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DEVELOPING READING STRATEGIES

AL3294 FIRST CLASS READERS An Integrated Skills Approach to Literacy $14.95
S. Bassano, J. Duffy, Softcover, 129 pp. ISBN:9781882483297
Each of the 30 chapters contains a short reading, picture cues, a unique interaction grid, and a writing exercise. This is a lively approach to literacy for beginning ESL adult and secondary students who want the opportunity to hear, read, speak, and write in English.

AL3871 VIEWS AND VOICES $17.95
V. Whiteson and F. Beniston. Softcover, 189pp. ISBN:978182483877
This rich and compelling selection of short stories features prominent authors who write in English but come from all over the world: Chinua Achebe, Jamaica Kincaid, Kazuo Ishiguro, and many others. The stories are divided into 3 main sections: In the Family, Into Adulthood, and Culture Clash. Pre- and post-reading activities include pre-reading questions, Internet links and activities, journal writing, discussion questions, and follow-up projects. Two sets of vocabulary words are listed; those in bold are to be learned, those that are numbered are words to help understand the story since some of the vocabulary is indigenous to the source country. Recapitulation questions, used within the story, help the student fully understand the text.

AL5251 CLOZE THE GAP: Exercises in Integrating/Developing Language Skills $15.95
V. Whiteson, 178 pp., Softcover, Low Intermediate to Intermediate, ISBN:9781882483259
20 passages taken from ads, brochures, newspapers, stories, etc. are provided with essential words deleted from the text. The student fills in the blanks after completing the initial dictionary exercise and reading the passage. Parts of speech, tenses, fixed expressions, context, singular/plural, capital letters, and spelling are all covered. Exercises in composition, comprehension, vocabulary, and topics for discussion or writing are included.
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FLB4627 THE ESL SCIENCE BOOK $36.95
Softcover, 150 pps., reproducible ISBN:1895451620
Featuring 25 short, intermediate-level stories on scientific subjects such as Satellites, Global Warming, and Endangered Species, this workbook reinforces reading comprehension. Beginning with a related illustration designed to help pre-reading exercises, each chapter has vocabulary themed questions and a crossword puzzle with an answer key.

ENGLISH READING & SPELLING for the Spanish Speaker $14.95 Each
Grades 7 - Adult.
Designed for ESL students and beginning readers, each book in this series contains 20 lessons to help Spanish-speaking students learn to read and spell English. The book s progressively increase in difficulty while using a graduated approach in teaching the English speech sounds and other phonological skills. It also presents basic sights words that are not phonetic. The word lists and all the directions are in Spanish and English.

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