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greedy_bones · Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Location: not quite sure anymore

Currently, I have three favorites.

SeeSaw: This series has a good combination of things to keep students interested while having a well thought out layout. I especially like the higher level ones because they have a story which progresses throughout the book.

Side by Side This series is a little dull, but it's great for older students. I like how they systematically go through English grammar and include irregular verbs in each exercise. I also like how they clearly demonstrate when to use which tense.

American start with English I like this series because they have good exercises, short stories, and pronunciation sections. This series is good because the exercises are good for improving the students' basics while the stories are good for both reading comprehension and discussion topics.

What textbooks do you guys prefer?

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

Side by Side really needs some extra materials.

The learning curve goes to steep, or you have to slow it down with extra work.

sobriquet · Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Location: Nakatomi Plaza

American Adventures

and

Adventures

OUP

Best teen book out there up to date and topical

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

The 'Market Leader' series is pretty good for Biz. Eng.

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

"Can You Believe It?" for older elementary/middle school isn't bad.

Teelo · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Wellington, NZ

Transcendentals of calculus.

T-J · Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae

Tobias · Joined: 02 Jun 2008

Anything by Freud works well. My students would love lying around on couches, as long as I provide the couches.

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

I think Top Notch is the best for high school level and above - great CD-Rom in each book, very well done class CDs, plenty of Korea-related references ...

For elementary and middle school, I like the 3rd Edition of the Let's Go Series with attractive CD-Roms.

I did like using the Side by Side text books several years ago for some low-level adult classes, but the cassettes were way too slow-paced.

morph33 · Joined: 14 Dec 2008

i like the interchange series (most recent)....

top notch is alright, however i think they need to focus more on one topic per unit and then provide additional material for that topic...

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

I'll also vouch for Let's Go for elementary school kids.

For adults, I thought that Pagoda's SLE series was very good.

Oreovictim · Joined: 23 Aug 2006

I teach from some of the Super Kids books. They're not bad. But when you get to Super Kids 5, they introduce a new character: Diego. My students laugh every time they hear his voice.

Last year, I used the Face to Face books. They were okay.

saw6436 · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon, ROK

Lets Go and English Time for Elem/Middle school.

Side by Side is a classic series. Still pretty good.

Exploring English is also a nice series.

For Adults I like Interchange and Gateways.

Free Talking classes I use Lets Argue.

Beeyee · Joined: 29 May 2007

I like the Best Friends series for Elementary kids. They introduce things at a good pace and the kids really dig them. They come with excellent teachers manuals too.

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

Best books for whom? It all depends on age/level and expectations of your students. What can be great for one class may turn out to be a bad choice for the next.

I like the books mentioned, but I also like to suppliment them with reading books like Easy True Stories, What a World, Reading Advantage etc.

Small Group Discussion Topics as well.

"Totally True" is the new series to replace"Can You believe it". It's pretty good for the right level students and it comes with a little vocab book in the back.