New ENGLISH FILE, intermediate Teacher's Book, Oxenden C., Latham-Koenig C., Brennan B., 1997.
What do Intermediate students need?
The intermediate level is often a milestone for students: at this point, many students really begin to 'take off* in terms of their ability to communicate. Some students, however, may see the intermediate level as a 'plateau' and feel that they are no longer making the progress they were before. Students at this level need fresh challenges to help them to realize how much they know and to make their passive knowledge active, together with a steady input of new language.