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saif



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Location: Jizan, KSA
PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:39 pm    Post subject: Re Post: Recommended ESL material! Reply with quote
I�m posting this in the �newbie� section (originally in the Middle East forum) in hopes to get more of a response since my proper place may be in the Newbie Forum. Please substitute the Saudi reference with any foreigner to the English language you like.

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I�m new to the field of TEFL and am seeking advice on materials (books, workbooks, software, audio, ect.) that are receptive to Saudi students.

I would like to know what books or series of books would any experienced teacher in ESL recommend teaching children and young adult Saudi students. Also, please recommend materials that can be used for assessment or placement testing.

I have visited a couple of publishers such as www.altaesl.com & www.delta-systems.com and have been overwhelmed with the amount of material to make a decision.

Excuse me if my request may seem redundant, but if in anyone�s spare time, could post a recommended book list I�d greatly appreciate it.

Thanks
Saif
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Sekhmet



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Location: Alexandria, Egypt
PostPosted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just a question - what do you need the books for? Are you teaching at a school, private learners, designing courses, studying? It does make a difference!!! But generally I'd have to recommend New Interchange or Passages, both of which are fairly common resources in Egypt, so they might well be suitable for Saudi learners. other than that, I'm not entirely sure!!
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saif



Joined: 21 Oct 2003
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Location: Jizan, KSA
PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sekhmet wrote:
Just a question - what do you need the books for? Are you teaching at a school, private learners, designing courses, studying? It does make a difference!!! But generally I'd have to recommend New Interchange or Passages, both of which are fairly common resources in Egypt, so they might well be suitable for Saudi learners. other than that, I'm not entirely sure!!


Thanks for the response Sekhmet. To answer your questions, there will be new a private English institution (Insha Allaah � God Willing) to begin in this coming school year in Saudi (don�t want to give too much detail). The owner of the school is a personal friend of mine and has given me a share of the responsibility of providing information concerning the types of texts and proper curriculum for young adult Saudi men (college students) and children for summer courses. Being a new fish in the sea of TEFL I am not sure what material would best suit their needs. I have been advised to stay away from material that uses or contain non-Islamic (i.e. Judeo-Christian) objects, items, themes, and icons. The owner would like to use computers as other methods of teaching, so if you could suggest any programs to supplement books I�d greatly appreciate it. I will check out your suggestions in the meantime.

As I am concerned, received a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Ohio University (technical degree) and recently received my certificate in TEFL. I have very little teaching experience. However, I am very well familiar with Saudi culture and have visited, studied, and stayed in the K of SA on 6 different occasions in the past 7 years. Being once a student at one of Saudi�s Universities, I am very familiar how the youth think and what interests them (I myself will turn 27 soon!). I hear from other teachers who�ve taught there that Saudi students are very respectable�especially if you have a PhD as I have witnessed!

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Saif
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Sekhmet



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ok. I'm doing a summer school at Alexandria at the moment for kindergarten and junior kids. The aim of the school is really just to practice conversation. So I'm using lots of practical activities and centering the courses around the students' interests. I don't know what age group you're dealing with for your summer school, but this is generally the best way from what I've heard!!! As one of my fellow teachers put it - "Ok, so it's still school, but the emphasis is on summer"

For the adults, I'd still recommend New Interchange and Passages - there's a good mix of vocab, grammar, listening, writing and conversational activities, and they're both very well structured. I know that Amideast in Egypt uses Passages, which ranges from beginner through to advanced level.

I haven't seen any resources that help particularly with summer schools, but there's an American series called "Mailbox" thats very good for activities and ideas.

I hope that helps a bit...

Sekhmet
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