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English Programs
A listing and description of some of
the primary texts used in our programs
 Core ESL Program Texts
For Period 1: Language Structure
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With a fresh new full-color design and a host of updated exercises and activities, this popular series is more practical and accessible than ever! Known for its focus on English grammar through contextualized listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, this lively integrated skills course helps students bridge the gap between comprehending grammatical structures and actually using them. Each stand-alone unit progresses through four steps, featuring demonstrations of grammar in context, clear explanations of grammar in use, focused practice exercises, and communication practice sessions. Using this series will make focusing on grammar mean focusing on fun!
Core ESL Program Texts
For Period 2: Oral Communication
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Adrenaline junkies take their surfboards to the skies . . . a scientist attempts to breed and train cockroaches . . . "Hurricane Hunters" place themselves in the eye of the storm . . . these are just a few of the out-of-this-world stars that head English language learners towards a brighter future! Quoted as one of the "freshest, most interesting series ever seen," these student books present intriguing angles on contemporary themes for rich discussion and in-depth listening. The sequenced activities are written for students with academic as well as personal language goals, for those who want to learn English while exploring enjoyable, intellectually challenging themes. It adheres strictly to the belief that having low proficiency in English is NOT having low intelligence. Each of the four books contains 10 thematic units built around taped audio selections. For example, the theme "advertising" features a series of advertisements aimed at getting the listener emotionally charged to purchase the products, from "Younger You" shampoo to "Thief Buster" security systems. This is followed by an exploration of sentence stress, study of imperatives, and an opportunity for students to write their own creative ads.
Texts For
Periods 3 and 4: Elective Workshops
A variety of texts are used in these two periods depending on topic and level of workshop.
 Texts For
Period 5: Integrated Skills Practice
A favorite over a decade, WEAVING IT TOGETHER connects high-interest readings with clear writing activities to help students be more confident in their ability to understand and express ideas in English. Each level of WEAVING IT TOGETHER, 2/e contains eight thematically organized units, each of which includes two interrelated chapters. Robust activities, structure lessons, and plenty of writing practice help students develop their ideas clearly and with confidence.
TOEFL
The primary text used in the TOEFL program
is Longman's Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test.
"By far, the Longman Prep. Course for the TOEFL has proven
time and again to be effective. Many test-prep publications
are written in a manner that interferes with a learner's self-study
ambitions. Explanations of exercises, grammar points, and
skills are often more difficult for the learner to comprehend
than the content of the test itself. Longman's Prep Course
manages to circumvent this problem by identifying the fact
that students with various levels of ability will be accessing
their texts, and has made the instructions and explanations
as clear and intelligible as possible. Author Deborah Phillips
has identified (correctly, I believe) a limited number of
skills which students can focus on first to stabilize, then
to increase, their TOEFL scores."
Supplementary Material: In addition
to the primary text a number of other supplementary texts
and audio cd's and software programs, including a free TestDen
online test will be used. We spare nothing to ensure your
success.
TOEIC 
The Official TOEIC Test Preparation Guide is the most
important book to have for your TOEIC test preparation journey.
This guide, prepared by ETS, is the only one that can give
you practice with "real" TOEIC material. Test-preparation
guides prepared by other companies try to approximate ETS'
style, but they can never match the exact difficulty level
of an actual ETS test. In addition, for (amount), TOEIC Official
Test-Preparation Guide includes an ample number of practice
exercises: There are two mini-tests, two complete tests, and
practice questions for each of the seven sections. The authors
include explanations for all of the answers too, which is
always helpful. Working through all of this material should
give you a decent understanding of and preparation for the
TOEIC test.
Business English
With this book all four language skills are developed, with
a focus on communicative practice. Each unit begins by introducing
students to the core vocabulary relating to the theme of the
unit. This is then reinforced through listening and reading
texts drawn from authentic sources, information gap and discussion
activities, role-plays, mini case studies and creative writing
tasks.
A guided discovery approach to grammar leads students to a
clearer understanding of the forms and underlying concepts
of English. Each unit has a 'language study' section, linked
to a more detailed Grammar guide at the back of the book.
Regular business concept boxes introduce or revise key concepts
in business management, such as the terms of trade and financial
indexes. Quotations from business leaders provide the opportunity
for additional discussion.
Important Note: The Quest Business English
Program is offered in combination with the TOEIC course. Students
will therefore also use the primary text for the TOEIC course
- see above.
TESL
This book is a complete manual of teaching English as a foreign
or second language. It is complete because of its wide-range
coverage from general issues about teaching and learning English
(Chapter 1 and 2) up to specific problems that English teachers
frequently encounter (Chapter 13). Between these two extremes,
readers can find almost everything dealing with teaching and
learning English. Those who are interested in developing the
teaching of language components may refer to Chapter 5. A
brief review about sentence construction, part of speech,
noun types, verb forms are topic within this chapter. Not
intending to dichotomize weakness and strength, bad and good,
these topics indicate that the description of grammar used
in this book refers to the traditional view of grammar. Chapter
7 - 10 deal with teaching the four language skills. They are,
therefore, appropriate for those who want a practical, easy
to understand reference of teaching listening, speaking, reading,
and writing.
As a teaching manual, as the writer says in its introduction,
How to teach English is a practical book concentrating on
examples of teaching and teaching practice rather than on
detailed analysis of learning theory. Its practical characteristic
makes this book appropriate for novice teachers with even
limited comprehension.
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