For students in their final three years of pre-university education with the aim of preparing them for the national exam in English reading comprehension (50% of the final mark). Most sentences come from contemporary newspaper articles: modern English about modern topics. Words in Progress contains the vocabulary found in the most recent English exam wordlist used in Dutch secondary education and meets the requirements of the European Framework of Reference for Languages (C1 level).

This fourth, enlarged edition (2021) has two glossaries in the back: one English-Dutch for regular pre-university education and one English-English suitable for CLIL/IB education. This version replaces the old Workbook for regular pre-university education and the Workbook for CLIL/IB. The exercises are otherwise the same as in these previous editions of Words in Progress for vwo students; some errors have been corrected.

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This version has smaller dimensions; the exercises are identical to the workbook version.

This version only has a single glossary in the back, English-English.

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A combination of the paper version of Words in Progress (HAVO or VWO) and a one-year licence for Learnbeat. You can pick whichever of the different versions of the paper edition of Words in Progress you prefer.

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After Words in Progress, the successful vocabulary builder that effectively prepares a student for the national exam in English reading comprehension, Joop Born has written a new book: Grammar in Progress – Revision, Refinement, and Reference.

The book is intended for Dutch-speaking upper secondary and pre-university students, first-year college and university students, and anyone else who would like to improve their knowledge of English grammar.

The approach is simple: a short explanation with many example sentences based on texts from English newspapers and magazines, followed by exercises. Grammar in Progress contains more than 1600 sentences and 63 exercises.

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