Improve Your Spelling in English

Are you a teacher of ESOL, literacy or vocational classes and need a comprehensive resource with information and exercises to help improve your students' spelling? Aimed at entry level 2 of the Adult ESOL and Adult Literacy Core Curricula or equivalent outside the UK, this clear and comprehensive resource will help you learn or teach spelling patterns and how to improve spelling in English. The resource consists of a teachers' guide, students' workbook and a CD. The Teachers' guide provides an introduction to the materials, discussion of the varied and specific needs of learners, and comprehensive guidelines on planning, approach and successful delivery of the exercises for your ESOL/literacy classes or groups. The Students' workbook contains 22 practical modules with real-world examples and exercises covering vocabulary likely to be found in any language learning material at entry level, or in day-to-day life. It also includes a CD containing spoken examples of vocabulary for the exercises in each module. Table of contents: * Section 1: Introduction (Who are the target learners? Why spelling material specifically for ESOL learners? Approaches to teaching spelling. The principles on which the book are based) * Section 2: Notes for class teachers (ESOL classes. Working with the units of the book. Differentiating. Dyslexia. Example lesson plans. Correcting. Ongoing work on spelling. The sequence of units. Supporting an independent learner. Notes on the specific units) * Section 3: Independent learning (Notes for the learner. Notes for the volunteer helper) * Study units (Unit 1: Shopping lists. Unit 2: Birthdays. Unit 3: College. Unit 4: Fitness. Unit 5: Clothes. Unit 6: Jobs. Unit 7: Hotel work. Unit 8: People and places. Unit 9: Money. Unit 10: Bank accounts. Unit 11: Food and restaurants. Unit 12: Driving. Unit 13: In the town. Unit 14: A holiday. Unit 15: Supermarket shopping. Unit 16: The library. Unit 17: The local council. Unit 18: Train travel. Unit 19: Sightseeing. Unit 20: Road signs. Unit 21: A personal account. Unit 22: A traditional story).