Contemporary English second edition has refined the content and skills adult ESL students need to know to survive and thrive living in the United States. The emphasis on grammar, vocabulary, graphic literacy, critical thinking skills, life skills, and workplace skills has all been retained and presented in meaningful contexts through topics of high interest to adult students. Lessons are self-contained, remaining appropriate for both standard and open enrollment situations. Student Book Features <ul>
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Student Book interiors are now in 4-color with more real-life photographs.</li> <li>
New vocabulary is introduced twice in each student unit along with practice exercises. It is then recycled throughout the series for maximum exposure. Specific workbook practice, plus one activity master per unit in the Teacher's Edition extends this exposure.</li> <li>
Grammar structures are presented then recycled twice throughout the series - first in an informal review and second in a formal review - to enable students to revisit and expand upon their grammar acquistion. The 2nd edition provides for a more logical progression of grammar scope and sequence.</li> <li>
Organizing Your Ideas (Books 1 and 2 only) teaches students how to think graphically using organizers like idea maps, Venn Diagrams, and T-charts.</li> <li>
Graphic Literacy Activities (Books 3 and 4 only) familiarize students with bar graphs, tables, and charts to help them understand what they read on the job or in the newspapers.</li> <li>
Community involvement focus - one page per unit, tied in specifically with the unit topic - helps students become more participatory in their jobs, communities, and families. Notes in the Annotated Teacher;s Editions also provide more ideas for student participation.</li> </ul>
Components per Level <ul>
<li>Student Book</li> <li>Student Workbook</li> <li>Annotated Teacher's Edition</li> <li>Audiocassette Package</li> <li>Audio CD Package</li> <li>
Conversation Cards (20 cards with instruction booklet)</li> </ul>

Contemporary English Book 1

Reference

Christy M. Newman

English as a Second Language

Taking Off is a standards-based program for beginning students of English. The picture dictionary art teaches life-skills vocabulary in a clear and visual way. The gradually accelerating pace of the book instills confidence in students as they establish a solid foundation in the basics of English.

Taking Off: Beginning English

Susan Hancock Fesler

McGraw-Hill/Higher Education

Lifeprints 1: ESL for Adults

New Readers Press

Lifeprints 3: Esl for Adults

New Readers Pr

Strategies for Test Taking Success: Reading will be sold as a "reteach and reassess" book to help students who need more practice and assessment by focusing on specific target skills. It may also serve as a reading test-preparation book for students who are new to taking reading tests.

Strategies for Test-taking Success: Reading

Thomson/Heinle

Strategies for Test-Taking Success is an innovative test preparation series designed to help all students develop effective test taking skills and strategies, regardless of their English language proficiency or academic levels. Written for easyWith a readability level ranging from 3.0 - 6.0, Strategies for Test-Taking Success: Math uses accessible language with concrete examples that include clarifying graphics and activities. It provides substantial scaffolding and support for foundation skills as it teaches and practices advanced ones. Strategies for Test-Taking Success: Building Math Skills offers instruction and test practice in five major skill areas of mathematics: Whole Numbers and Number Sense Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Algebra Probability, Data, and Statistics Geometry and Measurement

Strategies for Test-Taking Success: Math

Judith Diamond

Strategies for Test-Taking Success is an innovative test preparation series designed to help all students develop effective test-taking skills and strategies, regardless of their English language proficiency or academic level. Each book in the Strategies series focuses on a major testing discipline.

Strategies for Test-taking Success: Writing

Visions Intro is a highly motivating beginning year course that takes students from pre-literacy and school survival to basic academic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It provides a seamless transition to Visions A. The carefully designed wraparound Teacher Edition contains a wealth of strategies from teacher modeling to direct instruction for beginners.

Introductory Visions: Literacy, Language, Literature, Content

Jill Korey-O'Sullivan

Activity Book provides activities and exercises that reinforce concepts introduced in the text.

Visions: Activity Book

Teacher Resource Book contains Scope and Sequence of standards-based skills coverage, Lesson Plans with Teacher Tips and Audio Scripts, Teacher Resources (graphic organizers, skill-building guides), Reading Fluency Teaching Guidelines, and Answer Key to Activity Book.

Introductory Visions Teacher Resource Book

Education & Teaching

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