This fully illustrated six-level series will set you students on the road to English language fluency. Exploring English teaches all four language skills right from the start and gives students a wealth of opportunities to practice what they've learned.

Chapter One Topics People and cities Jobs and employers Grammar Comparative Functions Making comparisons Agreeing and disagreeing Talking about feelings Complaining Sympathizing Chapter Two Topics Personal experiences Friends Finding a job Career counseling Grammar Present perfect: regular and irregular verbs Present perfect/past simple contrast Present perfect with “for” and “since” Functions Evaluating jobs Applying for a job Chapter Three Topics Eating out Job interview Vacations Grammar Infinitive of purpose Present perfect with “just” Present perfect with “already” and “yet” Functions Stating purpose Interviewing for a job Asking for and giving information Chapter Four Topics Food Good deeds Sports Clothes Grammar Review Functions Giving opinions Agreeing and disagreeing Talking about changes Solving problems Making complaints Buying clothes Asking permission Congratulating Chapter Five Topics People Transportation Grammar Superlative Functions Describing people and things Describing outstanding features Asking for and giving directions Giving reason Chapter Six Topics Marriage Crime Grammar Used to Adjective + infinitive Who/that/which in defining relative clauses Functions Describing past habits Clarifying/making specific Telling a story Giving excuses Reporting a crime Chapter Seven Topics Clothes Cars Pets Grammar As + adjective + as As + adverb + as Comparison of adverbs Could So/neither Functions Comparing Persuading Making suggestions Storytelling Chapter Eight Topics Current issues Jobs Entertainment Newspaper headlines Your hometown Grammar Review Functions Giving opinions Agreeing and disagreeing Making excuses Giving directions Making complaints Giving advice Making recommendations Preview Grammar Present perfect continuous Might First conditional Second conditional Appendix Irregular verbs Tapescript Phrasal verbs Pronunciation Vocabulary

This fully illustrated six-level series will set your students on the road to English language fluency. Exploring English, written by Tim Harris and illustrated by Allan Rowe, teaches all four language skills right from the start, and gives students a wealth of opportunities to practice what they've learned. Expressive, humorous four-color art and a broad range of characters capture student interest from page one. Exploring English offers student-centered learning: Communicative, student-centered activities enable students to engage in meaningful communication. A wealth of pair work, role plays, and group work helps students learn cooperatively. Abundant practice—oral and written—reinforces new concepts in guided and open-ended formats. Grammar is presented and recycled in interesting and humorous contexts—both readings and conversations—so that students experience how the language is really used. Basic competencies are taught in context: asking questions, taking a bus, buying food, shopping for clothes, and so on. Ample opportunity for review is provided in each chapter, using all four language skills. In addition, every fourth chapter is a review chapter.

This fully illustrated six-level series will set your students on the road to English language fluency. Exploring English, written by Tim Harris and illustrated by Allan Rowe, teaches all four language skills right from the start, and gives students a wealth of opportunities to practice what they've learned. Expressive, humorous four-color art and a broad range of characters capture student interest from page one. Communicative, student-centered activities enable students to engage in meaningful communication. A wealth of pair work, role plays, and group work helps students learn cooperatively. Abundant practice--oral and written--reinforces new concepts in guided and open-ended formats. Ample opportunity for review is provided in each chapter, using all four language skills.

Student Text—Fully illustrated with humorous four-color drawings (Books 1-4). Each chapter reviews and consolidates what has already been learned. Every fourth chapter is a review chapter featuring an optional achievement test. Workbooks—Feature lessons closely coordinated with the lessons in the text, and provide additional writing practice with the same grammatical structures and vocabulary. Teacher's Resource Manuals—For each level include reduced Student Book pages accompanied by page-by-page teaching suggestions. Audiocassettes—For each level include the dialogues, stories, and pronunciation exercises in the Student Book. A variety of voices, accompanied by appropriate sound effects, gives students opportunities to hear English spoken by native speakers. Screening and Placement Test— Assure accurate placement of students.