TOP NOTCH 1 3/E STUDENT BOOK 392893 - Softcover

Saslow, Joan; Ascher, Allen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0133928934 ISBN 13: 9780133928938

Publisher: Pearson Education ESL, 2015

Synopsis

Renowned for its unique speaking pedagogy, Top Notch is a dynamic communicative course that makes English unforgettable. Goals and achievement-based lessons with "can-do" statements enable students to confirm their progress in every class session.

Top Notch builds confidence for successful verbal communication and develops critical thinking skills and reading and listening strategies.

 

Highlights

• New Conversation Activator and Pronunciation Coach Videos in every unit build conversational competence and accurate pronunciation.

• New: Full-color digital vocabulary flashcards for varied, enriched, and explicit practice.

• New: Interactive extra grammar exercises to maximize the quantity of grammar practice in every unit.

• New: Achievement tests include Speaking and Writing tests for every unit, ensuring a fuller evaluation of progress.

Other Highlights

• Hundreds of supplementary practice activities and exercises ensure teachers never have to supplement the course.

• Extensive listening comprehension practice. Includes exposure to a variety of authentic regional and non-native accents to prepare students for English in today's world.

• The Top Notch TV Video program – with hilarious sitcoms and authentic on-the street interviews – builds confidence in understanding natural spoken language.

• Top Notch Pop songs and karaoke – with accompanying language exercises – make English unforgettable.

• The expanded MyEnglishLab – with Grammar Coach and Pronunciation Coach Videos, remedial grammar exercises, and immediate feedback on wrong answers – enables programs to tailor Top Notch to the needs of their course.

• Entire Top Notch course mapped to the Global Scale of English.

About this title

About the Author

Joan Saslow is the author of a number of textbook series for adults and young adults, including "Ready to Go," "Workplace Plus," and "Literacy Plus," She was also the Series Director of "True Colors: An EFL Course for Real Communication," and of "True Voices," an EFL video course. Ms. Saslow's special interest is in distinguishing the needs of the EFL and ESL learner and creating materials appropriate for each. Ms. Saslow has taught in Chile and the United States in a variety of programs, including binational centers, academic programs, intensive language programs, and workplace programs. Ms. Saslow has been an editor, a teacher-trainer, a language learner, and a frequent speaker at gatherings of English teachers throughout the world. Allen Ascher, formerly Director of the International English Language Institute at Hunter College, has been a teacher, teacher-trainer, author, and publisher. He has taught in language and teacher-training programs in both China and the United States. Mr. Ascher has an MA in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University. Mr. Ascher is author of "Think About Editing: A Grammar Editing Guide for ESL Writers," As a publisher, he played a key role in the creation of some of the most widely used materials for adults. Mr. Ascher has provided lively workshops for teachers throughout the United States, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0133928934
• ISBN 13: 9780133928938
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 160