Taking Off
Beginning English
Susan Hancock Fesler and Christy M. Newman
Beginning to high beginning
Taking Off is a
four-skill, standards-based program for beginning adult ELT
students. Picture dictionary
art pages teach life skills vocabulary in a clear and visual way. The gradual pace of
the course instills confidence in students as they establish a
solid foundation in the basics of English.
Features
• A Numbers page in
each unit helps students build numeracy skills for basic
math work
• In the Community lessons in each
unit introduce students to critical civics topics and
life-skill tasks to meet CASAS, SCANS, EFF and other
competency requirements
• A Grammar Spotlight lesson is
provided after every third unit in the book. The
two-page activity spread presents a small set of basic
grammar points. Students will find corresponding grammar
practice in the Taking Off Workbook
• A Review section at
the end of each unit helps students consolidate and synthesize
what they’ve learned
• A Unit Review after
every third unit provides the students with additional
reinforcement and gives teachers another opportunity to
assess student progress
Components
• A Student Book with
scope and sequence in the front and listening scripts in the
back, has twelve 12-page units filled with individual, pair,
and group-work activities
• The Teacher’s Edition provides step-by-step
teaching instructions, two-page reproducible tests for each Student Book unit designed to assess
vocabulary acquisition and listening comprehension skills; listening scripts for all audio program material, and answer keys for
the Student Book, Workbook, and Literacy Workbook.
• The Workbook includes
supplementary practice for students who have basic reading and
writing skills in their first language.
• The Literacy Workbook offers a unique resource for teachers with multi-level
classes. It provides reading and writing “on ramp”
activities for literacy students.
• Color
overhead Transparencies of the Student Book unit opening scenes
encourage lively oral communicative vocabulary practice for
students.
• Audiocassettes and Audio CD’s contain recordings for all listening
activities in the Student Book.
Teacher’s Edition with Tests
Literacy Workbook Program Cassette
Literacy Workbook Audio Program CD
