English as a Second Language Books
ISBN-13: 978-1481035422
ISBN-10: 1481035428
It’s A Breeze: 42 Lively English Lessons on American Idioms
by Toni Aberson
This collection of 42 short English lessons focuses on specific American idioms and common phrases. The thematic chapters are organized into seven categories: Let’s Get Started, Fun with Food, Body Language, Animal Wisdom, Colorful Language, How’s the Weather, and Where Are You. Each concise self-contained chapter explores a single American idiom with clear definitions, sample sentences, short readings, comprehension checks, vocabulary lists, writing activities, and conversation questions. The comfortable pace, unit quizzes (with answer keys) and an index of American idioms and expressions also makes this book comfortable for both English classroom use and self-study. Written for high school ESL students and adult English language learners, this book can also improve the vocabulary and cultural literacy of intermediate English students. Understanding and using these American idioms will help immigrants sound more like their American neighbors. Idiom by idiom, readers and students will find speaking English less difficult and more fun – even “a breeze.”
List Price: $14.95
6″ x 9″ (15.24 x 22.86 cm) Black & White on White paper 200 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1481035422
ISBN-10: 1481035428
BISAC: Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language
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Chimayo Press and the Language Company (TLC)
Context counts in teaching English. Your students have their own personalities, their own needs, and their own favorite topics. In the summer of 2011, The Language Company, a chain of over 20 Intensive English Language programs across the United States, asked us to create special editions of selected chapters for their intermediate and advanced students. Here are the three distinctive versions of Compelling Conversations created for their high school students, and two levels (intermediate and advanced) for graduate and post-doc students at the Berkeley campus.
ISBN-13: 978-0982617861
ISBN-10: 0982617860
11 Selected Chapters for The Language Company High School Students
Authored by Eric H Roth, Toni Aberson
These 11 thematic chapters have been selected and revised for The Language Company for their Edmond campus high school students. This intermediate ESL (English as a Second Language) conversation textbook includes quotations, paraphrasing activities, proverbs, quotations, surveys, and online assignments. Chapter titles are: Getting Started; Going Beyond Hello; Making and Keeping Friends; Loving Dogs and Pets; Pet Peeves; Traveling; Moving to Music; Talking about Television; Playing and Watching Sports; Holidays and Celebrations; and Clothes and Fashion. All chapters are adapted from the original ESL textbook Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics
ISBN-10: 0982617836
11 Selected Chapters on Timeless Topics for Level 1 English Language Learners
Authored by Eric H Roth with Toni Aberson
These 11 thematic chapters have been selected and revised for The Language Company in their Level 1 speaking skills class. This intermediate ESL (English as a Second Language) conversation textbook includes quotations, paraphrasing activities, proverbs, quotations, surveys, and online assignments. Chapter titles are: Going Beyond Hello; Coming to America; Being Home; Eating and Drinking; Exploring Daily Habits; Staying Healthy; Traveling; Driving Cars; California Calling; Enjoying Money; and Crime and Punishment. All chapters are adapted from the original ESL textbook Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics
ISBN-13: 978-0982617847
ISBN-10: 0982617844
11 Selected Chapters on Timeless Topics for the Language Company Students – Level 2
Authored by Eric H. Roth, Toni Aberson
These 11 thematic chapters have been selected and revised for The Language Company in their Level 2 speaking skills class. This intermediate ESL (English as a Second Language) conversation textbook includes quotations, paraphrasing activities, proverbs, quotations, surveys, and online assignments. Chapter titles are: Being Yourself; Studying English; Pet Peeves; Holidays and Celebrations; Eating Out; What Do You Think?; Change; Handling Stress; Work Relationships; Practicing Job Interviews; Voting and Choosing Leaders. All chapters are adapted from the original ESL textbook Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics.
