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Whaddaya Say?
Guided Practice in Understanding Fast English
By Nina Einstein
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Overview
Perhaps the most difficult and frustrating challenge of learning a new language is understanding fast speech. WHADDAYA SAY? systematically teaches high-beginning to high-intermediate English learners how to improve their comprehension of fast speech. It has helped tens of thousands of students since the first edition was published in 1982. And now, the new third edition includes QR codes embedded in the text for instant access to the audio tracks, making it easier to use than ever! WHADDAYA SAY? introduces the most common pronunciation changes that occur in fast speech, contextualizes these changes in practical and entertaining conversations, and presents language students encounter in everyday life situations. In addition, this book includes10 review tests at the end of the book and includes six helpful appendices full of tips, strategies, rules, and answer keys. WHADDAYA SAY? is the ideal resource for improving students’ listening confidence and abilities to comprehend naturally spoken English
Author Biography
Patrick Moran has worked with second language teachers worldwide in a variety of contexts, including Peace Corps training, refugee resettlement training, cultural exchange orientation, and graduate degree studies at the SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, VT, USA. He is the creator of Lexicarry: Pictures for Learning Languages and Faces: Characters in Search of Authors.
Reviews
“The Hopes and Dreams series is highly recommended… as an excellent example of controlled vocabulary with a low-Lexile level and a glossary, relevant content about immigration, and engaging storytelling by the author, Tana Reiff.” – Helaine W. Marshall, PhD, Professor of Education and Director of Language Education Programs, Long Island University – Hudson Campus
Amala’s Hope
A Family from Syria: A Story Based on Real History
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Overview
This 80-page, easy-to-read novel is part of the Hopes and Dreams series, a collection of 12 moving historical stories about immigrants making new lives in the United States. Each book follows diverse characters who confront prejudice, danger, and hardship—but also discover strength, resilience, and hope. With perseverance, courage, and love, they build new homes and brighter futures. // (skip line then add a new section with plot) // Plot Summary:
When civil war reaches their hometown of Aleppo, the Najjar family flees Syria, leaving grandparents behind. After years in a crowded refugee camp, they finally resettle in Texas, where only teenage Amala speaks some English. Life in America brings both kindness from neighbors and painful prejudice, but Amala’s courage and her family’s resilience guide them as they begin their new chapter.
Author Biography
Patrick Moran has worked with second language teachers worldwide in a variety of contexts, including Peace Corps training, refugee resettlement training, cultural exchange orientation, and graduate degree studies at the SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, VT, USA. He is the creator of Lexicarry: Pictures for Learning Languages and Faces: Characters in Search of Authors.
Sample Lesson
Teacher’s Guide, including: Plot Summary, Discussion Questions, Historical Photos for Discussion, Detailed Plot Summary, Historical Background, What Did You Read? – Form, Book Report – Form, Word Play Activity, Fill in the Blanks Review Activity
Whaddaya Say?
Guided Practice in Understanding Fast English
By Nina Einstein
Purchase the eBook
Purchase the Book 13$
Download Samples Lessons Teacher’s Guide
Stream the Free Audio
Overview
Perhaps the most difficult and frustrating challenge of learning a new language is understanding fast speech. WHADDAYA SAY? systematically teaches high-beginning to high-intermediate English learners how to improve their comprehension of fast speech. It has helped tens of thousands of students since the first edition was published in 1982. And now, the new third edition includes QR codes embedded in the text for instant access to the audio tracks, making it easier to use than ever! WHADDAYA SAY? introduces the most common pronunciation changes that occur in fast speech, contextualizes these changes in practical and entertaining conversations, and presents language students encounter in everyday life situations. In addition, this book includes10 review tests at the end of the book and includes six helpful appendices full of tips, strategies, rules, and answer keys. WHADDAYA SAY? is the ideal resource for improving students’ listening confidence and abilities to comprehend naturally spoken English
Author Biography
Patrick Moran has worked with second language teachers worldwide in a variety of contexts, including Peace Corps training, refugee resettlement training, cultural exchange orientation, and graduate degree studies at the SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, VT, USA. He is the creator of Lexicarry: Pictures for Learning Languages and Faces: Characters in Search of Authors.
Reviews
“The Hopes and Dreams series is highly recommended… as an excellent example of controlled vocabulary with a low-Lexile level and a glossary, relevant content about immigration, and engaging storytelling by the author, Tana Reiff.” – Helaine W. Marshall, PhD, Professor of Education and Director of Language Education Programs, Long Island University – Hudson Campus
Amala’s Hope
A Family from Syria: A Story Based on Real History
Purchase the Book 13$
Purchase
the eBook
Download the Audio
Download Samples Lessons Teacher’s Guide
Stream the Free Audio
Overview
This 80-page, easy-to-read novel is part of the Hopes and Dreams series, a collection of 12 moving historical stories about immigrants making new lives in the United States. Each book follows diverse characters who confront prejudice, danger, and hardship—but also discover strength, resilience, and hope. With perseverance, courage, and love, they build new homes and brighter futures. // (skip line then add a new section with plot) // Plot Summary:
When civil war reaches their hometown of Aleppo, the Najjar family flees Syria, leaving grandparents behind. After years in a crowded refugee camp, they finally resettle in Texas, where only teenage Amala speaks some English. Life in America brings both kindness from neighbors and painful prejudice, but Amala’s courage and her family’s resilience guide them as they begin their new chapter.
Author Biography
Patrick Moran has worked with second language teachers worldwide in a variety of contexts, including Peace Corps training, refugee resettlement training, cultural exchange orientation, and graduate degree studies at the SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, VT, USA. He is the creator of Lexicarry: Pictures for Learning Languages and Faces: Characters in Search of Authors.
Sample Lesson
Teacher’s Guide, including: Plot Summary, Discussion Questions, Historical Photos for Discussion, Detailed Plot Summary, Historical Background, What Did You Read? – Form, Book Report – Form, Word Play Activity, Fill in the Blanks Review Activity