Saslow Joan M. Bücher

Top Notch, a dynamic 6-level course for international communication, sets a new standard, using the natural language that people really speak. With a rock-solid learner-centered approach, Top Notch provides students an opportunity to confirm their own progress at the end of every easy-to-teach two-page lesson. Features of Top Notch Fundamentals Essential model conversations that make key social language unforgettable and easy to personalize Intensive vocabulary development with active recycling Complete grammar support--extended by a bound-in Vocabulary Booster Top Notch Interactions--unique step-by-step discussion builders that guarantee success for all learners Thorough attention to pronunciation A wide array of learning strategies and activities that promote critical thinking * Authentic and refreshing content that connects students to the real world

Top Notch , a dynamic 6-level course for international communication, sets a new standard, using the natural language that people really speak. With a rock-solid learner-centered approach, Top Notch provides students an opportunity to confirm their own progress at the end of every easy-to-teach two-page lesson. Features of Top Notch 1 // Attention: If no attachments (CDs, booklets etc.) are shown in the photo, they are not included.

Comments for Backcover Copy [Viewable in GHEPM only] Ready to Go is a four-level standards-based course that readies adults for self-sufficiency in the three principal areas of their the community, the home, and the workplace. Ready to Go tightly incorporates the major state and federal standards to a complete language syllabus and relevant and practical social language. Ready to Go 3 , by Joan Saslow, is written for intermediate learners. It rapidly enables them Ready to Go is correlated to the following national SCANS Competencies and Foundation Skills, CASAS Life Skill Competencies, EFF Content Standards, and NRS ESL Levels. All correlations are downloadable from the .

The illustrated Workbook contains exercises that provide additional practice and reinforcement of language concepts and skills from the Summit Student's Book and its Grammar Booster. A two-level high-intermediate/advanced course, Summit is the perfect next step for learners who have completed a beginning to intermediate level course. Summit develops competence and confidence in all four skills.

Summit supports high-intermediate learners in enhancing their fluency and accuracy through a balanced approach. It features a unique conversational syllabus with ample opportunities for discussion, debate, presentations, and projects, alongside contextualized grammar review and practice. The program equips students for academic study by developing vocabulary, reading, listening skills, and critical thinking strategies. The second edition introduces both online and offline solutions, including the ActiveBook, which comprises a digital course book with the complete audio program and extensive practice across all skill areas. It also offers printable reading glossaries and “can-do” Self-Assessment charts. The ActiveTeach component for teachers includes the digital Student’s Book with interactive whiteboard tools, instant access to audio programs, and Summit TV video content. Additionally, it provides extensive printable resources like extension activities, answer keys, and audioscripts. Summit serves as a powerful online learning tool for personalized practice and assessment, allowing teachers to assign activities and track student progress, along with access to Summit TV video online with related activities.

This is part of a five-level course for young adult and adult learners, specifically designed for international students. The course balances presentation, practice and production, ensuring the students feel prepared and ready to communicate in English. It carefully distinguishes between receptive and productive activities, because students can understand more difficult material than they can produce. The course aims to surround international students with the voice of the native speaker, supplying the rich listening practice they need. It tightly connects social language and grammar so that grammar is not taught in isolation, but with meaning and purpose. The course also aims to achieve real communication in the classroom through a combination of "Improvise" encourages students to take new language and make it their own; "Heart to Heart" enables students to voice their own thoughts and views; and "In Your Own Words" activates intensive review and communication through full-page pictures..