• Traditional and transparent grammar syllabus with gradual progression
• A good balance of all four skills
• Integrated skills lesson with cross-cultural focus
• Songs and games to help stimulate learning
• Accompanying CD-ROM
• ‘Check your English’ and ‘Remember!’ sections

Colin Granger is the author or co-author of Play Games With English, New Generation, Generation 2000 and Hot Spot. He has worked in many countries and is currently writing textbooks and engaged in teacher-training. He is also involved in Komedia, an arts venue in Brighton, England. Katherine Stannett lives in a small village in Sussex with her husband, two lively children, two dogs and one cat. She studied Russian at the London School of Slavonic and East European Studies and then went on to teach English in England and in Japan. She spent many years editing EFL material before she decided to have a go at writing. As well as 'Hot Spot' 3 4, she has written 'Take Shape' Workbooks 4 6 and 'Macmillan Secondary Course' Teacher's Books and magazines for Macmillan and also 'Timesaver Raps!