested
its structure and organisation essay plans

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plan
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the general plan below:
O How instrumental are the mass media in influencing public opinion? Opening paragraph Introduce the issue to be discussed, referring to the ways in which it is
O Which medium (TV, the press, etc.) do you think plays the greatest role in forming public opinion? (Introduction) controversial.
Sample writing Main part Discuss one point of view in one paragraph and the opposing in another.
(2 paragraphs) Alternatively, you can discuss the pros and cons of one aspect of the issue in
1. Read the rubric and the sample essay below. What does the writer attribute the excesses of the media to? Do you one paragraph and the pros and cons of another aspect in another.
agree? Closing paragraph ph ph Summarize the pros and cons and state your opinion if it is required. Make
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The media is not just a means of informing the public today; it also plays a major role in advancing or destroying (Conclusion) relevant suggestions or recommendations if appropriate.
careers and images. Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons to support your answer.
O Use topic sentences to organize your paragraphs and develop the idea expressed in the topic sentence by giving
We are currently experiencing an unprecedented information explosion whereby news is instantly available
We are currently experiencing an unprecedented information explosion whereby news is instantly available examples, explaining it or expanding on it.
to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At the same time, more people than ever before are O Demonstrate a wide range of sentence structures by using participle clauses, for example.
finding themselves under the media microscope, and there can be no doubt that the media can make or O Demonstrate a wide range of vocabulary by incorporating language relevant to expressing advantages and
break a career, build up or destroy an individual and even prompt the downfall of a government.
disadvantages.
The media are in the enviable position of being able to reach millions of people at one time. They can
The media are in the enviable position of being able to reach millions of people at one time. They can
therefore bombard us with stories and images and present us with news items that are deliberately slanted
therefore bombard us with stories and images and present us with news items that are deliberately slanted
to serve their interests. Even though people are asked to exercise good judgment, unfortunately, many Writing practice
people's minds are quite impressionable.
people's minds are quite impressionable.
1. Read the rubric below and in pairs
What is more, if the media decide to turn on a person, there is very little that person can do to fight back.
What is more, if the media decide to turn on a person, there is very little that person can do to fight back. discuss what you know about the
Many people have been forced to resign from their jobs as a result of being pilloried by the media. People's
Many people have been forced to resign from their jobs as a result of being pilloried by the media. People's process of cloning.
lives have been made miserable by the media invading their privacy and bringing to light all the sordid
lives have been made miserable by the media invading their privacy and bringing to light all the sordid
details of their life. Advances in the field of genetics
have now made human cloning
The media are aware of the fact that they are the singularly most powerful group in society and their power
will continue to increase until such a time as the public's thirst for information abates, something very possible. However, a number of
unlikely to happen. In fact, the excesses of the media, especially the excesses of tabloid journalism, are concerns have been raised relating
the result of the public's own appetite for scandal.
to scientific, ethical and social
aspects of cloning and are the
2. Read the sample essay again and answer the subject of debate.What are the pros
following questions. and cons of human cloning? In your
a. In what part of the essay does the writer opinion, do the possible benefits
first express his/her opinion? outweigh any other considerations?
b. What argument does the writer build in
the second paragraph? 2. Read the introduction to the essay.
c. What aspect of the issue does the writer Do you think it is satisfactory?
develop in the third paragraph? How would you improve it?
Technology and medicine have
made a lot of progress lately. There
has been a lot of progress in the
field of genetics too. Now we can
Focus on vocabulary even clone human beings. Imagine
that! Who would have thought that
1. Match the words highlighted in the text with their meanings a-f. would ever be possible? But not
a. stigmatize everybody agrees that we should.
b. remarkable There are advantages and
disadvantages to cloning human
c. immoral or dishonest beings. Scientists have to think
d. vulnerable about all that before they make a
decision.
e. biased
f. desirable
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a wide variety of activities a variety of tasks and activities
deriving from the sample essay focusing on brainstorming, planning,
and focusing on vocabulary, expanding on notes, editing, etc.
syntax, style and organisation and leading to ECPE writing tasks
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