Wednesday, January 9, 2019

A Guide To Finding The Right ESL Books For Beginners

By George Miller


If you are teaching a class that has beginners who are trying to learn the English language you need to identify the right books for them. The texts that you pick for these students will determine how fast they learn and they will also define their learning experience. As an educator, your objective is to find the right teaching technique to assist your students to learn and to also assist your students to enjoy their learning experience. The article will assist you to reach this objective by providing some of the tips that you should use when you are choosing ESL books for beginners.

The book must be well structure. It should provide content in a structured way. This will allow the students to have an easy time when they are learning. You should have a book that has simple structures that are easy to go through even without the assistance of a tutor.

The text should have a lot of illustrations that are appropriate. The illustrations found in the book should assist the student to understand what is in the text. The texts should be relevant, for instance, if it is an adult book, the illustrations should be appropriate.

The book should have good illustrations. When your students do not understand English the best thing that you can do is find them a book that has illustrations that will assist them to understand the context. The illustration should be relevant and they should also be interesting for the students to go through.

The language used in the book is also a major determinant of whether you should buy the book or not. You should find a book that has consistency in the language used. It should use either American or Briton English dependent on the language that you are teaching. Go through the reviews of the book so that you can determine if the readers of the book are content with the language used and if it will be suitable for your book.

American and Briton English have significant differences. You need to make sure that the book is written in the language that you are teaching. If you find that the book is written in a mixture of languages then it may be confusing to the students. Go through the book and ensure that it is written in a language that is acceptable.

The text should have exercise tests. Students cannot learn unless they test themselves. Every good book should have exercise activities that allow the students to evaluate how well they have understood the concepts that the students have read from the book. The texts should also provide challenging tasks that challenge your students to learn.

Buying a book should be done after a lot of research. There is so much that can be gained by reading a good text. The article has highlighted the issues that should be considered when buying books to educate students who are in the ESL program.




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