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Zero Prep is a transformative guide for teachers of any language looking to increase learning and engagement while decreasing preparation time. The new second edition of this classic time-saving book features newly added activities for today’s language “classroom” and includes adaptations throughout the book for online/remote instruction. Over 160 pages of activities are divided by language skill into teacher-friendly chapters (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Structure), plus the book includes a special chapter on icebreakers. Every activity is clearly presented with the level, aim, materials and step-by-step procedures for both in-person and online delivery.

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This collection of 61 copyable thinking/discussion activities features a wide variety of critically important contemporary social issues, problems, and solutions that affect every citizen of Planet Earth. It is aimed at a young adult and adult audience of English language learners at an intermediate and higher proficiency level. With some adaptation it can also be used selectively with middle school students. For English language learners, there are two main purposes to these activities. First: Practicing English language skills, especially the skills of speaking and listening, in a conversation where learners also develop strategic competency as they engage in the back and forth of a discussion.? Second: As the title suggests, learners are asked to think about the positions they will take as they do the activity. In today’s world, more than ever, it is imperative that citizenry think beyond platitudes, slogans, and political promises, and have the opportunity to develop and explore their views on issues of local and global importance. Although originally designed for English language learners, the simple design of the page and the procedures of the ?activities ?makes this photocopyable resource appropriate? for a variety of classrooms, including those where English is the first language and the main focus is the critical thinking objective.

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This 82-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all 12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot Summary for Neighbors: In the 1980s in El Salvador, the struggle for power between the government’s army and the Guerillas causes widespread damage and death. A peasant couple, Ramón and Pilar, see their neighbor being taken away, his wife killed, and his house burned. Ramón becomes involved in a protest and is marked for death. He tries to escape to the U.S. but is returned to El Salvador and discovers that his village was destroyed and his family gone. He again crosses the U.S. border and is rescued from death in the desert by two nuns. He is given sanctuary by a couple in Texas. While there, he learns that his family is safe. Together again, they move to Maryland where they work in a restaurant. After several years, they work to help others gain protected status and sanctuary in the U.S.

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Living in the United States is a cultural orientation handbook.Section 1 includes basic survival information with topics such as money, food, drinking, and health. Section 2deals with US culture and values, and Section 3 focuses on US geography, history, environment, and technology.

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This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all 12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot Summary for Little Italy: This is the story of the Trella family. In 1920 Vito's land is worn out, and he can't sell his oranges. Sadly, he leaves his Italian homeland and sails to New York to get work and save enough money to bring his wife, Rosetta, and their three children to America. For more than two years he works as a stonecutter, building the new skyscrapers of New York. It is dangerous work. Finally, he saves enough money for four tickets. Rosetta and their children join him. They make their new life on Mulberry Street in New York's “Little Italy.” Rosetta finds the city dirty and depressing at first, but she learns to love her Italian neighbors and her church. They have four more children. Then Vito falls, is injured, and must take a job making paper flowers; the whole family helps. All seven children finish high school and get good jobs. Vito and Rosetta stay in Little Italy. The novel ends as their youngest child, Dominick, graduates from high school with honors.

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This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all 12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot Summary for The Magic Paper: This is the story of Teresa Garcia and Benito Cruz, two Mexican-Americans. In 1980 Teresa buys a fake visa and comes alone to Los Angeles to care for her sick aunt. Then she stays, working in a dress factory to send money home to Mexico. Benito crawls through a pipe into California, where he works as a migrant farmworker. They meet and fall in love. Benito moves to Los Angeles and works in a factory. They want to marry, but they can't because they are illegal. They work hard and save money to go to Mexico and bring Teresa's sister back. Finally they have enough money, but when they go to Mexico City, there is a great earthquake. Teresa's whole family is killed. They come back to the U.S. illegally. They continue to work hard and wait until a new law lets them apply to get the magic paper, to become legal, and to get married. At last, they feel safe.

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Interactive Dictations is a low-intermediate to intermediate level text that is intended to improve the listening, speaking, and writing skills of ESL students. Each dictation is preceded by an introduction and vocabulary/pronunciation work and is followed by discussion topics. Pair and small-group work is encouraged. Following the discussions, there are an optional writing topic and a variety of other activities, including idiom/vocabulary work, role plays, and many cooperative learning activities. Reading skills are also reinforced, along with attention to vocabulary and grammar. This text provides a wide variety of dictations that include provocative news items, problems to solve, and decisions to make. - There are four different types of dictation: - Partial (Cloze): Students listen and fill in the blanks in the activity. - Pair: Students work in pairs with different gaps in their passages. - Dictogloss: Students hear a sentence once and have to write the gist of that sentence. - Prediction: Students predict what should be in the sentence blank and then check to see if their prediction was correct.

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Dragons without Eyes features 25 famous Chinese folktales presented as one-page reading passages. Each includes a list of key vocabulary that students can use to re-tell the story, a dictation exercise to help with speaking/listening accuracy, and discussion questions.There is a downloadable audio program available for Dragons without Eyes as well as a free photocopiable teacher’s guide.

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English Interplay is a multi-skills ESL/EFL text featuring fun, interactive lessons for adult beginners who need to survive in an English speaking world. The book focuses on numbers, the alphabet, and spelling, as well as speaking, listening, reading and writing, and basic essential everyday words.

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Ask and Task provides meaningful multi-skills learning, interaction, and practice opportunities ESL/EFL classrooms. The book is based around photocopiable cards: two to four pages of Question Cards and one page of Task Cards for each of the 40 topics. The Question Cards are to prompt thought and conversation; the Task Cards are to promote language use while accomplishing some kind of project. The cards can be used in pairs or small groups. Students can present and debate various answers to the questions, or the questions may be used for vocabulary and writing practice. Some of the topics covered are dating/marriage, sports, business, family, environment/ecology, gender/sex, and health. The questions, themselves are interesting and designed to elicit opinions and cross-cultural information from the students. Some examples of Question Cards: Would you want to employ your family in your business? How long would you work at a job before asking for a raise? What is the most important quality in a potential mate? Some examples of Task Cards: Write your resume. Create a new company with a brand-new product line. In small groups, brainstorm the many kinds of love.

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In the first section of this high-Intermediate-level academic writing book, five essay types are introduced. The essay sections are followed by sections with fluency writing assignments and grammar exercises that are coordinated with the essay units. The following types of essays are covered: 1. Description 2. Narration 3. Exposition 4. Comparison and Contrast 5. Expository Essay with a Source There are writing strategies presented for each essay type. A free downloadable teacher’s guide is available at ProLinguaLearning.com. The next level of the series, Writing Strategies 2 is for advanced students, but follows the same type of format.

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The 24 photocopiable lessons in Potluck focus on words and phrases associated with preparing, serving, and eating food in the United States and Canada. They also examine the role of food in North American English culture and show sample menus and recipes. An (optional) downloadable audio program is available for Potluck.

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Cultural Differences is a content-based college/university preparation course introducing and giving practice in using a wide range of academic skills. In the process of studying the reasons behind the norms in different cultures, ESL students develop reading, discussion, and writing skills. The materials are effective in a variety of academic ESL courses. Cultural Differences is composed of two books. The main text has 14 units. Each unit includes a reading passage about cultural norms and the reasons for those norms. The exercises that follow the passages are divided into five parts: 1) Study Guide questions, 2) Academic vocabulary exercises, 3) Preparation for discussion, 4) Academic writing techniques, and 5) Preview questions for the next unit. The second book, the Supplementary Activities, contains additional materials. This photocopiable book is available as a separate book or available at ProLinguaLearning.com at no charge.

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Conversation strategies are techniques that help the speaker and listener keep a conversation going to its natural and desired conclusion. These skills supplement the linguistic and sociolinguistic skills most texts focus on: grammar, vocabulary, and usage. However, to develop strategic competence, students must learn the words, phrases, and conventions used as two speakers engage in the active give-and-take of conversation. The strategies practiced in this book include 1) getting more information, 2) making comparisons, 3) correcting someone politely, 4) agreeing and disagreeing, 5) summarizing, 6) sharing information, and 7) making decisions. Students also practice 1) polite forms, 2) rejoinders, 3) clarifications, 4) follow-up questions, 5) getting a response, 6) expressing probability, 7) interrupting, and 8) avoiding conversation killers. The 29 pair and group activities help develop communicative competence. These fun, student-centered activities begin with controlled language and move to open, imaginative exchanges.

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Dictations for Discussion is an intermediate-to-advanced-level text intended to improve the listening and speaking skills of ESL students. Reading and writing are also reinforced, along with progress in vocabulary and grammar. This text provides a wide variety of dictations, from authentic materials that include provocative news items, problems to solve, and decisions to make. The units are designed to stand alone so that teachers can pick and choose which dictations meet the needs, interests, and levels of their students. Each unit begins with a short introduction that provides a background and context for the dictation. The central focus of the unit is a dictation activity followed by a discussion section. The discussions can take place in pairs or small groups. The unit ends with a follow-up activity which is intended to explore the topic further through writing, research, and speaking activities. This text includes several cooperative learning activities. The strategy in this book is similar to Basic Dictations, also by De Filippo and Sadow, although this book is for more advanced students. It also has five types of dictations rather than the four found in the Basic Dictations book.p> The five types of dictations are: - Partial/Cloze Dictations - Pair Dictations - Dictogloss Dictations - Prediction Dictations - Note Taking Dictations An (optional) audio program is available for download. Visit ProLinguaLearning.com for details.

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Where in the World… is a low-level integrated-skills text. Students travel around the world with their class joining the adventures of Igor as he visits 30 great places. The linguistic content includes vocabulary development, pronunciation, and basic grammar, including emphasis on WH questions. A downloadable audio program is available for Where in the World….

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This book focuses on American heroes whose life struggles made a significant contribution to American culture that is still relevant today. Each reading includes illustrations, warm-up questions, comprehension questions, and a range of other post-reading language exercises and activities. Celebrating American Heroes, a book of plays, is a companion volume to this book.

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This book features 48 full-color animal story cards -- beautifully illustrated by Ken Rainbow Cougar Edwards -- with folktales collected from various Indian tribes across North America. Each page of the book includes four cards, which can be cut out along the dotted lines or simply left in the book. Some examples from this interesting collection of tales are "How Chipmunk got her stripes" and "Why dogs don't talk." These stories (100-200 words each) make for great quick-hitting classroom activities: they can be used for retelling, for class or group discussion, or for exemplifying or identifying language features.

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The ESL Miscellany, now in its sixth edition, is a well-loved, eclectic compendium of useful and interesting information for teachers and advanced English Language Learners. It is known among teachers as “the book you would most want to have with you if you were stuck on a desert island or teaching in a very remote place.” It can be used in the following ways: 1) as a resource for developing your own lessons or a complete curriculum; 2) as a photocopiable source for handouts; 3) as a guideline for those who practice eclecticism; and 4) as a reference book for teachers and advanced students of English anywhere in the world. The ESL Miscellany is divided into five parts called Aspects, which consist of extensive, reliable lists covering almost every aspect teachers need: - The Linguistic Aspect contains information about the language (North American English) itself, including Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, and Grammar. - The Communicative Aspect outlines the way in which the language is used to send and receive messages. It includes checklists of Situational Contexts (basic daily needs, work, education, recreation) and checklists of Topical Content (food, cooking, eating, clothes), as well as a Communicative Functions Checklist for various language levels. - The Cultural Aspect provides extensive information about the culture of the US and Canada, and their respective people and governments. Interesting and helpful statistics support this information. Topics include cities and states of the US, provinces and major cities of Canada, entertainers, heroes, the US National Anthem, the Canadian National Anthem, the Declaration of Independence, the Pledge of Allegiance, and more.-The Metalinguistic Aspectand Miscellaneous Materials section includes materials which help facilitate the teaching/learning process as well as various materials which don’t fit neatly into other categories. Topics include a Glossary of Grammatical Terms, a Brief Guide to Pronunciation, Roman Numerals, and Measurement Terms and Equivalents. - The Paralinguistic Aspect includes some examples of communicative systems which lie outside of the language itself, such as International Sign Language, Parental Gestures, Children’s Gestures, Gestures of Greeting and Leave-taking. Of high interest is a photographic catalog of 61 gestures which are commonly used in North America.

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This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all 12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot Summary for Amala's Hope: In 2011, the Najjar family decides to flee from their home in Aleppo, Syria, as the civil war comes closer and closer. The grandparents stay behind to take care of the family business. The Najjars drive to Jordan to stay with an uncle, but his house is very crowded and uncomfortable. As the war goes on, they go to a refugee camp, where they wait five years to be cleared for resettlement in America. Finally they arrive in Texas, where a church sponsors them. Only the daughter, Amala, speaks some English, but with the help of a neighbor, Marisol, they begin their new life. First, the children need to begin schooling, but with inadequate English they are placed below their normal grade level. Amala is relieved to discover three other Muslim girls wearing head scarves at the high school. Although the community is very supportive, they are harassed by anti-Muslim people, and the local mosque is burned. Meanwhile, back in Syria, the grandparents escape to a refugee camp in Turkey, where the grandmother dies. The grandfather is resettled in Germany as America closes its doors to Muslim immigrants and refugees. Despite their difficulties, the family gives thanks for what they have at their neighbor Marisol’s Thanksgiving dinner.

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This beginning literacy practice book gives students an enjoyable way to improve phonics and vocabulary skills from A to Z. Whimsical illustrations highlight simple sentences, beginning grammar, and 888 high-frequency words in exercises that appeal to emerging readers of all ages. The labeled drawings on each A to Z scene are similar to those in a picture dictionary that students can use as a daily reference for writing and spelling. Each unit begins with facing pages that show words beginning with the letter and explore their meanings. Then the unit explores the phonics of the letter – the sounds it makes. Next, each alphabetic unit presents vocabulary in topic areas (lexical sets) which begin with that particular letter – Animals, the Body, Colors, Days, Eating, Fruit, Groceries, Holidays, I&/BJobs, the Kitchen, and so on. Applications of these units can be useful for helping to meet Common Core Standards, including instruction that develops foundational skills in English, opportunities for classroom discourse and interaction, and ongoing assessment and feedback. There is also a Pronunciation Index for all the words in the picture activities.

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Basic Conversation Strategies is a prequel to the intermediate -level Conversation Strategies. One significant difference is that Basic Conversation Strategies has an important listening component. Conversation is, after all, not just speaking; it also involves listening, and a major part of the approach in this book includes training learners to be good listeners. There are three components to this material. The Student Workbook contains everything students will need to do the exercises, except the material they need to listen and respond to. This material is available as Downloadable Audio. The Student Workbook does not contain printed versions of the listening input because real conversation is not accompanied with sub-titles or closed captions. The printed version of the listening input is available in the Teacher's Edition, available at ProLinguaLearning.com, which is an essential component of Basic Conversation Strategies. The Teacher's Edition contains the entire Student Workbook and the complete scripts of all the listening input, plus teaching notes and suggestions, as well as feedback and evaluation forms. The Downloadable Audio (visit ProLinguaLearning.com) has 67 listening exercises containing six types of exercises: 1) Listen and Fill- In, 2) Circle, 3) Choose, 4) Repeat, 5) Respond, and 6) Write. Many of the audio-based exercises are in dialogue format, spoken by four native speakers. Although the Audio component is not essential (the teacher can speak the input), the material will be more effective and easier to manage if the students have access to the Audio.

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Based on the game Concentration, Match It! features seven variations of the basic game and 83 sets of cards in this photocopiable book. Topics include numbers, time, irregular verbs and everyday topics such as families, housework, and health. Match It! is an essential book for any ESL teacher’s shelf for plug-and-play classroom games.

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Who says a grammar guide has to be boring? If you’re looking for a resource to help you understand and teach English grammar but don’t want the typical compendium of lifeless rules and charts, The ELT Grammar Book, 2nd Edition is for you! In each chapter, author Richard Firsten… - entertains you through comics, history, and his folksy narrative style; - engages you in active learning through reflection questions and exercises; - makes the grammar clear through teacher-friendly explanations and examples; - helps you process and retain the material with summaries of the core points; - offers you suggestions for dealing with troublesome issues as well as teaching tips for each grammar topic; - and provides online chapter supplements.

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The author's experiences as an ESL teacher and a lawyer working in Los Angeles have given her a clear sense of what immigrants and international students in the US want and need to talk about. It’s an ideal resource for an ESL teacher’s bookshelf and saves time and energy in finding just the right subject for class discussions, role plays, interviews, debates, writing prompts, and so on. Conversation Inspirations has been used all over the world and includes more than 2400 topics ranging from the universal (e.g., human nature and interpersonal relationships) to the culturally vital (cutting edge issues in North American society and how people from other cultures feel about them and deal with them). Some of the great variety of topics include getting a job, emotions, politics, sports, technology, opinions, superstitions, and social issues.

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Clue by Clue is a photocopiable collection of 31 fun mysteries that encourages conversation, critical thinking and reading accuracy as students work together to solve each mystery.

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This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all 12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot Summary for Hungry No More: It was 1845. The Irish were starving. When their crops turned black and died, Johnny and Mary McGee with their son Little John fled the Irish Potato Famine for Boston. A recruiter found them a room and Johnny a job building a railroad. It was exhausting work, away from home, and dangerous. Mary worked at a wool mill and paid a neighbor woman to care for Little John. Their work was hard and paid little, but they had enough to eat – life was better here than in Ireland. Johnny was good at working with the other men, so he was promoted to supervisor. Then his best friend was blown up. Johnny returned to Boston, got a job as a policeman, worked as a volunteer fireman, and got involved in local politics as a “ward heeler.” He loved helping other people. He and Mary had seven more children. Then, as the Civil War began, Johnny volunteered. Mary worked and waited alone.

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This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all 12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot Summary for For Gold and Blood:This is the story of two Chinese brothers, Soo and Ping Lee, who, like many Chinese immigrants, leave their home in China to go to California in 1851. They hope to strike it rich in the Gold Rush and send money back to their family. In the gold fields, they make a big strike but are cheated out of it. After 12 years of prospecting, they split up. Soo joins the Chinese workers who build the Central Pacific Railroad, while Ping opens a laundry in San Francisco. With little to show for his work, Soo also goes to San Francisco. Both men face prejudice and violence. In time they join rival factions in the community of Chinatown, Ping with one of the Chinese Six Families and Soo with a secret, illegal society called a tong. The story ends after the 1906 earthquake. This dramatic historical novel portrays the complicated lives of typical immigrants from China and many other countries.

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Freewriting helps motivate students to develop clearer and more confident writing. More Thoughts contains 87 writing tasks, each with a brief, open-ended written prompt and a colorful, evocative illustration. All the student has to do is fill the pages with words, sentences, and thoughts -- all without fear of a grade or lots of red marks. A sampling of prompts: What scared you at night when you were little? If you had a robot, what would you want it to do for you? What are five things you want to do before you die? Choose one and explain why. For each page/prompt, there is a small space for the teacher to write a brief response – e.g., "Is this true?" "What a beautiful scene!" "Very funny!

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A one-of-a-kind picture dictionary, Lexicarry offers a fun, active, conversational approach to language learning. It is a book of wordless pictures designed to help learners build vocabulary and conversation skills in any second language using the American English word list in the book, a bilingual dictionary, one of the Lexicarry word lists, and/or someone who knows the language. There are 13 foreign language word lists available at ProLinguaLearning.com to use with this book for learners of languages other than English. The book has 142 pages of full-color drawings illustrating functional language and vocabulary in 190 situational and topical contexts. This amounts to over 4500 everyday words and expressions. The pictures make conversation and interactive learning easy. Although learners can use Lexicarry working on their own, they learn best by discussing the objects, places, and activities in the drawings, working together in pairs, as a class, or with a tutor or native speakers. The illustrations are not labeled, and this naturally challenges and excites students' imaginations and helps them retain the language. There are seven sections to the book: 1) Functions, 2) Sequences of Actions, 3) Related Actions, 4) Operations, 5) Topics (vocabulary items related to one theme), 6) Places (scenes/ rooms and the things we find and do there), and 7) Proverbs and Sayings.

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The primary purpose of Getting a Fix on Vocabulary is to increase English learners' awareness of the morphology of English – bases, affixation, and compounding – and to help them develop their skill in word analysis. Secondly, an increased awareness of affixes and bases can facilitate vocabulary expansion by helping students see connections among various forms, e.g., contain, maintain, retain, unretained, detainable, detention. In this way, learning one word can lead to learning a bundle of words. Thirdly, this text will also help develop spelling and pronunciation skills by identifying patterns that occur when bases and affixes are combined, e.g., explode, explosion. A fourth purpose is to increase the learners' vocabulary. We have provided fictitious, "generic" news stories for reading practice at the end of each lesson. A similar version of the "newspaper" story is also available on the downloadable audio as a "radio news broadcast" (visit ProLinguaLearning.com). Although the primary purpose of these stories is to showcase selected bases, affixes, and compounds, the learners will also develop their knowledge of words and phrases that are commonly used in the media. Topics include pandemics, climate change, saving a wilderness, and international baseball.

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The 15 photocopiable games in this book make phonics and learning to read enjoyable. These fun games cover the full range of consonant and vowel sounds (and their associated common spellings). This is a flexible plug-and-play resource for any English language teacher.

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This photocopiable book’s 14 units explore the form, meaning, and use of the modal verb system in semantic categories such as Modals of Ability (can, be able to, could) and Modals of Prohibition (mustn't, can't, couldn't). These forms are presented and taught through engaging readings and exercises, many of which take the reader along on journeys to countries around the word, including Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey, and many others. The Modal Book is a flexible resource that can be used as a core text for teaching modals or as a supplement from which pertinent individual lessons may be photocopied for specific lesson plans.

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This book features thirteen short plays about American heroes and includes various parts/roles to be read aloud. In each play there are a few main characters and an ensemble of other roles. Some of the heroes include Dolly Madison, Betsy Ross, Cesar Chavez, and astronauts Aldrin and Collins. An (optional) downloadable audio program and a free teacher’s guide are available for Celebrating American Heroes. Visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details.

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This book contains 16 photocopiable lessons focusing on vocabulary we use to deal with money. Readings relate borrowing, saving, earning, investing , insurance, taxes, credit cards, and other topics. An (optional) downloadable audio program is available for Money.

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This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all 12 novels and free supplemtary materials for teachers are available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot Summary for Old Ways, New Ways: Solomon Gold is a Russian immigrant in New York. He is a gifted and hardworking shoemaker. He and his wife keep to the old ways in everyday life and in their religion. They are proud of their heritage. As the story begins, their son Sidney is 14. He already knows that he doesn’t want to make shoes his whole life. He is an excellent student, and his father is proud of him, but Sol wants Sidney and Emma, his daughter, to follow the old ways.

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This photocopiable book teaches English students the essential words, especially adjectives, necessary for the important skill of describing the qualities and characteristics of human beings. Students develop this vocabulary systematically and in a fun and enjoyable way. An (optional) downloadable audio program is available for The Zodiac.

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This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all 12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot Summary for Two Hearts: In1910, George’s widowed mother had no money for her daughter Adonia’s dowry, so she let her teenage son George go alone to America to make money for his sister. He worked shining shoes and then as a busboy in New York. He learned some English, but after a year he had nothing. He moved to Chicago to work in a factory and then bought an ice cream cart. Working with his wife and son, he started an ice cream shop. This historical novel tells the story of the struggles and success of George’s family.

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In the first section of this advanced academic writing book, five essay types are introduced. The essay sections are followed by sections with fluency writing assignments and grammar exercises that are coordinated with the essay units. The following types of essays are covered: 1. Process 2. Cause and Effect 3. Extended Definition 4. Argumentation 5. Essay with a Source and Mixed-Mode Essay There are writing strategies presented for each essay type. A free downloadable teacher’s guide is available at ProLinguaLearning.com. The previous level of the series, Writing Strategies 1 is for intermediate students but follows the same type of format.

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Freewriting helps motivate students to develop clearer and more confident writing. My Thoughts contains74 writing tasks, each with a brief, open-ended written prompt and a colorful, evocative illustration. All the student has to do is fill the pages with words, sentences, and thoughts -- all without fear of a grade or lots of red marks. A sampling of prompts: How do you feel on a rainy day? Describe an adventure you would like to have. What is your favorite game? How do you play it? Why are people afraid of snakes? For each page/prompt, there is a small space for the teacher to write a brief response – e.g., "Is this true?" "What a beautiful scene!" "Very funny!

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Basic Dictations features 58 photocopiable lessons specifically designed for beginning level students. These interactive activities not only teach the language but also help introduce students to new countries and cultures. Four kinds of dictations are included: partial, pair, prediction, and dictogloss, plus 18 additional listening activities. An (optional) downloadable audio program is available for Basic Dictations. Visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details.

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The activities in this book follow and build upon the strategic conversation skills of the Kehes’ book, Conversation Strategies. Discussion Strategies develops discussion skills at high levels of communicative interaction, especially communication in academic settings. Students, in step-by-step procedures, are given extensive practice in a variety of strategies for leading and participating in a discussion. Discussion Strategies provides focused practice with the following discussion techniques: using rejoinders, asking follow-up questions, seeking and giving clarification, using comprehension checks, answering with details, soliciting more details from others, interrupting others during a discussion, recounting something they have heard, volunteering an answer, helping the leader of a discussion, expressing an opinion, referring to a source when giving an opinion, and leading a discussion. Each unit builds on and recycles the previous units. The first twenty-eight units provide controlled practice of the discussion and are for pair groups or triads. Units 29-38 give the students an opportunity to use their new strategies in less structured discussions; they involve large groups or the whole class in open discussion of the articles provided.

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