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BETTER ENGLISH EVERY DAY is a three-book series for adult
students of English as a Second Language. It presents the students
of English as a Second Language. It presents the program. In
addition, it supplies students with ample opportunity to grammar,
vocabulary, and survival skills required in a basic ESL practice the
four language skills in the context of interesting and varied activities.
Lessons carefully integrate survival topics, grammatical structures
and vocabulary to present practical and meaningful activities for the
students.
This series presents English to newcomers to help them survive on
a day-to-day basis. It helps them to quickly move into the labor
market and function successfully on the job. By the time students
finish this series, they will be exposed to enough English and
job-related information to successfully begin work at an entry-level
position or enter a technical English training program. To order
contact Heinle Cengage Learning at http://elt.heinle.com and use
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TESL Reporter
Volumn 18, No. 2, April, 1985
Better English Every Day
Review by Dorothea Heberle, Erie #1 Board of
Cooperative Educational Services, Lancaster, New York
BETTER ENGLISH EVERY DAY. Paul J. Hamel. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1984. Three levels. Student texts, and Instructor's manual.
This new three-book series has been created for adults who have a low level knowledge of English. Each book, which is geared to one semester of daily
ESL classes, contains 16 chapters divided into modules focusing on the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. There is also a midterm
and a final test on usage and comprehension in each book.
As stated in the book's introduction, this series is "directed at low-level students with practical rather than academic goals and interests"; and survival
type vocabulary and skills are emphasized throughout the books. Lesson topics include filling out forms, shopping, renting an apartment, etc. In the first
book an introductory lesson gives students practice in reading and writing printed and cursive letters--a feature not found in many ESL series of this kind.
The visual format of this series is simple and clearly organized, with an abundance of black and white illustrations. Each chapter contains one or two
short dialogs and grammar lessons concisely presented in chart form. Writing exercises reinforcing familiar structures conclude each chapter. One
simple phonics lesson per chapter is found in Book One. These phonics lessons are replaced by spelling and word building lessons in the two later
books.
The introduction to each book gives helpful suggestions for incorporating role-play and non-verbal cuing into the lessons. Teachers are advised to read
each new dialog aloud several times and to encourage students not to repeat, but to listen. Reading comprehension "true-false" exercises follow each
dialog, and several "read and draw" exercises serve as vocabulary review. There is a good variety of student-centered activities and games in each
book. Pair exercises encourage students to interact; and often the book page may be folded in half, so that pairs can work together without seeing each
other's questions or visual cues. (For example in chapter 3 of book 3, the student sees a coffee shop order blank on one half and must write down
his/her partner's order chosen from a menu on the other half.)
My two objections to this series are minor ones. Since this is a survival series for adults, why weren't some realistic photographs of application forms,
newspaper ads, or even people included? (I found the comic strip type figures somewhat "cutesy", by the time I got to book 3.) Also I found the
sequencing of topics not always in agreement with student needs. For example in book 1, "Counting Money" and "Renting an Apartment" come much
later than "Having a Party" and "Describing Household Chores." Nevertheless, this new series, with its emphasis on receptive skills and communicative
activities, fulfills its goal of preparing students for the job market and the real world. It could be successfully used and adapted by both experienced and
inexperienced ESL teachers, according to the particular needs of their students.
Volumn 18, No. 2, April, 1985
Better English Every Day
Review by Dorothea Heberle, Erie #1 Board of
Cooperative Educational Services, Lancaster, New York
BETTER ENGLISH EVERY DAY. Paul J. Hamel. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1984. Three levels. Student texts, and Instructor's manual.
This new three-book series has been created for adults who have a low level knowledge of English. Each book, which is geared to one semester of daily
ESL classes, contains 16 chapters divided into modules focusing on the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. There is also a midterm
and a final test on usage and comprehension in each book.
As stated in the book's introduction, this series is "directed at low-level students with practical rather than academic goals and interests"; and survival
type vocabulary and skills are emphasized throughout the books. Lesson topics include filling out forms, shopping, renting an apartment, etc. In the first
book an introductory lesson gives students practice in reading and writing printed and cursive letters--a feature not found in many ESL series of this kind.
The visual format of this series is simple and clearly organized, with an abundance of black and white illustrations. Each chapter contains one or two
short dialogs and grammar lessons concisely presented in chart form. Writing exercises reinforcing familiar structures conclude each chapter. One
simple phonics lesson per chapter is found in Book One. These phonics lessons are replaced by spelling and word building lessons in the two later
books.
The introduction to each book gives helpful suggestions for incorporating role-play and non-verbal cuing into the lessons. Teachers are advised to read
each new dialog aloud several times and to encourage students not to repeat, but to listen. Reading comprehension "true-false" exercises follow each
dialog, and several "read and draw" exercises serve as vocabulary review. There is a good variety of student-centered activities and games in each
book. Pair exercises encourage students to interact; and often the book page may be folded in half, so that pairs can work together without seeing each
other's questions or visual cues. (For example in chapter 3 of book 3, the student sees a coffee shop order blank on one half and must write down
his/her partner's order chosen from a menu on the other half.)
My two objections to this series are minor ones. Since this is a survival series for adults, why weren't some realistic photographs of application forms,
newspaper ads, or even people included? (I found the comic strip type figures somewhat "cutesy", by the time I got to book 3.) Also I found the
sequencing of topics not always in agreement with student needs. For example in book 1, "Counting Money" and "Renting an Apartment" come much
later than "Having a Party" and "Describing Household Chores." Nevertheless, this new series, with its emphasis on receptive skills and communicative
activities, fulfills its goal of preparing students for the job market and the real world. It could be successfully used and adapted by both experienced and
inexperienced ESL teachers, according to the particular needs of their students.
| Book Review of Better English Every Day |
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Learn the Steps
in Lesson Planning
Teacher ASSESSES student knowledge
Teacher PRESENTS new material
Teacher CHECKS for understanding
Students REPRODUCE new material
Students MANIPULATE new materials
Students CONSOLIDATE new material
Students EXPLOIT learned material
Students APPLY learned material
Teacher EVALUATES student progress
in Lesson Planning
Teacher ASSESSES student knowledge
Teacher PRESENTS new material
Teacher CHECKS for understanding
Students REPRODUCE new material
Students MANIPULATE new materials
Students CONSOLIDATE new material
Students EXPLOIT learned material
Students APPLY learned material
Teacher EVALUATES student progress