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Title |
Section |
Level | Review | Stars |
Roundabout1992. Mind maps and questionnaires for fluency practice | Culture and Language | Post BeginnerAnd above | My Favourite, My Pet, My Photos, Eating Out, Leisure. Questions and openers for discussing a variety of real life interests and experiences. Good for speaking and writing. | **** |
Good, Better, Best 1AMES 2008Beginner Grammar Resource | Grammar | Beginners – intermediate | Practice exercises in basic grammar for adults. Relevant, concise, well-laid out. Cute little line drawings. Conventional grammar terms explained.My student pounced on the practical exercises on directions. | ***** |
32 magnetic lower case letters | Literacy | Beginners ESL/“dyslexia” | Very useful for multisensory learning | ***** |
The Numeracy Pack Bk 1 | Numeracy | Beginners and up | From counting to factors. May be useful as practice material for The Khan Academy. www.khanacademy.org | ** |
North Star Focus on Reading and Writing2002 | Readers | Post Beginner | Adult interests, some rather esoteric.. “Antiques Roadshow”, “Going Out of Business”, Charles Lindbergh, Keith Haring, multiple births. | *** |
Shop till You Drop2001 AMES | Readers | Beginners | Stories with exercises . Adult stories about shopping experiences as a new arrival. | **** |
When Things Go Wrong2001 AMES | Readers | Intermediate | Stories with exercises .Useful information contained in stories of getting lost, road accidents, sudden sickness. | **** |
Places Called Home1997 | Readers | Advanced | Memories of home inAustraliaand other countries (mainly European). A good stimulus for writing about home? | **** |
Very Easy True Stories. A picture-based first reader | Readers | Beginners | Moves methodically from cartoons to print text to exercises. A pity the stories themselves are more suitable for primary school than adults. | ** |
Untangling the Web2006. AMES | Technology | Native speakers. Intermediate ESL with support. | “Browsing the Web, Searching for Information, Using Email.” Coloured screen shots, activities. Helps students get the vocab so that they can use the internet in English. Great resource. | ***** |