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tekirdag
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 Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:30 am Post subject: The Worst Course Books |
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| I would vote Express Publishing's ENTERPRISE. It's a nasty piece of work but very popular here in Turkey. |
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Ebenezer
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:50 am Post subject: |
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| NEWHEADWAY!!! NEWHEADWAY!!!!! GOD HELP US!!!! The New Interchange is much better! |
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Ebenezer
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| NEWHEADWAY!!! NEWHEADWAY!!!!! GOD HELP US!!!! The New Interchange series is much better! |
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Golightly
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has to be Fono. I was handsomely paid to do the voice recordings for one of their books. I had to intone, slowly and seriously, such phrases as, 'Is it a blackboard or a picture? It IS a BLACKBOARD' , 'Is it a chair or a bicycle? It IS a BICYCLE', or my favourite, 'Is it a spoon or a fish? it IS a FISH'
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dmb
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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| has to be Fono. I was handsomely paid to do the voice recordings |
I was paid hansomely to do video recordings for them  Has anyone ever had to use ESP books- English for waiters, English for receptionists and who can forget English for security guards, etc. They suck. I've never used Berlitz books, but they don't look too motivating.
Of course a good workman doesn't blame his tools. |
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Frizzie Lizzie
Joined: 07 Jul 2005
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Location: not where I'd like to be
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Headstart. Why? I totally resent the pictures: they're old-fashioned, plus, some of them freak me out (see page 19...)
It was the beginner level book of use at my old school in Istanbul, and gradually I created my own beginner course (with my own pictures!) and managed to get away from it. |
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whynotme
Joined: 07 Nov 2004
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Location: istanbul
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anyone ever had to use ESP books- English for waiters, English for receptionists and who can forget English for security guards, etc. They suck. |
i used to teach a book called At Your Service.Kind of a tourism English book. It was so bad but HEADWAY oh HEADWAY, i have never seen such a boring book in my life. |
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justme
Joined: 18 May 2004
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Location: Istanbul
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Pathfinder. A page is like 4 present simple activities, then suddenly something with a bunch of prepositions they haven't seen yet + new vocab, but no heading or anything to set it apart. It's like it's designed to bust you for not preparing carefully... |
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tekirdag
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Of course a good workman doesn't blame his tools. |
sure. but it is hard to build a house if your hammer is small and your saw is missing teeth thingys. |
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basiltherat
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:42 am Post subject: |
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| NEWHEADWAY!!! NEWHEADWAY!!!!! GOD HELP US!!!! |
Watching a good movie 12 times is boring too but that doesn't make the film bad.
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basiltherat
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miserably ! having lost one game in 22. we've now lost 4 out of 5. it looks grim but im still optimistic about our play-off place at least.
re headway, for us here it does the job reasonably well. clearly, one needs to adapt, add, discard stuff as and when required but id rather having something like headway in my and the trainees' hands. anyway, each to their own, i guess
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