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Contents
Introducingginsight 4
Componentsgofgthegcourse 6
Student’sgBookgatgagglance 8
Workbookgatgagglance 11
Classroomg PresentationgTool 13
Teachingg notes
Unitg1 14
Unitg2 27
Unitg3 39
Unitg4 51
Unitg5 63
Unitg6 74
Unitg7 86
Unitg8 97
Unitg9 109
Unitg10 119
Workbookganswergkey 130
Teacher’sgResourcegDisk 157
Communicationg worksheets 157
insightgDVDgextragworksheets 159
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Togchallengegstudentsgtogthinkgcriticallygaboutgthe
Agnotegfromgthegauthor gworldgaroundgthem
I’mgreadinggagbookgcalledgThegElementgbygKengRobinson.
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