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Yu_Bum_suk
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 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: A good remedial EFL textbook? |
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Does anyone know of any material aimed at low-level EFL students that would be good for students who have been studying English for years but have retained virtually nothing, if they learned anything in the first place? This year my new vocational HS classes are a lot larger than last year and, from what I can gather so far, just abysmal. I'm not quite sure what's behind this save a disproportionate number of dumb girls being born in my small town in 1991, though I suspect that it may also be due to a lot of them comming from a middle school with an 'English' teacher who couldn't string five English words together to save his life. Their textbooks are way above their level and apart from beginner's phonics material I'm having a hard time thinking what I could use to try to give them a very elementary base. Most ESL / EFL books are written for adults and move at far to fast a pace for students with little aptitude. What I'd really like is something that tries to reinforce the very basics but doesn't rely on the idea of using small-group work (which just doesn't really work in larger, vocational classes).
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ChopChaeJoe
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| If they can read, Exploring English 1. |
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ajuma
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Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the suggestions. I have Impact Listening 1 by Kisslinger and questions like 'Do Susan and David agree about what they need?' or 'What did Lisa look like before her trip?' would be too difficult for most of them. I'll try to find Exploring English 1. |
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venus
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Near Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject: Re: A good remedial EFL textbook? |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
Does anyone know of any material aimed at low-level EFL students that would be good for students who have been studying English for years but have retained virtually nothing, if they learned anything in the first place? This year my new vocational HS classes are a lot larger than last year and, from what I can gather so far, just abysmal. I'm not quite sure what's behind this save a disproportionate number of dumb girls being born in my small town in 1991, though I suspect that it may also be due to a lot of them comming from a middle school with an 'English' teacher who couldn't string five English words together to save his life. Their textbooks are way above their level and apart from beginner's phonics material I'm having a hard time thinking what I could use to try to give them a very elementary base. Most ESL / EFL books are written for adults and move at far to fast a pace for students with little aptitude. What I'd really like is something that tries to reinforce the very basics but doesn't rely on the idea of using small-group work (which just doesn't really work in larger, vocational classes).
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I bought 'New Interchange Intro' textbook along with CD Rom which has tests, video's and interactive exercises. It is the best thing out there imo after hours of searching and three years of teaching Koreans.
For the exercises in the Interchange textbook, my school's janitor makes copies for me on old crappy paper for all the students. So we might watch the video for each unit, one week then do the computer exercises and then next week do the speaking / reading / writing exercises from the textbook.
Of course you need computers, electronic whiteboard for all of this...
If you don't have the above, I'd still STRONGLY reccomend buying the New Interchange INTRO Textbook, with teachers audio CD if you can get it (can be found in Bandie and Lundie's I think and definately in Kyobo, which is where I bought mine.)
It's a great book with great listening / speaking / writing / reading exercises in it designed by Western proffessionals, is easy to teach and understand and covers all main basic grammar and vocab, it's perfect for H School...
I've used nearly all the texts out there and the Interchange series is my all time fave whether I'm teaching kids or adults. Second would probably be American Headway.
Much better than the ridiculous, achronistic piece of turd reffered to as 'High School English' that they give us....
Try it, I doubt you'll regret it. If the co-teachers moan that it should tie-in with the lessons in the HS Text, then just choose topics that tie-in or in some way are related to the HS text topic for that week / fortnight / month and convincingly expain to your co-teachers how it complememnts it. Works for me...
If the INTRO book is too easy (it's for complete beginners, yet is chalenging imo) I'd opt for book 1, which will be great for vocational classes as it has a lot of day to day, practical conversational English and the Grammar Focus sections are imo superb and simple to impart.
Give it a try. |
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