Vocabulary and Grammar

Starting Skills in English Vocabulary and Grammar Part A Teacher's Book Starting Skills in English is specially designed for false beginners and remedial learners. It is divided into two parts, A and B. Students can enter the course at A or B level. Each part provides at least 150 hours' tuition. The whole course, therefore, provides at least 300 hours' tuition. There are three books in each part: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar. It is assumed that most users of the course will teach the books in this order, although it is not essential. The majority of the material in the third book, Vocabulary and Grammar, could be set as self-study. Starting Skills in English Vocabulary and Grammar: In Part A students learn how to use 200 key words in isolation and context from the following knowledge areas: * Education * Daily Life * Work and Business * Science and Nature * The Physical World * Culture and Civilization * Technology * Art and Literature * Sports and Leisure * Nutrition and Health Students will also learn to: Vocabulary: * forming letter shapes; * reading and writing numbers; * saying letter names; * using adjectives; * using alphabetical order; * using any in questions and negatives; * using capitals and lower case; * using frequency adverb phrases; * using noun phrases with apposition; * using past time phrases; * using present participles and gerunds; and * using uncountable nouns. Grammar: * using SV (O) (A) patterns where: * S = simple noun phrases/pronoun * V = be in simple present or simple past/other verbs in simple present, present continuous or simple past/modal can or other verb * O = noun/pronoun * A = prepositional phrase. This material is aimed at students with an IELTS level of 2.0. The exit level of this course is equivalent to an approximate TOEFL score of 250. Starting Skills in English Part B Vocabulary and Grammar is also available. There are linked courses in Listening and Speaking and Reading and Writing. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help. Key Features * Reading texts a maximum of 250 words * Listening texts a maximum of 400 words * Speaking and writing tasks are short paragraphs * Teacher's Book containing a full answer key, language and culture notes, methodology notes and transcript of listening material * Allows beginners immediate access to study of academic English skills * Available as three books - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar - at two levels * Language and culture notes available for Arabic, Chinese and Japanese learners * Ideal for false beginners, i.e., students who have not achieved their full potential in English at school Accompanying Course Book, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.