Side by Side Plus 1 Book & eText with CD - Softcover

Molinsky, Steven J.; Bliss, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0133828743 ISBN 13: 9780133828740

Publisher: Pearson Education, 2015

Synopsis

Student Book and eText with Digital Audio CD

• Skill-integrated units focusing on all communication skills
• Variety of grammar, vocabulary, listening, pronunciation, reading, writing, and communication activities
• Personalisation activities that get students to share information about their backgrounds, interests, and opinions
• Standards-based life skills lessons aligned with key curriculum frameworks and assessment systems
• New Reading and Writing Workshop sections for career and academic readiness:
• Language arts academic discourse activities
• Informational readings
• Writing process lessons
• Picture dictionary lessons for introducing unit vocabulary
• Check-up tests and skills checks in all units
• Gazette magazine sections with high-interest material for use in class and at home
• Standard CD tracks for Gazette activities and mp3 audio files for major lesson features, including model conversations, readings, and Gazette activities (downloadable to a computer or audio player)

eText
Use this digital tool to complement the program’s dynamic conversational approach. The eText supports students’ independent practice for self-paced learning.

• Pages of the Student Book, with the complete audio program in embedded links, provide conversation, listening, pronunciation, reading, and Gazette practice
• Notes and Bookmark tools enable students to add, receive and share notes, and bookmark pages to revisit them later
• FunZone activities, games, videos, music, and animations reinforce each unit’s objectives:
• Vocabulary flashcards
• Skill building activities for vocabulary, grammar, reading, and life skills
• GrammarToons animations with activities
• GrammarRaps, GrammarSongs, and video segments with activities (Levels 1 and 2 only)

About this title

From the Back Cover

Side by Side has helped over 25 million students worldwide persist and succeed as language learners. Now, in this special edition for adult learners in standards-based programs,  Side by Side Plus  builds students' general language proficiency and prepares them for their life-skill roles in the community, family, school, and at work. Easy-to-use teacher support materials include hundreds of multilevel activities and a wealth of supplemental worksheets, achievement tests, and other resources to assure learner persistence and success.

 

Outstanding Features:

• Picture dictionary lessons introduce unit vocabulary in a clear, easy-to-use format.
• The program's guided conversation methodology integrates grammar, vocabulary, and topics through real-life communication practice that is student-centered, interactive, and fun.
• Standards-based lessons in each unit develop the competencies included in CASAS, BEST Plus, EFF, SCANS, Model Standards, and other major curriculum frameworks and assessment systems.
• Teamwork, critical thinking, and community tasks promote cooperative learning, problem-solving, and civics connections.
• Diverse reading and writing activities include realia, narrative readings, and journal-writing to develop skills for daily life, self-expression, and academic advancement.
• Built-in assessment in each unit includes a check-up test and vocabulary and skill checklists enabling students to assess their progress.
• Side by Side Gazette magazine sections promote learner persistence through high-interest material that students can use in class or on their own, building a bridge between the classroom and the home.
• A Bonus Gazette Audio CD included with the text offers entertaining radio program-style recordings of Gazette activities.
• An all-in-one teacher support package (available separately) includes a Teacher's Guide with Multilevel Activity & Achievement Test Book and CD-ROM providing multilevel activities and an array of reproducible masters, worksheets, and tests.
• An Activity & Test Prep Workbook (available separately) offers all-skills practice, GrammarRaps, and unit achievement tests.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0133828743
• ISBN 13: 9780133828740
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256