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Price: $41.50

Format:
Paperback 192 pp.
Approximately 300 (small/thumbnail), 8.5" x 11"

ISBN-10:
0195426290

ISBN-13:
9780195426298

Publication date:
October 2007

Imprint: OUP Canada

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Step Forward Canada: Language for Everyday Life: Level 1: Student Book

Sharon Rajabi

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Step Forward Canada Book 1 uses real-life situations and everyday events to teach mature or adult ESL learners the building blocks of the English language. It is a four-skill book whose comprehensive, easy-to-navigate Table of Contents gives instructors a clear picture of the lessons and identifies where important language requirements will be taught throughout the text.

The Table of Contents lays out the book's 12 units and identifies how the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLBs) coincide with and enhance the material being taught in the classroom. The CLBs are the cornerstone for identifying the language levels of adult English learners in Canada. More specifically, they allow instructors a simple, streamlined means of evaluating the English proficiency of their students based on regulated benchmarks (that act as reference points). The CLB levels covered in Step Forward Canada Book 1 range from one to four (the most basic language levels); in total, however, there are twelve CLB levels, with higher levels being taught in more advanced texts.

The body of the text includes 12 units. Each unit has five lessons and a review section. The five lessons are: vocabulary, life stories, grammar, everyday conversation, and real-life reading. Each of the five lessons covers various CLBs using everyday situations. For example, Unit 11 is titled <"Safety First>" and covers basic Canadian safety concepts, such as understanding and obeying traffic signs, and following basic work safety rules. The lessons cover all four skills as they enable students to warn others of an impending workplace accident and understand others' warnings (speaking and listening), describe in writing their driving habits (writing), and read traffic signs on the road or warning signs in the workplace (reading). Each of these valuable lessons are identified as different CLB levels throughout the footers of the book - footers which coincide with the Table of Contents - for instructors' convenience.

Readership : Introductory level ESL text for mature or adult learners.

Pre-unit: The First Step
1. In the Classroom
2. My Classmates
3. Family and Friends
4. At Home
5. In the Neighbourhood
6. Daily Routines
7. Shop and Spend
8. Eating Well
9. Your Health
10. Getting the Job
11. Safety First
12. Free Time

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Sharon has been involved in the field of the ESL/EFL/CALL for over twenty years as an instructor, curriculum developer, trainer, and consultant. She currently works for the TCDSB as a consultant. Sharon has co-authored LINC 4 & 5 Curriculum Guidelines and its website in 1998. She has also been a feature presenter at TESOL, TESL Canada, and TESL Ontario Conferences. She is currently the President of TESL Association of Ontario.

Step Forward Canada: Language for Everyday Life: Level 2: Student Book - Sharon Rajabi and Jayme Adelson-Goldstein

Special Features

The book is uniquely developed to meet the needs of both single-level and multilevel classrooms.
A "Canadianization" of the U.S. original, the text coincides with the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLBs). It is a four-skill book emphasizing the language skills needed to be successful at home, in the community, and at work.
A comprehensive and detailed Table of Contents precisely informs instructors of ways in which the CLBs are met through unit lessons and student evaluation.
Incorporates and addresses real-life situations for mature or adult ESL learners.
Provides student-centred instruction that supports learner persistence and encourages classroom interaction.