English Experience : For Junior Certificate (2 Rev ed)

The first book in a two-book programme for Junior Certificate English students.

Suitable for mixed ability 1st and 2nd year classes, it provides enough material to take the Ordinary level student through to the exam.

The second book in the series will complete the Higher level course.

Encourages students to develop their literary standards through a wide range of texts including short stories, poems, plays, myths, legends and excerpts from novels.

Appeals to Junior Certificate students through its layout, colourful design and use of cartoons and photos for dramatic effect.

Establishes learning objectives at the outset of each chapter and also offers opportunities for revision in each thematic unit.

Personal and factual texts are included, such as diary entries, autobiographies, letters, reports, reviews, newspaper articles and advertisements.

Allows students to develop their own responses to a variety of texts, create their own texts and use various reference resources including libraries and the Internet.

The English Experience series fulfils the requirements of the Junior Certificate syllabus while also preparing the students for the new Leaving Certificate programme.