Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: English First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: Summer 2018 This new edition of the National 4 & 5 English textbook is fully up to date for National 4 and 5 courses, including the latest updates to National 5 . It recognises the removal of Purpose and Audience from both courses, and includes new material for Reading for Understanding, Analysis, and Evaluation at National 5, and for the National 5 Spoken Language Assessment. Throughout the book, the necessary skills or areas of knowledge are introduced gradually, tested with brief activities, demonstrated again, and then reinforced with end-of-chapter activities and questions that mirror SQA examination papers. Ensure your students are prepared for every aspect of their assessment with fully comprehensive coverage of the new syllabus requirements: - updated to support the new course specification and address all skills covered in the SQA examinations - reflects changes in the set text list - provides thorough exam preparation, with Practice Exercises, and associated answers and mark schemes - includes a new focused revision tips section - written by a highly experienced and respected author - provides an engaging and practical pathway through the syllabus - organised to make it easy to plan, manage and monitor student progress.