11 Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners
Della Jean Abrahams (Portland State University)
2017
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
This textbook is designed for beginning-intermediate English language learners. It is composed of 7 chapters, each of which covers specific speaking and listening learning objectives and includes dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter includes listening and speaking components such as dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter also focuses on 10 target words from the New General Service List of English vocabulary. The textbook includes an audio component that consists of recorded conversations of native and non-native English speakers, as well as links to additional listening resources on the web.
Formats: Online, PDF, and Word
Includes:
Reviews: Open Textbook Library
Suggested for:
ESL 1112 Oral and Written Communication in English as a Second Language: Elementary Level II
ESL 2111 Oral and Written Communication in English as a Second Language: Intermediate Level I
In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook
Bow Valley College and NorQuest College
2016
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
The textbook:
- helps learners notice, learn, and practice English that will be helpful in your community
- gives learners practice in the four main language skills–listening, speaking, reading, and writing
- helps learners learn about intercultural skills
- helps learners develop some important essential skills
- can be used as an online textbook with interactive activities or downloaded, printed and used as a regular textbook
The textbook is aimed at Canadian Language Benchmarks levels 5/6 and has been designed to be facilitated by an instructor.
Format: Online and PDF
Reviews: Open Textbook Library
Suggested for:
ESL 2111 Oral and Written Communication in English as a Second Language: Intermediate Level I
ESL 2112 Oral and Written Communication in English as a Second Language: Intermediate Level II
College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success
Barbara Hall and Elizabeth Wallace (Georgia State University)
2018
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing etext for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English. We open the text with a discussion on the sentence and then break it down into its elemental components, before reconstructing them into effective sentences with paragraphs and larger academic assignments. Following that, we provide instruction in paragraph and essay writing with several opportunities to both review the fundamentals as well as to demonstrate mastery and move on to more challenging assignments.
We have structured the etext into three basic parts. Part I, Comp