Module 1 Part 2 Student Reader: ESL CURRICULUM FOR BEGINNERS Second Edition ESL Curriculum is a publication of "Learning English with Laughter's Teen-Adult Series." There are four Modules in this series. This Student Reader is part of a series of the three books, Student Reader, Workbook and Teacher's Guide that comprise Module 1 Part 2. It is for English second language beginners aged 13 years and older. It has 33 pages for 20 lessons of approximately 90 minutes each. Many of the exercises and activities will be incomplete if bought without the series - Student Reader, Workbook and Teacher's Guide. THE STUDENTS DO NOT WRITE IN THIS BOOK, CONSEQUENTLY IT CAN BE USED BY MORE THAN ONE CLASS. This allows schools that provide the books for their students to collect and re-issue them for the following semester. It also lets a student who has purchased the book, re-sell it to an incoming student The availability of the Modules in two Parts allows schools, colleges and universities to provide books for half of each Module at a time. This allows flexibility in administering the program. This Student Reader provides the introduction and explanation of all new grammar points as they are incrementally introduced. The following Grammar concepts are introduced in this Student Reader. They are then integrated and reinforced through large and small group oral activities, role-plays in the Workbook and Teacher's Guide. - English vocabulary - Listening and reading paragraphs - Neighborhood map - Small group questioning, answering, checking answers - Use of "any" - Days of the week - Using pictures for conversation - Role-plays - Past tense - Regular past tense verbs - Listening to "ed" endings - Identifying past tense verbs - Questions using "to do" - Irregular past tense verbs - Negative answers - Past tense using "to be" - Phrases expressing time in the past - Present progressive tense - spelling - Past progressive tense - Months of the year - Time phrases using "at" and "in" - Simple future tense - Clock times - future tense using "going to" - Using "by" and "on" to express modes of travel Each new idea is introduced it is mastered in a conversational environment. Grammar concepts are introduced incrementally and reinforced by providing extensive oral practice of each new concept before progressing to the next. Students appreciate the small group oral question and answer activities that allow them to check their answers as they are able to practice these outside of class with a friend. The students do the written work in the Workbook. All answers, tests and extra activities for photocopying are in the Teacher's Guide. This book is the second Student Reader of a series that includes Workbooks and Teacher Guides. It can be used a number of times as the students aren't required to write in it. The conversational material provided stimulates laughter, creating an enjoyable and relaxed learning atmosphere. This series has been popular for the last decade. The online version is being used in more than 70 countries of the world.