This is a series of language skills textbooks intended for ESL students who have obtained basic knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary at a secondary school level and who are ready for the transition from classroom methodology to real life applications.

The texts have been purposely selected to reflect :

Real Life Sources...
newspapers, magazines, school journals, websites, works by professional writers and by people from various backgrounds.

Real Life Contexts...
family, friendship, school, work, travel, social issues.

Real Life Language...
formal and colloquial, discourses, slang, diverse diction, idioms.

Real Life Emotions...
humor or seriousness, sweetness or bitterness, romance or indifference, joy or sorrow.

Reading for Real employs unconventional contents to:
1. Help both students and teachers enjoy their classroom experience.
2. Strengthen students' grasp of English by exposing them to a variety of cultural contexts.
3. Assist students in applying English to everyday situations.

Teaching Aid

Supplementary Material available upon request for school adoptions:

Instructor's Manual (IM)
In electronic format to be sent via E-mail. Contains the following:

• Introduction to the IM
• 4 Review Tests
• Review Tests Answer Key
• Unit Answer Key
• Unit Answer Key Detailed Explanation (*for Intermediate, High Intermediate, Advanced I and Advanced II books)

Note: only inquiries made by teachers are considered.

Answer Key
In hard copy (same as Unit Answer Key in the Instructor's Manual).

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Listen Up is an intermediate level ESL listening comprehension series designed to improve upon the three major skills that affect a students' understanding of English: Listening in context, vocabulary and pronunciation.

Each level of Listen Up comes with 4 CDs encompassing a thorough and intensive regime of audio programs and listening exercises. Student CDs are bundled with copies of the textbooks so students can practice their newly acquired listening skills outside of the classroom setting as well. We encourage practice through listening - not just to perform a task or pass a test, but to build English as a part of ones natural skills.

Nursing In a New Language is an ESL textbook designed for students in nursing schools. It is intended for students who have obtained basic knowledge of English grammar and an English vocabulary of about 1,000 words.
The book divides into two parts, each consisting of 10 lessons. There is a main text with a dialogue drill in each lesson. The book requires a minimum of 60 hours to complete, suitable for a one- or two-year program.

The essays in this series have been purposely selected to reflect:

Various literature forms
newsletters, reports, interviews, personal journals, speeches, even fiction and non-fiction stories.

Health related contexts
subjects ranging from nutrition to hospice care, from a nurse's first encounter to tips for interacting with doctors.

Real Life Language
besides the main text, there is a "Clinically Speaking" section in each lesson, focusing on colloquial terms, slang and idioms in healthcare subjects.

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This is a series of reading skills textbooks. It is intended for students of English as a second or foreign language, who have developed an English vocabulary of about 500 words. The series is designed to meet the needs of students from beginning to intermediate levels, and offers about 600 more words in 3 volumes:
Book 1 - High Beginner
Book 2 - Intermediate
Book 3 - High Intermediate

Reading texts cover a variety of themes to help expand students' exposure to practical modern topics:

Technology, Health Science, Environment and Humanity Issues, Holidays and Culture, Cities and Travel, Sports and Arts.

These themes are addressed in different literature forms to familiarize students with the English used in real life situations of today:

Fiction and Non Fiction Stories, Reports, Personal Essays, Journals, Letters and Dialogues.

Modern Topics employs this unconventional approach in the hope of providing more pleasure to students in their reading experience while at the same time helping them relate their classroom study to real life applications.