Documentary Videos
Longer Video lessons are based on documentaries covering a wide range of real-life situations. Documentary videos at each level provide a change of focus and give more listening and language practice.
POTENTIAL
Reach higher
Reach higher
POTENTIAL is the new upper-secondary course designed to help students achieve their full potential. It gives students a wide range of tools to learn English and develop life skills, by encouraging creativity and critical thought, with a focus on motivating texts and topics.
- Quick talk videos – engaging, social-mediastyle videos featuring short challenges to consolidate grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
- Documentary-style videos exposing students to a mix of accents and cultures.
- Preview sections designed to spark interest
- Build your potential sections focusing on key subskills and learning strategies.
- Life skills and values lessons aimed at developing students’ social and emotional learning (SEL) and fostering an understanding of cultural and social diversity.
- Projects promoting learner independence and teamwork, creativity and an awareness of sustainability and the environment.
- Vocabulary builders and graded Stories in the Workbook helping students expand their lexical understanding.
Key Features
Each unit of Potential opens with large images and thought-provoking questions to spark interest in a topic and get students talking. The topics are chosen to provide a motivating source of information, with texts serving as a springboard for discussion or encouraging a personal response. Dedicated Speaking lessons focus on a specific skill or function, and spoken responses are encouraged throughout each unit.
There are always two vocabulary sections within a lesson. The first is often a lexical set of words and phrases around the unit topic. The second often focuses on other aspects of vocabulary systems, such as word-building, collocation and idiomatic language.
As well as reviewing learnt material, Potential regularly focuses on upcoming activities. Preview sections in Reading, Grammar and Listening lessons generate interest in the next class or can be used online as preparatory work before a lesson. Within Grammar lessons, short Figure it out sections encourage students to work out grammar rules, preparing them for the lesson ahead.
The Reading, Listening and Writing lessons have an explicit focus on subskills and learning strategies, with Build your potential sections designed to help students improve in these areas. These sections also appear in the Video lessons, helping students with areas of spoken English.
Regular Projects are designed to foster learner independence and group work, to allow for creative expression using a variety of media and to encourage awareness of the important world issues of sustainability and the environment.
Illustrated and engaging How-to pages providing tips for developing students’ skills and confidence in Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking and Pronunciation (A1 level). Skills diaries in the Workbook complement these pages.
Components & ISBNs
- Student’s Book
- Workbook
On HELBLING e-zone
- e-book+
- Cyber Homework
- Exam Practice
- Quick talk videos
- Documentary-style videos
HELBLING Media App
- Audio
- Video
- Teacher’s Book
On HELBLING e-zone
- Presentation Software (IWB)
- e-book+ for class presentation
- All Audio and Video
- Teacher's Book
- Exam worksheets
- Project planner worksheets
- Testbuilder + Test Audio
- Placement Test
HELBLING Media App
- Audio
- Video
- e-book+ for class presentation offline for Windows/macOS
Standard
Student’s Book and Workbook as separate volumes provide material for the classroom and further practice at home.
Combo Split COMING SOON
Each volume provides five Student’s Book units and five Workbook units. All Potential teachers’ materials are also available in flexible formats to match the versions.
Download and print out the full list of ISBNs. COMING SOON
HELBLING e-zone
Whether you teach online or face-to-face, or a blend of both, Potential offers a wealth of digital materials and resources available on HELBLING e-zone, a user-friendly online platform for learners and teachers.
e-book+
An interactive version of the Student’s Book and Workbook, including all video and audio, plus extra interactive reading and listening activities.
Cyber Homework
Interactive activities covering grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening and language for speaking and writing.
Exam Practice
Activities to cover all the Cambridge exams from A2 Key to B2 First, plus TOEFL, TOEIC and IELTS.
Presentation Software (IWB)
The teacher’s version of the student’s material for presentation on an interactive whiteboard (IWB) for face-to-face classes or for screensharing in virtual classrooms.
Teachers can also access the e-book+ for class presentation in the HELBLING Media App for Windows and macOS.
Testbuilder with Test Audio
Specially developed tests allow you to effectively evaluate your students’ progress. You can use ready-to-print tests or edit and generate your own versions for face-to-face teaching.
Placement Test
Designed to give students and teachers a quick way of assessing the approximate level of a student’s knowledge of English grammar and usage.
HELBLING Media App
Quick access to multimedia material at any time, anywhere – with or without an internet connection.
All audio and video content is available via the HELBLING Media App for both students and teachers, on mobile devices and desktop computers.
Teachers can also access the e-book+ for class presentation in the HELBLING Media App for Windows and macOS.
The HELBLING Media App is available for free for Android, iOS, Windows and macOS.
Download from the app store of your choice or via helbling.com/media-app
Videos
Quick talk videos
Short Quick talk videos in each unit follow a familiar social media format and contain short challenges to consolidate learning of grammar and vocabulary. These take the focus away from the teacher and provide accuracy and pronunciation practice.
Life skills and values lessons are designed to develop students’ soft skills – their ability to be resilient, resourceful and empathetic learners. These lessons focus on personal development, but also encourage students to look beyond their own experiences and expand their awareness of cultures, beliefs and identities around the world.