This information for teachers in England and Wales who are preparing pupils for Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level GCE examinations is provided by one of the authors of Tranzit and Kompas, Dr Michael Ransome.

 

Tranzit and Kompas were written to provide materials for an Advanced level syllabus which has recently been superseded. Kompas is now out of print. Some teachers, however, still find the material in these books useful for general language work.

Units in both books are organised in the same way. Each includes oral, grammar and literary-based tasks, in addition to reading and listening exercises which follow closely the pattern of AS and A2 units and are targeted to match these two levels. The material provided by the oral, grammar and literary-based tasks is sufficient for both levels and can be used selectively as appropriate to the progress of individual students and groups.

The following summary of Tranzit and Kompas exercises in terms of General Topic Areas and AS/A2 assessment units might be useful in planning programmes of study for AS and A2 teaching:

Tranzit Unit 1

  

Kompas Unit 1

1.1

GTA 2

U3/U4

  

1.1

GTA 2

U3/U4

1.2

GTA 2

U3

  

1.2

GTA 2

U1/U2

1.3

GTA 2

U2

  

1.3

GTA 1/2

U1/U2/U6b

1.4

GTA 2

U1

  

1.4

GTA 2

U4/U6a/U6c

1.5

Grammar

AS

  

1.5

Grammar

AS/A2

1.6

Grammar

A2

  

1.6

GTA 2

U6a

1.7а,б,в

GTA 2

U1

  

1.7

Grammar

AS

1.7г

GTA 2

U6a

  

1.8

Grammar

AS/A2

1.8

GTA 2

U3/U6c

  

1.9

Grammar

A2

1.9

Grammar

AS

  

1.10

GTA 2

U6a/U6b
 

Grammar

AS

  

1.11а

Literature

AS

1.11а

Literature

AS

  

1.11б

Literature

A2

1.11б

Literature

A2

  

1.12

GTA 1

U1

1.11в

Literature

A2

  

1.13

GTA 2

U4/U6a/U6c

1.11г/д

GTA 2

U6c

        

1.12

GTA 2/3

U2

  

Kompas Unit 2

1.13

GTA 2

U1

  

2.1

GTA 3

U3/U4
       

2.2

GTA 3

U1/U2/U3/U4

Tranzit Unit 2

  

2.3

GTA 3

U6a/U6c

2.1

GTA 1

U3/U4

  

2.4

GTA 2/3

U6b/U6c

2.2

GTA 1/2

U3

  

2.5

Grammar

AS

2.3

GTA 1/2

U4

  

2.6

Grammar

AS/A2

2.4

GTA 2

U2/U6c

  

2.7

Grammar

A2

2.5

GTA 1/2

U1

  

2.8

GTA 3

U6a

2.6

Grammar

AS

  

2.9

GTA 3

U4/U6b/U6c

2.7

Grammar

A2

  

2.10

GTA 3

U1/U2

2.8

GTA 1

U1

  

2.11

Grammar

AS

Tranzit Unit 2 (cont.)

  

Kompas Unit 2 (cont.)

2.9

GTA 1

U6a

  

2.12

Grammar

AS/A2

2.10

GTA 1/2

U6a

  

2.13

Grammar

A2

2.11

GTA 1/3

U4/U6c

  

2.14

GTA 3

U4/U6a

2.12

Grammar

A2

  

2.15

Literature

A2

2.13а

Literature

AS

        

2.13б

Literature

A2/U4

  

Kompas Unit 3

2.14а,б

GTA 1/3

U2

  

3.1

GTA 1

U3/U4

2.14в

GTA 1/3

U4/U6c

  

3.2

GTA 1

U2/U3
       

3.3

GTA 1

U1

Tranzit Unit 3

  

3.4

Grammar

AS

3.1

GTA 3

U3/U4

  

3.5

Grammar

AS/A2

3.2

GTA 3

U3

  

3.6

Grammar

A2

3.3

GTA 2/3

U2

  

3.7

GTA 1/2

U1/U2/U4

3.4

GTA 1/3

U1

  

3.8

GTA 1/2

U1

3.5

GTA 3

U1

  

3.9

GTA 3

U4/U6b/U6c

3.6

Grammar

AS

  

3.10

GTA 3

U1/U2

3.7

Grammar

A2

  

3.11

Grammar

AS/A2

3.8a

GTA 2/3

U1

  

3.12

Grammar

A2

3.8б/в/г

GTA 2/3

U6a

  

3.13

GTA 1/2

U6b

3.9

Grammar

AS

  

3.14

GTA 1

U4/U6a/U6c

3.10

Grammar

A2

  

3.15a

Literature

AS

3.11a

Literature

AS

  

3.15б

Literature

A2/U4

3.11б

Literature

A2/U6c

        

3.12

GTA 1/3

U6a

  

Kompas Unit 4

3.13

GTA 2/3

U6b/U6c

  

4.1

GTA 2

U3/U4
       

4.2

GTA 2

U2

Tranzit Unit 4

  

4.3

GTA 2

U1/U6c

4.1

GTA 2

U3/U4

  

4.4

GTA 2

U6b/U4

4.2

GTA 2

U3/U4

  

4.5

GTA 1

U1

4.3

GTA 2

U1

  

4.6

Grammar

AS

4.4

GTA 2

U6c

  

4.7

Grammar

AS/A2

4.5

Grammar

AS/A2

  

4.8

Grammar

A2

4.6a

GTA 2

U6a

  

4.9

GTA 2

U1

4.6б

GTA 2

U1

  

4.10

GTA 2

U2

4.6 oral

GTA 2

U4

  

4.10д/е

GTA 2

U4/U6c

4.7

Grammar

AS

  

4.11

GTA 1/2

U6a/b

4.8

Grammar

A2

  

4.12

GTA 1/2

U6a/b/c

4.9a

Literature

AS

  

4.13a

Literature

AS

4.9б

Literature

A2/U4/U6c

  

4.13б

Literature

A2/U6c

4.10

GTA 2

U6a

        

Tranzit Unit 4 (cont.)

  

Kompas Unit 5

4.11

GTA 2/3

U6b

  

5.1

GTA 4

U3/U4

4.12

GTA 2/3

U6c

  

5.2

GTA 4

U6b/c
       

5.3

GTA 4

U4/U6b/U6c

Tranzit Unit 5

  

5.4

GTA 4

U6a

5.1

GTA 2

U3/U4

  

5.5

Grammar

A2

5.2

GTA 2

U6c

  

5.6

Grammar

A2

5.3

GTA 2/3

U1/U4/U6c

  

5.7

Grammar

A2/U6b

5.4

Grammar

AS/A2

  

5.8

GTA 4

U6b

5.5а,б

GTA 2

U1

  

5.9

GTA 4

U6a/U4

5.5в

GTA 2/5

U6a

  

5.10

GTA 4

U6b/c/U4

5.6

Grammar

AS

  

5.11

GTA 4

U6a/c

5.7

Literature

AS/A2/U4

  

5.12

GTA 4

U6a/U4

5.8

GTA 2

U6b

  

5.13

Literature

A2/U4/U6c

5.9

GTA 2

U6a

  

5.14

GTA 4

U6a/U4

5.10

GTA 2

U4/U6c

  

5.15

GTA 4

U6c
             

Tranzit Unit 6

  

Kompas Unit 6

6.1

GTA 5

U3/U4

  

6.1

GTA 5

U4

6.2

GTA 5

U3/U4

  

6.2

GTA 5

U6a/U4/U6c

6.3

GTA 5

U3/U4

  

6.3

GTA 4/5

U6b/U4/U6c

6.4a,б

GTA 5

U1

  

6.4

GTA 4/5

U6a/c

6.4в

GTA 5

U6a/U6c

  

6.5

GTA 5

U6b/U4

6.5

Grammar

AS/A2

  

6.6

GTA 1/5

U6a/c

6.6

GTA 5

U1

  

6.7

Grammar

A2

6.7a,б

GTA 3/5

U6a

  

6.8

Grammar

A2

6.7в

GTA 5

U1

  

6.9

Grammar

A2

6.8

Grammar

A2

  

6.10

GTA 5

U6b/c

6.9

Literature

AS/A2/U4

  

6.11

Literature

A2

6.10

GTA 2/5

U6b/c

  

6.12

GTA 5

U6a
       

6.13

GTA 1/3/5

U6c