by Mwangi
Excelling in English is a new English course that is tailored to meet the learning needs of students in secondary school. The series is written by a team of experts in the subject. It dexterously integrates English and Literature in a way that makes the learning process not only enjoyable but also enriching for the students. The course is learner-centred and it is structured in a manner that allows students actively participate in the learning process. The course therefore helps learners to discover facts other than memorise what they are taught thus making the knowledge indelibly imprinted on their minds. English is in this course taught in context and learning situations that are familiar to the students are used. Each Students’ Book in the series has an accompanying Teachers’ Guide, which sets out lesson objectives clearly and gives detailed and useful information on lesson development for the teacher. Excelling in English Teachers Guide 1 is a manual designed to help the teacher use the Students’ Book effectively. It sets out with extreme lucidity objectives for each unit, thereby placing the teacher on the right road to seeing the desired knowledge and attitudes more clearly. Useful tips are given on how to involve the students in the activities and exercises in the Students’ Book. The guide further contains additional notes and makes the teacher well equipped to handle the lessons successfully. Diagnostic exercises are given to ensure that complete learning takes place. Answers to the exercises and samples for the writing tasks are provided to assist the teacher evaluate the students’ total progress. The guide further sensitises the teacher on how to accommodate students with special needs and thus ensure multi-ability learning. This is one book that everybody wishing to use the Excelling in English series cannot do without.

by “Mwangi, Mukunga”
Excelling in English Teachers’ Guide 4 is a manual designed to help the teacher use the Students’ Book effectively. It sets out with extreme lucidity, objectives for each individual item to be taught in each unit, thereby placing the teacher on the right road to seeing the desired knowledge and attitudes more clearly. Useful tips are also given on how to involve the students in the activities and exercises in the Students’ Book. The guide further contains additional notes and makes the teacher well equipped to handle the lessons successfully. Diagnostic exercises are given to ensure that complete learning takes place. Answers to the exercises and samples for the writing tasks are provided to assist the teacher to evaluate the students’ total progress. The guide further sensitizes the teacher on how to accommodate students with special needs and thus ensure multi-ability learning. This is one book that everybody wishing to use Excelling in English series cannot do without.