The "Matrix" series prepares secondary students for school-leaving examinations in English. - Engaging texts provide authentic input for the development of students' reading and listening skills. - Grammar is presented and practiced by contrasting structures and tenses which are commonly confused. - Extensive vocabulary development increases active and passive knowledge. Word focus pages provide vocabulary consolidation and extension. - Speaking is practiced through a wide range of controlled and freer activities, encouraging students to take part in more structured discussions and to express their own ideas. - Listening texts are based on authentic materials and feature a variety of speakers and accents. - A comprehensive writing syllabus gives students step-by-step guidance in producing a wide variety of text types. - Culture focus pages in "Matrix Pre-Intermediate" provide opportunities for students to look at...