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1-1 Top of the Chart: The 500 Most Frequently Used English Words.

1-2 Be Careful: Safety Words.

1-3 Fill in the Blanks: Words on Applications and Forms.

1-4 Feeling Well? Health Words.

1-5 Relatively Speaking: Family Words.

1-6 You Can Count On It: Numbers.

1-7 Waiting for the Weekend: Calendar Words.

1-8 Got a Minute: Time Words.

1-9 On a Clear Day: Weather Words.

1-10 Let's Go: Travel and Transportation Words.

1-11 I'm Pleased to Meet You: Social Words.

1-12 Red, White, and ______: Colors.

1-13 A Million Dollars: Money Words.

1-14 Catch My Drift? American Idioms.

1-15 A Five-Way Tie: Idioms Across Five Languages.

1-16 Double-Duty Words: Words with Multiple Meanings.

1-17 In Other Words: Synonyms.

1-18 Opposites Attract: Antonyms.

1-19 Two for One: English/Spanish Cognates.

1-20 Two for One: English/French Cognates.

1-21 Two for One: English/German Cognates.

SECTION 2: ACADEMIC VOCABULARY.

2-1 Off to School: Classroom and School Vocabulary.

2-2 One Plus One: Basic Mathematics Vocabulary.

2-3 Adding It Up: Intermediate/Advanced Mathematics Vocabulary.

2-4 How Does It Work? Basic Science Vocabulary.

2-5 What's a Little Mutation? Intermediate/Advanced Science Vocabulary.

2-6 What in the World? Basic Social Studies Vocabulary.

2-7 Of the People: Intermediate/Advanced Social Studies Vocabulary.

SECTION 3: GRAMMAR PATTERNS AND PRACTICE.

3-1 Building Blocks: The Parts of Speech.

3-2 Where, When, and How: Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases.

3-3 Which One Has More? Adjectives.

3-4 The Pro's: Pronouns.

3-5 Yours and Mine: Possessive Forms.

3-6 Little Things Mean a Lot: Articles.

3-7 And or But? Conjunctions.

3-8 Shortcuts: Contractions.

3-9 No Solos Here: Plurals.

3-10 Dots and Dashes: Punctuation.

3-11 A Capital Idea: Capitalization.

3-12 Can You Spell That? Spelling Rules.

3-13 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Verbs.

SECTION 4: GRAMMAR PATTERNS AND PRACTICE.

4-1 Basic Sentence Patterns.

4-2 Sentence Patterns Using To Be.

4-3 Negative Sentence Patterns.

4-4 Sentence Patterns for Questions and Answers.

4-5 Active/Passive Sentence Patterns.

4-6 Subject/Verb Agreement.

4-7 Time Agreement.

4-8 Common Grammatical Errors.

4-9 Helping Students with Audience Recognition.

SECTION 5: PRONUNCIATION.

5-1 Consonant Chart.

5-2 Vowel Chart.

5-3 Problem English Sounds for Speakers of Other Languages.

5-4 Problem English Contrasts for Speakers of Other Languages.

5-5 English Sounds Not in Other Languages.

5-6 Practice for Problem Contrasts and Sounds.

5-7 Practice for Phonemes in the Initial Position.

5-8 Practice for Phonemes in the Medial Position.

5-9 Practice for Phonemes in the Final Position.

5-10 International Phonetic Alphabet and Orthographic Equivalents.

5-11 Dictionary Pronunciation Guides.

5-12 English Stress and Intonation Patterns in Words.

5-13 English Stress and Intonation Patterns in Sentences.

SECTION 6: ASSESSMENT.

6-1 Language Assessment Guidelines.

6-2 Assessing Language Proficiency.

6-3 Assessing Auditory/Aural Skills.

6-4 Assessing Reading Comprehension.

6-5 Assessing Oral Language Skills.

6-6 Assessing Written Language Skills.

6-7 Commercial Language Tests.

SECTION 7: CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.

7-1 Thematic Language Units.

7-2 Activities for Developing Auditory Skills.

7-3 Activities for Developing Aural Skills.

7-4 Activities for Developing Oral Skills.

7-5 Activities for Vocabulary Development.