Future Intro Student Book with App (2nd Edition) - Softcover

Nishio, Yvonne W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0134537947 ISBN 13: 9780134537948

Publisher: Pearson Education ESL, 2019

Synopsis

Since it was first published, Future has helped over half a million students learn English and achieve

their personal, career, and educational goals. Now in its second edition, this effective six-level

program continues to address the diverse needs of adult learners, equipping them with transferrable

academic, workplace, and English communication skills.

Future, Second Edition supports the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) goals

and helps students develop the skills outlined in the College and Career Readiness Standards and

the English Language Proficiency Standards.

New to this edition

• Updated content exposes students to language and concepts used in workplace, school, and

community settings.

• More workplace vocabulary and skills, and functional language prepare learners for career success.

• New content-rich readings with level-appropriate text complexity build content knowledge,

introduce academic vocabulary, and require learners to analyze text and cite evidence to extend

their learning.

• New writing lessons focus on analyzing models, brainstorming, organizing ideas, and synthesizing

unit learning into well-organized writing outcomes.

• New Soft Skills at Work lessons help learners develop essential social and cultural skills, critical to

career advancement and success.

• Increased rigor built into all lessons at every level challenges learners to analyze, evaluate, predict,

infer, and problem-solve.

• Enhanced unit goals and lesson objectives ensure learners track and reflect on their own progress.

Other highlights

• Latest digital tools help develop students’ digital skills.

• Research-based teaching strategies provide creative solutions for all stages of lesson planning and

implementation.

• Comprehensive digital and print resources for teachers enhance classroom instruction and simplify

lesson planning.

• Correlations to standards guide and support teachers in aligning their instruction with current standards.

• Mapped to the Global Scale of English

About this title

From the Back Cover

Future’s second edition provides learners with communication skills, explicit grammar instruction,

contextualized informational readings, process writing lessons, digital resources and online practice,

and state-of-the-art assessment and much more. The 21st century curriculum helps students acquire

the basic, literacy, language, academic and employability skills needed to meet the requirements set

by the standards.

English to Meet Today Learners' Needs

Academic Rigor: NRS+ CCRS+ ELPS+ WIOA

Future’s curriculum supports acquisition of the key interpretive, productive, and interactive skills identified in the NRS, CCRS, ELPS, and WIOA. All-new informational readings and activities develop learners’ academic language and close-reading skills while building content knowledge. Scaffolded writing activities guide learners through the writing process.

Career/Workplace Focus

Lessons integrate and contextualize workplace content information. Soft Skills at Work and Workplace,

Life, and Community Skills lessons in each unit develop students’ employability and civic

literacy skills.

Student Success

The scaffolded student book, support materials, including CCRS online additional reading and writing

activities, and state-of-the-art assessment program provide teachers with options for differentiating

instruction while focusing students on needed college and career readiness skills.

Self-Directed Learning

Future incorporates multimedia tools to help learners develop visual and digital literacies. MyEnglishLab

and the Practice App offer flexible solutions for blended and distance learning and practice on the go.

Students take an active role in their learning and apply their new skills in online interactive activities and

assessments.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0134537947
• ISBN 13: 9780134537948
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 272