Description:

New Directions English is designed to meet the learning objectives specified in the latest National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2023). The series emphasizes learning through classroom interaction, practical application and critical thinking. The theme-based and interdisciplinary units feature literary as well as informative texts to promote diverse reading approaches and comprehension skills. By blending conceptual and practical exercises, this series encourages a balance between the academic and functional aspects of English.

Features:

• Theme-based Units that follow the latest textbook pattern based on the NCF

• Leaming Outcomes for the language skills, in addition to curricular goals and UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Subject Integration through reading texts as well as research-based activities
• Values and Life Skills introduced through discussion and activities

Lessons for Life:

The activities in this special section encourage learners to expand on and explore textual ideas by applying them in contexts from other subjects, disciplines and domains. This section includes a wide range of tasks that foster independent thinking and learning.

Teacher Support:

• Lesson plans
• Answer keys
• Worksheets

Digital Resources:

• Animated lessons
• Audio for listening exercises
• Downloadable worksheets
• Interactive exercises
• E-book
• Test generator

Author: Somesh Kumar is an ELT professional with more than ten years of experience in curriculum design, content development and editing. He has an MA in English from the University of Delhi. He has worked with some of India's top publishing brands and has developed a variety of ELT resources, including coursebooks, literature readers, grammar textbooks and online courses.

Editorial Advisor. Chintalapalli Vijayakumar has an MA in English from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, and a BEd, an MPhil and a PhD in English Language Education from the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. His areas of expertise include Learner Corpus Research, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Advanced Academic Writing and Metadiscourse, English for Academic Purposes, Data-driven Learning (DDL), Corpus-based Language Education, Genre Analysis and Systemic Functional Linguistics. Dr. Vijayakumar has numerous publications on ELT in renowned international journals. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani