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| Title | Recommended Readers for Adult Learners |
| Body | I'd recommend the newspaper from Reader's Press called News for You for your adult students. Adult students who aren't in pre-college programs like to read the simplified news stories that are often geared towards immigrants' problems and concerns. It also has a little international news as well as a couple of fluff pieces in each issue. It also comes with exercises (often including a crossword) that students can do. It's not a very large paper, and last time I checked it wasn't very expensive. Here's the website: http://www.news-for-you.com/index_h.html . Said, T. Re: readers for adults. Teachers of English as a Second Language (Grades K-12). TESLK-12@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (3 May 2006). ---- Black Cat readers - full-color readers with a range of classic & contemporary titles. Each reader has its own audio CD and there are comprehension and classroom activities every few chapters. These readers encourage students to pick them up and read. The audio is also available in MP3 format, I think. Black Cat/Cideb seem to be based in Italy, but they have distribution outlets throughout the world. iT's Activity Books. A series of resource books for teachers to encourage reading and discussion. There are 6 titles available - Travel, Living, Personal, Movies, Music & Festive. Each of the activity books includes photocopiable teaching material, teaching notes, a CD with audio activities, interactive exercises, and PDF- format colour pages for printing & class use. The Q Book - this has been around a few years and has recently been republished in its current format. It's a teacher's resource book in which the use of questions is central. There are three sections, one of which covers reading & discussion. Communication Spotlight. Not strictly within the reading brief, but a very useful title, nevertheless. This is a new book (North American English) which is is designed to draw student attention to important aspects of English while practicing and using the language. It is designed to give students the means to control their communication and as such has lots of pair work and group work to practice their English. Multiple Intelligences in EFL: a new teacher's resource book by Mario Rinvolucri & Herbert Puchta. Again, not focused entirely on reading, but full of activities and lessons enabling students to 'springboard' from the classroom into reading. Forrester, A. Re: Graded readers for adults. Teachers of English as a Second Language (Grades K-12). TESLK-12@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (4 May 2006). |
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