I found the combination of the student and teacher books especially useful for beginner teachers like me, when working with beginner learners. The books offer clear, coherent and adaptable lesson plans with detailed and helpful notes for the teacher to help them enrich the learners’ experiences. I found it particularly useful to use a lesson plan as a basis and incorporate my own additional ideas.  This worked well as it allowed me to tailor what I was doing to fit the usually spiky profile of the learners in the group. Patterns of learning can become established and learners become familiar with the structure of the topics which makes it easier for them to learn new vocabulary.