Pathways: An Interactive Course in English series builds a form foundation in communicative language learning through a three-book graded package comprising a Coursebook that is accompanied by an interactive CD, a workbook and a Literature Reader.



The primary objective of the course is to hone the learner''s language skills through tasks that focus on Listening for surface comprehension and specific details Speaking fluently and idiomatically Reading for surface and inferential comprehension and Writing accurately in a variety of contexts, encouraging functional as well as creative use of language. The series adopts the latest CCE approach to enable teachers to monitor the progress of learners through formative and summative assessment tools provided in a well integrated manner through the course.

Debjani Rudra has been a teacher in the Pre-Primary and Kindergarten sections of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, for over twenty years.

Gayatri Khanna has been a senior English teacher and is an ELT material developer.She is part of the material production team for CBSE Englsh (Core) and is also a CBSE resource person.

Mala Palani is a teacher educator with The Galaxy Education System, Rajkot, Gujarat

Pooja Kewlani has been teaching English in the Primary Classes of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi, for the past twenty years

• A carefully graded grammar syllabus with comprehensive rules and application tasks


• A study-skills section focusing in spelling, punctuation, pronunciation and dictionary use


• Two Projects in every Coursebook on social enviornmental themes


• Life-skills activities to inculcate positive attitudes and moral values


• Starter exercises to introduce the different themes of the units


• Activities to engage multiple intelligence that encourages learning at the individual level


• Inclusion of a wide range of ions from literary fiction to factual and narrative texts


• Workbooks with special pages dedicated to formative and summative tests


• The Literature Readers include literary texts ranging from the classics to contemporary