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x 11" paperbacks.
English as a Second Language
Adults learning to speak English as a second language
— Mary Johnson: A series of books developed for persons new to speaking
English. The course, developed in Canada for immigrants, is based on sound
phonetic principles and is well tested. All books are
8“
x 11" paperbacks.
38. Beginners: Building the Foundation — a handbook (21 pages) for helpers which outlines the course and gives the tutor background to understand and use the various books; Survival English For Newcomers — a tutor’s handbook (23 pages) for teaching beginning literacy—18 beginning lessons; The ABCs — students’s workbook (50 pages) is a series of lessons to learn the letter names and sounds; Steps To Literacy Series I —student’s workbook (49 pages) is a book combining learning English with reading and spelling; 4 books.
39. Intermediate: Foundation For Literacy I — a student workbook (56 pages) to give the student further training in understanding, spelling and reading English words; Steps To Literacy Series II — a student book (49 pages) continuing the work from Series I; Old Tales For New Readers — a basic reading workbook (51 pages) with a crossword puzzle with each story using the words and ideas from the story; Proverbs Say It Best — a workbook (42 pages) with a proverb on each page and a system for the student to paraphrase it; 4 books.
40. Intermediate II: Sounds and Stress — a student reading book ( 58 pages) designed to help improve oral communication. Many tips on pronunciation and enunciation; Verbs & Conjunctions In Simple Sentence Patterns — a student book (32 pages) to help use conjunctions and verbs correctly; 2 books.
41. Advanced: Foundation For Literacy II — a student workbook (48 pages) designed to help students with spelling; Steps To Literacy IIIA — a student workbook (52 pages) for additional work on speech sounds, spelling patterns, sentence building, and the parts of speech; Steps To Literacy IIIB — a workbook (45 pages) continuing the work of IIIA; 3 books.
42. Complete Set of 13 booklets.
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