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jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Step Up.
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The worst one I have ever encountered that is not just homemade, but claims to be a "real" series. Man it is bad.

pet lover · Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: not in Seoul

Gogo Loves English *gag* I will NEVER accept a job where that series is used as part of the curriculum. You couldn't pay me enough to endure it.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Anything by John Grisham

jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul

TINY TALK.....

DIE BENNY AND SUE DO YOU HEAR ME...DIE.

thank you I feel much better!

Jade

Demonicat · Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: Suwon

Though not horrible, I am REALLY not a fan of Lets Go 2. I generally don;t like let's go books, but 2 is the piece a resistance: its ful of super easy then superdifficult pages, no defined voc, no defined grammar, just an amourphous mix.

peppermint · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject:

For adults- side by side. It's fantastic to use as a gramar supplement with low level students, but unbelievably boring on it's own.

No L · Joined: 17 May 2004

Eins English texts, and Eastern English's storybooks and "Magic" series.

Nothing like books (for Native Speakers) that have all their instructions and teacher's manuals only in Korean. Filled with mistakes too.

JacktheCat · Joined: 08 May 2004

Side-by-Side.

It's a great grammar book to use as a supplement for lower level students, but soooo boring. For some reason Korean schools love to use it as conversation book for adults.

*edit*
typed this up before I saw your post peppermint. great minds think alike.

Buff · Joined: 07 Apr 2004

Discovery sucks sucks sucks. It's dull, there are no supplemental materials. You've definitely got to be creative to make it work.

temporos · Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

The Popcorn series is hideously bad. I'd rather slit my wrists than teach that one again!

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Where are these "worst" book series produced?
Where are the "best" ones produced?
Why would Koreans, given their love of hierarchy and rankings and such, not all determine what was the best and not bother with crap ESL materials? Surely they can afford it, can't they?

nev · Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Location: ch7t

jazblanc77 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

The "Wake Up" series for the little ones is so bad, it's reaches the point of being absurd.

An entire page devoted to "They are Brown Curtains". Sweet mother of God.

guangho · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 1:10 am Post subject:

Gogo IS loathsome. Only marginally less repugnant are the Child U books, although in hindsight they are Nobel-worthy master works when compared to the newest affliction I was forced to endure, Say Say. (http://www.anysay.net). How repellant is the Say Say series? The workbook, be it for the beginners or the advanced students, contained nothing but tracing excersizes. Also, the second-most advanced level of Say Say contained, as one of the centerpieces, a bit where kids (6th graders mind you) count back from 39 by 3s and each time say "Buzz". (39, Buzz, 36, Buzz...) The kids were NOT receptive.