The English-language skills acquired at school level often determine children’s future academic success and effectiveness in social interaction. With a comprehensive learning package of language skills, Real English trains school learners to use English confidently for academic purposes and real-life communication. Main features of the series are: • Engaging text: a rich selection of stories, folktales, anecdotes, biographies, episodes of history, real stories, factual writing, plays, poems and rhymes • Core skills: Reading and comprehension – factual, inferential, reflective and evaluative • Vocabulary – contextual, thematic and general • Grammar and usage • Identification of sounds and pronunciation • Listening and speaking • Writing – functional and creative • Focus on values and life skills: beyond-the-text activities that focus on values and impart essential life skills • Purposive organization: well-graded, cross-referenced and contextually organized practice tasks; space for written responses