ESL CURRICULUM

Required Books for 1999

Beginning Level

Textbooks

Listening & Pronunciation


Start with Listening, by Patricia A. Dunkel and Christine Grady Gorder

PD's Pronunciation Drills, by Edith Crowell Trager and Sara Cook Henderson

Writing


Please Write, by Patricia Ackert

Grammar


Basic English Grammar, 2nd Edition, by Betty Schrampfer Azar

Reading


The Pizza Tastes Great, by William Packett

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Mid Beginning Level

Listening & Pronunciation


In The Real World, by Samuela Eckstut

Clear Speech, by Judy B. Gilbert

Writing


Basic Writing, by Joy M. Reid

Grammar


Fundamentals of English Grammar - Volume A, by Betty Schrampfer Azar

Reading


The Chicken Smells Good, by William P. Pickett

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High Beginning Level

Listening & Pronunciation


Sound Advice by Stacy A. Hagen

Pd's In Depth by Edith Crowell Trager

Writing


Effective Writing by Jean Withrow

Grammar


Fundamentals of English Grammar - Volume B, by Betty Schrampfer Azar

Reading


Good Reasons for Reading by Carrie Dobbs & Frank Dobbs

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Intermediate Level

Listening & Pronunciation


Intermediate Listening Comprehension by Patricia Dunkel and Phyllis L. Lim

Improving Oral Communication by Jeane Handschuh

Writing


The Process of Paragraph Writing by Joy Reid

Grammar


Understanding and Using English Grammar, Vol. A, by Betty Schrampfer Azar

Reading


More Reasons for Reading by Carrie Dobbs & Frank Dobbs

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High Intermediate Level

Listening & Pronunciation


Whaddaya Say? by Nina Weinstein

Writing


The Process of Composition by Joy M. Reid

Grammar


Understanding and Using English Grammar, Vol B., by Betty Schrampfer Azar

Reading


Reading for a Reason by Carrie Dobbs

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Advanced Level

Listening & Pronunciation


Advanced Listening Comprehension by Patricia Dunkel, Frank Pialorsi, and Joanin Kozyrev
Essential Idioms in English, by Robert J. Dixon

Writing


Executive Writing, by Harriet Diamond and Marcha Fahey

Grammar


Advanced English Grammar by Helen Hoyt Schmidt

Reading


Novels-Literature books

Pronunciation

Some other possible books are:

English Pronunciation for Spanish Speakers (Consonants and Vowels) by Paulette Dale & Lillian Poms

English Pronunciation for International Students by Paulette Date & Lillian Poms.

English Pronunciation Exercises for Japanese Students by Harriet Gordon Grate.

Pronunciation Games by Mark Hancock.

Easy Accent: Improve your accent of American English.



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