People at Work: Listening and Communicative Skills, Vocabulary Building. This is an innovative whole-language program based on recorded interviews with 10 working people. There are ten units with 3 1/2 hours of listening. Suggestions for out-of-class activities for experiential learning. Readings related to the occupations being explored. Who are the men and women interviewed? A bank teller, a shopkeeper, a waiter, an elementary school teacher, a folk singer, a volunteer ombudsman, an industrial engineer, a student dean, a medical intern, and a building contractor. Each individual is successful and a good role model they are warm, likable people, good company. Each has a compelling story to tell. The interviewer brings out more than information about the person's work and workplace. The people discuss real workplace and personal issues that are important to them and that will be important to students learning about American culture. The program works with the Student Book (a workbook), the Teacher's Book (with the scripts and many activities PHOTOCOPYABLE), and 3 Audio CDs. It is appropriate for learners with intermediate to advanced language skills, from secondary school to adult.

People at Work: Listening and Communicative Skills, Vocabulary Building

Politics & Social Sciences

Sadow, Catherine

Social Sciences

Pro Lingua Learning

North American Indian Tales of the Abnaki, Algonquian, BellaBella, Brute Sioux, Cherokee, Cochiti, Coast Salish, Comanche, Concow Maidu, Cree, Flathead,Creek, Fox, Haida, Huron-Wyandot, Iroquois, Kalapuya, Kiowa, Labrador Inuit, Lillooet, Mismac, Nula to, Ojibwa, Papago, Pima, Pomo, Populaca, Seminole, Seneca, Shasta, Taos, Tlingit, Winnebago, and Zuni peoples of Mexico, Canada, and the United States These 48 animal stories were collected from American Indian tribes across North America. Many of the tales explain how the world came to be as it is-How Chipmunk Got Her Stripes; Why Dogs Don't Talk; Wind; Bluebird and Coyote; How Fire Came to the Sierras; Butterflies. The illustrations, by a popular Native American artist and story teller, draw on symbols and motifs from the many cultures represented to reflect the wisdom and mystery of the great oral tradition of the "animal people" tales.

North American Indian Tales: Story Cards

Children's Books

Clark, Susannah J

Animals

48 of Aesop's wonderful, classic stories, some very well known (The Fox and the Grapes, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, and The Crow and the Pitcher) and others that may be new to students (The Old Man and Death and The Hare and the Hound). These are tales full of wit and wisdom that have been loved by children and adults alike for over twenty-five hundred years. The print edition of this book is comprised of Story Cards in full Color. What is a Story Card? The basic idea is quite simple. Everyone enjoys telling and listening to stories, jokes, and anecdotes. Telling brief stories is an excellent way for language learners to practice what they're learning, build fluency, and gain confidence and communicative competence. The stories on these cards are short and full of both humor and wisdom, ideal for telling and retelling. They are written in clear, modified English, progressing from short and easy to longer and more complicated stories. Each student takes and reads a story, puts it down, and then tells the story to a partner from memory, embellishing it as much as they want to. The stories appeal to all ages in ESL and EFL classes and to native speakers. The stories have been recorded on an optional Audio CD.

Story Cards: Aesop's Fables

Raymond C. Clark

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Levels: Beginner to Intermediate. Primary to Adult. 49 games for practicing specific grammar in the ESL or EFL classroom. With clear instructions for the games, there are 96 pages of photocopyable masters. The objective of these activities, aside from practicing the grammar, is natural student interaction and conversation. Students from 7th grade to 107 years will have fun working together playing the games while they pick up new vocabulary and use the grammar they've been studying. The grammar includes · adjectives and adjective clauses · adverb clauses · comparatives · modals ·conditional sentences · gerunds and infinitives · nouns and noun clauses · participles · prefixes · prepositions · yes/no and tag questions · transitions · verbs (tense, mood, and voice).

Shenanigames: Grammar-Focused Interactive ESL/EFL Activities and Games (Photocopyable Masters)

Reference

James Kealey

Donna Inness

English as a Second Language

To Set Them Free 
A bilingual (Turkish/English) biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk by: Barbara K. Walker and Sema G. Kormali · The facing page format, with English on the left and Turkish on the right, is designed to make comparison easy for students of either English or Turkish. 
· This biography is the first to treat the whole life of Atatürk. It gives particular attention to his formative years, his childhood and early military career, since this period is not as well known as his career as the great reformer and founder of the modern Turkish state. · Research, which took over 25 years, included work in government and family archives and extensive interviews with people who had known Atatürk at all periods from childhood on. · 34 rare photographs and portraits, several reproduced from the originals. · Mustafa Kemal Atatürk rose from a humble childhood to become one of the most courageous and significant leaders of the 20th Century.

To Set Them Free: The Early Years of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Walker, Barbara K.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

13 short plays about significant American heroes. A text for upper elementary through adult classes. Overheard, one teacher to another at TESOL Vancouver: Celebrating American Heroes. I like it. It's like jazz chants, but history. Like jazz chants, but better. - 13 brief plays about significant historical figures, American heroes. They are written to be read aloud dramatically. In each play there are a few main characters and a chorus. The heroes are Betsy Ross and George Washington; Dolley Madison; Sacagawea; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Abraham Lincoln; Thomas Alva Edison; John Muir; Jackie Robinson; Jonas Salk; Robert Frost; Cesar Chavez; Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins; and Jaime Escalante. There is minimal preparation required. The content is meaningful. Students learn about American history and culture while they learn the language. The stories are upbeat and inspiring. The subjects of the plays are real heroes. All have achieved something and contributed to making this a better nation. All have had something to overcome. The plays are excellent ways to introduce or reinforce specific social studies or history topics. They fit well in citizenship classes and are wonderful for holiday or multicultural celebrations. They are also an excellent complement to conversation, pronunciation, and speech classes because the students get the opportunity to practice the natural rhythm, stress, and intonation of the English language. They are well suited for multilevel classes. The more proficient students enjoy the challenge of the speaking roles; the less confident get speaking practice as part of the chorus. Everybody shines. The plays are a low-anxiety activity. There is nothing to memorize. The students get support by holding the script in their hands, and they can also be seated if they choose.

Celebrating American Heroes - student text

Siebert, Anne

Roach, Marilynne, K

Match It! is a collection of index card games for learners of English. It is based on the game "Matched Pairs" from Pro Lingua Associates' Index Card Games for ESL. "Matched Pairs" is, in turn, based on the popular game Concentration. The games and the cards they use are very simple, and so they are suitable for learners of virtually all ages, with the possible exception of very young children. They are also appropriate for real beginners, with the exception of learners who are pre-literate. However, even these two groups can enjoy some of the very basic games.

Match It! A Collection of Index Card Games for Learners of English

Clark, Raymond C.

Rhymes and Rhythms for the ESL Classroom

Literature & Fiction

Tenuta, Lisa

Poetry

A great teacher book for classroom use.

Pearls of Wisdom: African and Carribbean Folktales

Mama, Raouf

Romney, Mary

Literary

An integrated-skills workbook keyed to the stories in Pearls of Wisdom; African and Caribbean Folktales

Pearls of Wisdom: The Integrated Language Skills Workbook

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