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midian3x
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 Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:24 am Post subject: Re: ESL textbooks |
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| I've been collecting and recommending ESL textbooks for years. Used and evaluated many. Even have a website. Never been asked which one is worst. A better question would be what makes a good/bad textbook. That type of discussion would be more useful than sharing horror stories. |
Come now Mes- horror stories are fun- this is a discussion forum not an education journal. |
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MESL
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:38 am Post subject: |
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You win. But the worst textbook I've ever used? There's so much competitiion for that distinction!
A bigger nightmare for me is wading through the one's that are so-so. At the ESL bookstore in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I counted 95 textbooks. Most of them were carbon copies of each other. |
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Non Sequitur
Joined: 23 May 2010
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Location: China
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:06 am Post subject: |
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There is some background to how texts are written/chosen on another thread.
Needless tgo say there is a b****** great jack up involved. |
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RonHex
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| hey mesl.. any chance u can post a link to ur website? I have a ton of private lessons and i really need to invest in a few good books to cut down my prep time. |
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Big Poppa Pump
Joined: 28 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| dakelei wrote: |
| Personally, I utterly despise "New Concept English" and can't for the life of me comprehend why so many schools here like it. |
OH god this... I can't for the life of me understand it either.
The worst book I've ever used was in Korea:
http://tallteacher.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/english_time.jpg
These books were horrible. |
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