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VOCABULARY, SPELLING, AND IDIOMS
TEXTBOOK TITLE	DESCRIPTION
All Clear: Idioms in Context 1992	For intermediate to advanced level ESL learners. Text stresses an inductive approach to communicating effectively in English by recognizing and producing high-frequency American idioms.
All Spelled Out Book A - Book B Book C - Book D 1990	4–book series introduces learners to spelling patterns and builds dictionary skills. Words are presented in personal and job-related contexts. Helps reinforce grammar and vocabulary skills, as well as establish foundations for effective writing.
American English Idioms, 101 1987	Presents American Idioms in light-hearted context. Has a standard English translation that places idioms in a real-life context.
American Vocabulary Program Lower Intermeidate Intermediate Upper Intermediate 2002	Text helps students build vocabulary quickly. Using several game formats, students are introduced to vocabulary in different contexts. Text practices lexical items including words, word partnerships and fixed expressions.
American Vocabulary Builder I II 1982	2–book series for intermediate ESL learners. Text presents key words in lexical sets embedded in texts. The meaning of the items can be guessed from their content, and knowledge of the words is then extended, practiced, and tested in a series of exercises.
Beginning Reading Practices 1993	For beginning level ESL learners. Develops student’s vocabulary and teaches students reading skills that will help them deal with unfamiliar words. Exercises provide practice in using context clues, drawing conclusions, finding a main idea, and using outlines.
Can You Believe It Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 2000	For beginning through intermediate level ESL learners. 3–level series integrates readings of unusual and true stories with idioms and vocabulary development. Offers treatment of high-frequency idioms, phrasal verbs, and fixed expressions. Review units offer written and oral exercises. Answer key available.
Developing Vocabulary Skills 1994	For advanced ESL learners. Text teaches students to analyze, understand, and remember vocabulary by developing word attach strategies. Readings, collaborative exercises, and contextualized activities enhance student’s ability to learn vital language elements.
303 Dumb Spelling Mistakes 1990	Fun devices for remembering how to spell commonly misspelled words.
Encounters 1986	Offers students articles from current periodicals that will test comprehension and develop vocabulary.
English with a Smile Starting (Green) Blue More (Red) 1993	Designed to enhance comprehension using easy reading stories and controlled vocabulary and grammar, along with illustrations. Students draw upon their own experiences as they explore the story themes.
Essential Idioms in English 1994	Text is divided into three levels: Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced. Idioms are defined and illustrated with several sentences. Written exercises follow lessons. Appendix contains list of idioms presented in text with their equivalents in Spanish, French, and German.
From the Start 1987	Ideal for beginning English speakers. Each phrase is represented by photos. Offers basic vocabulary and structure in realistic language situations.
Idiomatic English 2000	For intermediate and advanced ESL students who want to enlarge their vocabulary and improve their knowledge of idiomatic phrases. Exercises are designed to stimulate oral communication and give students an opportunity to practice what they’ve learned.
Idioms for Everyday Use 1994	Introduces learners to common idioms. Learners encounter high-frequency, light-hearted idioms in context, analyze their meanings, and practice using them in a variety of activities.
Mastery: University Word List Reader 1999	Reader introduces ESL students to the most frequently used words in American academic environments through stories of renowned Americans. Exercises direct students to guess word meaning from context; look at word parts, relationships and origins; and identify the grammar of words.
More Mastery: Vocabulary for Academic Reading 2001	Academic reader built around the achievements of renowned Americans. Introduces ESL students to the University World List (UWL). Answer key available.
Practice Vocabulary 2002	Intermediate – level text introduces students to the basic skills they will need for deciphering unfamiliar items, idioms, and for expanding vocabulary.
Practical Everyday Spelling Workbook 1995	Designed to assist beginning – level students of English with pronunciation difficulties. Text divided into vowel contrasts, consonant contrasts, and multiple contrasts – including vowel and consonant clusters.
Reading for the Workplace Success	Text teaches students a systematic approach to solving business problems that require reading. Reviews reading and vocabulary-acquisition strategies and presents reading skills in a general business context using performance-based instructional design.
Take it Easy 1981	Text presents idioms related to a specific topic in a meaningful context. Idioms are organized by themes with exercises on the definition of idioms, position of objects, words associated with each idiom, and the application of idioms to everyday life. Comprehensive review section and answer key provided.
Time & Space Book Two 1990	Reader offers ESL students reading selections of contemporary interest with controlled vocabulary and structure, timed readings to help increase speed, comprehension and vocabulary exercises, and puzzles and discussion activities.
Vocabulary In Use Basic Intermediate High-Intermediate 1999-2001	Designed to help ESL learners improve their English vocabulary. Text teaches techniques for learning vocabulary that students can use after completing the book. Exercises follow lessons. Index gives pronunciation for single-word entries and 2 word compounds, using the symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Walk, Amble, Stroll Level 1 – High Beginning Level 2 – Intermediate 1992 & 1995	2–book series designed to teach students vocabulary and vocabulary learning strategies through the use of semantic fields or domains. Words are reinforced through a progression of exercises from manipulation to the word forms, to two-step problem solving, to open communicative tasks. Idioms and phrases included.
What’sIn a Word? 1992	For intermediate ESL learners. Designed to help intermediate students increase active and passive vocabulary through presentation of lexical items in context and through practice and review. Also aims to sensitize students to different aspects of vocabulary learning.
Wordforms Level I Level II 1991	2–book series offers strategies for learning and using a stronger vocabulary in meaningful contexts. Introduces the “Five-at-a-time” method, taking words apart, finding context clues and understanding unusual word usage. Puzzles and vocabulary-building activities included. The second volume focuses on understanding common words students encounter.
Words for Students of English Books 1 & 2 –- Beginning Books 3 & 4 –- Intermediate Books 5 & 6 –- High-Intermediate 1988-1989	6–book series. Each volume consists of 25 units presenting base words with definitions, examples, and exercises. Volume One assumes a knowledge of 600 words. On completion of series, students will have learned words ranging from educational to vocational terms.
Workskills Book One Book Two 1994	3–book series for use with multi-level groups of students. Content is taken from actual workplaces. Exercises are interactive and develop student’s problem-solving skills. Skill areas focus on reading, writing, speaking, listening, vocabulary, math and practical literacy as they relate to the workplace.
Writing for Workplace Success 1991	Text teaches students a systematic approach to solving business problems that require writing, reviews language usage concepts that are most troublesome for students, and presents writing skills in a general business context using a performance-based instructional design. Written exercises reinforce the concepts introduced.
You're Hired Book 1 Book 2 1992	2–book series for intermediate ESL learners. Text is a developmental, activity-based employment program. Introduces students to researching jobs, finding a job opening, writing a resume and cover letter, and mastering interviews and thank-you notes.