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[winterfall]

I have to start teaching 4 levels teachers. About 20, so roughly 5 in each class.

I've done informal assessments and they're really low and then there's a big jump. The teachers are on par with the rest of my tech kids. From absolute beginners, false beginners, intermediate beginners, and advanced intermediate. My focus is on conversation but, I need to build up the vocabulary first. So far I'm eyeing the Side by Side Series, level 1 with all the activity books. Can anyone suggest other books I should take a look at?

I need textbooks that have a good selection of vocabulary, limited to 1st 1000 list and 2nd 1000 for the intermediates. With dialogues, activities, and something I can just pull lessons out of without a lot of prep time. Teaching this many different levels on top of my normal classes triples my work load so I won't have much time to prep elaborate lessons.

Thanks for any help

[Troglodyte]

I like the Headways series. (There's an American and a British version.) It ranges from true beginner level up to a very advanced level.

Interchange is also good.


Just out of curiosity, what subject do the teachers teach?

[winterfall]

Thanks, I'll check these out. Who wrote the books or published them?

With the teachers, its a pretty good mix. But none of em English. Art, graphic design and architecture, automotive repair, java programing & Web design, electronics (Something to do with signals and voltage, don't quite get it), Korean, Math, Physics, Natural Science, and History.

I'll have to split the classes by their level and personality. Some of em are a bit eccentric.

[toadkillerdog]

Interchange.

[some waygug-in]

Jazz English made for Koreans. Comes with vocabulary sections and translations.

[Troglodyte]

I think that you can find them on Amazon. If not, just Google the names.

You might find them also on Gigapedia.

[Reise-ohne-Ende]

I'm a big fan of the Side by Side series, personally. Level 1 is really and truly for beginners (What's your name? What is Mary doing?). Levels 2 and 3 are about as high as you'd need to go for the majority of Koreans, including some of my coteachers But there is a Level 4 for even more advanced students.

I don't know if the teachers will be buying their own textbooks, but here is how I do it to save money:

I have one copy of each textbook 1-3 (for middle school grades 1-3). I scan the book and cut and paste pictures into a PPT. Then I use the activities and exercises in the book in my PPT, altering them according to my students' level (usually I rewrite the activities as fill-in-the-blank at the beginning, slowly working up to self-composed dialogues).

I also have one copy of each workbook. I photocopy the pages and use them as worksheets.

The teacher's manual with audio is prohibitively expensive (over $100 per book), so I either skip the listening sections or make up my own questions based on the answers provided.

Anyway, I haven't tried the other textbooks suggested here, but hopefully my experience has helped some

[winterfall]

I've got mixed views on Jazz English. It's useful but I don't like the approach, it assumes too much. It's kind of like a Conversational Thesaurus geared towards advanced intermediates. Though I'll probably pick up Interchange too. I had a chance to check it out, it's actually pretty good

To Reise-ohne-Ende

I just picked up a student and teacher version of Side by Side 1. Couldn't find the work book. Thanks for your suggestions