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[Jordaning]

I am just wondering what books you are using right now? Curently we have a mix of English Time and See Saw (with other various writing books) for elementary and Middle School. I am looking for alternatives.
Is there something better out there?
What is your favorite?

[ChopChaeJoe]

I would think that by middle school English Time would be too easy, at least i hope so. i'm teaching 2nd and 3rd grade students (at my hogwan)from ET4 and they are keeping up fine.

I also like the Let's Go, Exploring English, and Up and Away in English series (the latter only hand-in-hand with the teacher's guides, which are excellent.)

[oneofthesarahs]

I like Exploring English as well, but if your class already has a good basic grasp of English, you can probably skip the first book and go straight to the second.

[Luna]

You guys have books? I have access to Lets Go - but it's a discretionary class- no textbook. The Korean teachers won't tell me what lesosn plan's they're using right now and I still have no idea of waht I'm suppposed to bne teaching the students or what level they speak at.

Then again. I've heard that's normal.

[Saxiif]

For textbooks far and away my favorite is the True Stories in the News series. It has stories that are actually somewhat interesting (especially good for low level middle school students, not so much for the kiddies) and then questions and activities based on that.

Right now I'm teaching only novels. Yay

[Jizzo T. Clown]

I have uploaded several books to:

http://www.esnips.com/web/jtcefl

I assume since we are in education, copyright laws can be bent!?


edit: It looks like the other address won't work anymore!

[ddeubel]

Jizzo,

thanks for catching the sharing bug. Good to see and some handy titles there. I'm going to put your link on my own adobe / book page, if you don't mind.

DD

PS. I like your signature, it is so true. Best thing that ever happened to me in teaching was reading as a first year teacher, "The Art of teaching". Forget who wrote it but it set me off...

[Seon-bee]

I assume since we are in education, copyright laws can be bent.


Sadly, no evidence of critical thinking skills to be found here. As they say, ignorance is bliss.

[Jizzo T. Clown]

Seon-bee

I was being facetious.

Sadly, no evdience of social skills to be found here. As they say, taking oneself too seriously can lead to idiocy.

Besides, my statement is common belief in Asia.

Back to the OP-

I managed to get my hands on an Oxford English/Korean Picture dictionary. I'm sure this will come in handy when introducing new vocabulary. I'm also pretty sure it can be found pretty cheap (less than $20 US).

[passport220]

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