Synopses & Reviews
This pack includes the Side by Side Plus 1 Student Book and the Activity & Test Prep Workbook 1.
Side by Side has helped over 25 million students worldwide persist and succeed as language learners. Now, in this special edition for adult learners in standards-based programs, Side by Side Plus builds students' general language proficiency and prepares them for their life-skill roles in the community, family, school, and at work. Easy-to-use teacher support materials include hundreds of multilevel activities and a wealth of supplemental worksheets, achievement tests, and other resources to assure learner persistence and success.
Outstanding Features:
- Picture dictionary lessons introduce unit vocabulary in a clear, easy-to-use format.
- The program's guided conversation methodology integrates grammar, vocabulary, and topics through real-life communication practice that is student-centered, interactive, and fun.
- Standards-based lessons in each unit develop the competencies included in CASAS, BEST Plus, EFF, SCANS, Model Standards, and other major curriculum frameworks and assessment systems.
- Teamwork, critical thinking, and community tasks promote cooperative learning, problem-solving, and civics connections.
- Diverse reading and writing activities include realia, narrative readings, and journal-writing to develop skills for daily life, self-expression, and academic advancement.
- Built-in assessment in each unit includes a check-up test and vocabulary and skill checklists enabling students to assess their progress.
- Side by Side Gazette magazine sections promote learner persistence through high-interest material that students can use in class or on their own, building a bridge between the classroom and the home.
- A Bonus Gazette Audio CD included with the text offers entertaining radio program-style recordings of Gazette activities.
- The Activity & Test Prep Workbook offers all-skills practice, GrammarRaps, and unit achievement tests.
Synopsis
The Side by Side Activity and Test Prep Workbook feature: • All-skills activities reinforce learning objectives in the Student Books • GrammarRaps motivate learners and promote language mastery through entertaining practice with rhythm, stress, and intonation. • Unit Achievement Tests assess student progress and prepare students for standardized tests. Side by Side Plus is a standards-based and grammar-based English language program for adult and young-adult learners, The program builds students’ general language proficiency and prepares them for their life-skill roles in the community, family, school, and at work.
Synopsis
This value pack consists of the Side by Side 1 Student Book and the Activity & Test Prep Workbook (with 2 Audio CDs).
Side by Side, Third Edition, by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss, is a dynamic, all-skills program that integrates conversation practice, reading, writing, and listening -- all in a light-hearted, fun, and easy-to-use format that has been embraced by students and teachers worldwide. This four-level program promotes native communication between students ... practicing speaking together "side by side."
Features of the Third Edition
- Vocabulary Preview sections in every chapter introduce key words in a lively picture dictionary format.
- "How to Say It!" lessons highlight communication strategies.
- Pronunciation exercises provide models for practicing authentic pronunciation, stress, and intonation.
- Side by Side Gazette "magazine-style" pages offer feature articles, fact files, vocabulary expansion, cross-cultural topics through photos, authentic listening activities, e-mail exchanges, and humorous cartoons for role-playing.
- All-new illustrations are lively, light-hearted, and richly detailed to offer students language practice that is contextualized and fun.
The core components include Student Books, Teacher's Guides, Activity Workbooks, Activity & Test Prep Workbooks, Communication Games and Activity Masters, audio programs, combined split editions (Student Book and Workbook lessons combined), a testing program, and picture cards.
Table of Contents
("Plus" indicates NEW standards-based lessons in Side by Side Plus 1)
1. To Be: Introduction
Personal Information
Cardinal Numbers
Meeting People
Plus:
Filling Out a Form
Forms of Identification
Addressing an Envelope
Abbreviations in Addresses
2. To Be + Location
Subject Pronouns
Classroom Objects
Rooms in the Home
Cities, Countries, and Nationalities
Places Around Town
Plus:
Classroom Actions
Giving and Following Instructions
3. Present Continuous Tense
Everyday Activities
Plus:
Calling Directory Assistance
Calling 911
Using a Telephone Directory
Side by Side Gazette
4. To Be: Short Answers
Possessive Adjectives
Everyday Activities
Plus:
Civics: Community Service
5. To Be:
Yes/No Answers
Short Answers
Adjectives
Possessive Pronouns
Describing People and Things
Weather
Plus:
Reading a Weather Map
Fahrenheit and Celsius Temperatures
6. To Be: Review
Present Continuous Tense: Review
Prepositions of Location
Describing Activities and Events
Family Members
Plus:
Reading a Family Tree Diagram
Introducing People
Side by Side Gazette
7. Prepositions
There Is/There Are
Singular/Plural: Introduction
Places Around Town
Locating Places in the Community
Describing Neighborhoods
Describing Apartments
Plus:
Reading a Simple Map
Apartment Ads
8. Singular/Plural
Adjectives
This/That/These/Those
Clothing
Colors
Shopping for Clothing
Plus:
Money
Price Tags
Clothing Sizes
Clothing Ads
Store Receipts
Side by Side Gazette
9. Simple Present Tense
Languages and Nationalities
Everyday Activities
Plus:
Civics: Staying Informed
10. Simple Present Tense:
Yes/No Questions
Negatives
Short Answers
Days of the Week
Habitual Actions
People’s Interests and Activities
Plus:
Work Schedules
Bus Destination Signs
Side by Side Gazette
11. Object Pronouns
Simple Present Tense: -s vs. non -s Endings
Have/Has
Adverbs of Frequency
Calendar
Describing Frequency of Actions
Describing People
Plus:
Family Responsibilities
12. Contrast: Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses
Adjectives
Feelings and Emotions
Describing Usual and Unusual Activities
Plus:
The Education System
School Personnel and Locations
Side by Side Gazette
13. Can
Have To
Occupations
Expressing Ability
Looking for a Job
Plus:
Help Wanted Signs and Want Ads
Job Interview
Filling Out a Job Application
Asking Permission at Work
Safety Signs
14. Future: Going to
Time Expressions
Want to
Describing Future Plans and Intentions
Weather Forecasts
Telling Time
Months of the Year
Plus:
Ordinal Numbers
Dates
Schedules
Job Application Forms
Side by Side Gazette
15. Past Tense:
Regular Verbs
Introduction to Irregular Verbs
Past Actions and Activities
Describing an Event
Ailments
Making a Doctor’s Appointment
Plus:
A Medical Exam
Medical Appointment Cards
Medicine Labels
Staying Healthy
16. Past Tense:
Yes/No Questions
Short Answers
WH-Questions
More Irregular Verbs
Time Expressions
Reporting Past Actions and Activities
Giving Reasons
Giving Excuses
Plus:
Job Applications
17. To Be: Past Tense
Television Commercials
Describing Physical States and Emotions
Biographies and Autobiographies
Plus:
Basic Foods and Food Groups
Making a Shopping List
Ordering a Meal
Reading a Simple Menu
Supermarket Ads
Food Labels
Side by Side Gazette
Appendix
Listening Scripts
Vocabulary List
Skill Index
Topic Index
Grammar Index
Irregular Verbs: Past Tense
Map of the United States