Zero Prep for Beginners: Ready-to-Go Activities for the Language Classroom1 review Laurel Pollard, Natalie Hess, ... Alta Book Center Publishers, 2001 Don't buy a ridiculously overpriced used book! There is absolutely NO reason to pay the unconscionable price set by the used book dealer for this title. Just go to www.altaesl.com and buy direct from the publisher -- you can get both this title and the original higher-level one TOGETHER for $45 plus shipping.             Learning Strategies Handbook2 reviews Anna Uhl Chamot, Sarah Barnhardt, ... Pearson ESL, 1999 Teach your students not just English, but how to learn + LEARNING STRATEGIES HANDBOOK If you are interested in teaching your students not only ESL, but how to learn, this book is for you. Based on the CALLA method to teaching (as described in Ana Chamot's Calla Handbook) the concept behind this text is to show how to teach students various strategies on how to become better ...             Learning Resources 12-Inch Inflatable Globe20 reviews Learning Resources Learning Resources Fantastic Educational Toy! + Fun educational toy + Fun, educational, and durable + For Adults, Too! + 12-Inflatable Globe             Longman Dictionary of American English with Thesaurus and CD-ROM (New Edition)9 reviews Longman, 2004 Easy to understand dictionary and excellent CD program + one of the world's best English Language Learners' dictionaries + ESL + easy to understand to ESL people             Chartbook: A Reference Grammar : Understanding and Using English Grammar2 reviews Betty Schrampfer Azar Longman Publishing Group, 1999 It's a Classic! I've been teaching ESL for 16 years and developmental writing and reading, college level, for 10 years, and I strongly recommend Betty Azar's Chartbook as a reference book. It is written for the ESL audience, but I also use it in my writing instruction for native speakers. I recommend it highly ...             Fun with Grammar: Communicative Activities for the Azar Grammar Series, Teacher's Resource Book4 reviews Suzanne W. Woodward Prentice Hall, 1996 The biggest collection of grammar games you'll find + great resource! some repeated material + great book to teach + A perfect interactive-style grammar book I ever had.             Small Talk: More Jazz Chants4 reviews Carolyn Graham Oxford University Press, USA, 1986 Exellent teaching pronunciation book for ESL/EFL learners + More basic than "Jazz Chants" + Absolutely Vital to a Good ESL Program + Very American!             Understanding Your Refugee and Immigrant Students: An Educational, Cultural, and Linguistic Guide (Michigan ...1 review Jeffra JoAnn Flaitz University of Michigan Press/ESL, 2006 PROMPTLY RECEIVED! I loved the speed at which I received this book! It was much appreciated as the local book store botched getting the book in a timely manner.             Teaching Adult ESL: A Practical Introduction Betsy Parrish McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT, 2004 Teaching Adult ESL is the first comprehensive yet practical overview of adult ESL teaching methodology for teachers and teachers in preparation.             Very Easy True Stories: A Picture-Based First Reader7 reviews Sandra Heyer Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1998 Maliha from Bangladesh, 3rd grade + Wonderful ELL Reader + Caspian Can Read + Antonio from Brazil, 3rd grade + Rajinder from India, 3rd grade             Five-Minute Activities: A Resource Book of Short Activities (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)11 reviews Penny Ur, Andrew Wright Cambridge University Press, 1992 I take exception for its usefulness for EVERY teaching situation... + Endlessly useful + Good Activity Resource Book This book has been of limited usefullness for me. I've found only a few activities in here that would be practical for my classes of 40 Korean middle schoolers, but I also believe I'm in a bit of an unusual situation trying to teach English to such big classes. That being said, I did find it useful ...             More True Stories: A High-Beginning Reader, Second Edition2 reviews Sandra Heyer Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1997 Excellent resource + Great resource! This is one more of an excellent series of true stories written for ESL learners. The stories are presented in separate chapters with a photograph of the subjects of the story and then exercises following the story which test specific and general comprehension. I use this for students who ...             Longman Basic Dictionary of American English (Dictionary)1 review Longman Pearson ESL, 1999 Longman Basic Dictionary of American English It's a great tool for who are learning american english             Dangerous English 2000: An Indispensable Guide for Language Learners and Others1 review Elizabeth Claire Delta Publishing Company, 1998 What Other Dictionaries Don't Tell You Elizabeth Claire brings her long experience in the classroom to this undertaking - a dictionary of the taboo words in English. The illustrations are graphic, the definitions clear and concise. Not intended to titillate but inform, the slim volume includes includes, for example, lists of words ...             The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary, Second Edition (Monolingual English)4 reviews Margot F. Gramer Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 WHAT'S AN EXCELLENT JOB! I went over your book (The Basic Oxford Picture Ddictionary English/Haitian Creole) last week; I found it very interesting. As an Adults School teacher, I found it very helpful special for people who don't know yet how to look for words in the regular dictionary. I have decided to use that book in ...             Teaching Large Multilevel Classes (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) Natalie Hess Cambridge University Press, 2001 This book provides practical advice for teachers who work with large, mixed-ability classes. It offers a wide variety of activities to develop student motivation, interest, participation and responsibility.             Easy True Stories: A Picture-Based Beginning Reader (True Stories)3 reviews Sandra Heyer Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1994 Excellent for beginning ESL students + Wonderful Resource + great book and great series The school-age ESL student I worked with found the stories to be challenging and intriguing. Topics such as a woman with hundreds of tattoos and a flying car kept interest high while working on reading comprehension skills. Each story is set up to be an independent lesson that can be effectively ...             Pace Yourself: A Handbook for Esl Tutors1 review Teresa S. Dalle, Laurel J. Young Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Lang, 2003 A must resouce for your ESL library I love this book - I am studying to become an ESL teacher - the book is so easy to read and understand. The authors have taken some complicated theories and put them into everyday language. The book also lists many useful web sites for the ESL teacher.             Practical English Usage32 reviews Michael Swan Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 very useful + useful for everyone + practical English Usage-Micael Swan + Thank you + Best reference book ever made             Teaching Multilevel Classes in ESL Jill Sinclair Bell Pippin Publishing, 2004 The world of the multilevel ESL classroom, despite being an exciting, challenging and richly rewarding one for teachers, is by no means an easy environment, particularly for those entering it for the first time. However Jill Sinclair Bell's Teaching Multilevel Classes in ESL, now extensively revised and updated in a second edition to reflect the real world of today's classroom, will prove a ...