Allen Ascher

Renowned for its unique speaking pedagogy, Top Notch is a dynamic communicative course that makes English unforgettable. Goals and achievement-based lessons with "can-do" statements enable students to confirm their progress in every class session. Top Notch builds confidence for successful verbal communication and develops critical thinking skills and reading and listening strategies. Highlights New Conversation Activator and Pronunciation Coach Videos in every unit build conversational competence and accurate pronunciation. New: Full-color digital vocabulary flashcards for varied, enriched, and explicit practice. New: Interactive extra grammar exercises to maximize the quantity of grammar practice in every unit. New: Achievement tests include Speaking and Writing tests for every unit, ensuring a fuller evaluation of progress. Other Highlights Hundreds of supplementary practice activities and exercises ensure teachers never have to supplement the course. Extensive listening comprehension practice. Includes exposure to a variety of authentic regional and non-native accents to prepare students for English in today's world. The Top Notch TV Video program – with hilarious sitcoms and authentic on-the-street interviews – builds confidence in understanding natural spoken language.Top Notch Pop songs and karaoke – with accompanying language exercises – make English unforgettable. The expanded MyEnglishLab – with Grammar Coach and Pronunciation Coach Videos, remedial grammar exercises, and immediate feedback on wrong answers – enables programs to tailor Top Notch to the needs of their course.

Teen2Teen reflects the social nature of teenagers. Realistic language models and dialogues correspond to their patterns of communication, and controlled speaking practice exploits their enjoyment of social interaction, thus building their confidence. The grammar syllabus is carefully paced and clearly presented, and new vocabulary is taught explicitly using visual cues and definitions. Teen2Teen Plus gives you access to exclusive Online Practice on an easy-to-use learning management system.

Teen2Teen reflects the social nature of teenagers. Realistic language models and dialogues correspond to their patterns of communication, and controlled speaking practice exploits their enjoyment of social interaction, thus building their confidence. The grammar syllabus is carefully paced and clearly presented, and new vocabulary is taught explicitly using visual cues and definitions. Teen2Teen Plus gives you access to exclusive Online Practice on an easy-to-use learning management system.

Teen2Teen reflects the social nature of teenagers. Realistic language models and dialogues correspond to their patterns of communication, and controlled speaking practice exploits their enjoyment of social interaction, thus building their confidence. The grammar syllabus is carefully paced and clearly presented, and new vocabulary is taught explicitly using visual cues and definitions. Teen2Teen Plus gives you access to exclusive Online Practice on an easy-to-use learning management system.

Teen2Teen reflects the social nature of teenagers. Realistic language models and dialogues correspond to their patterns of communication, and controlled speaking practice exploits their enjoyment of social interaction, thus building their confidence. The grammar syllabus is carefully paced and clearly presented, and new vocabulary is taught explicitly using visual cues and definitions. Teen2Teen Plus gives you access to exclusive Online Practice on an easy-to-use learning management system.

Teen2Teen reflects the social nature of teenagers. Realistic language models and dialogues correspond to their patterns of communication, and controlled speaking practice exploits their enjoyment of social interaction, thus building their confidence. The grammar syllabus is carefully paced and clearly presented, and new vocabulary is taught explicitly using visual cues and definitions.

With its teen appeal and carefully paced syllabus, Teen2Teen makes learning English irresistible and teaching English effortless.

Teen2Teen reflects the social nature of teenagers. Realistic language models and dialogues correspond to their patterns of communication, and controlled speaking practice exploits their enjoyment of social interaction, thus building their confidence. The grammar syllabus is carefully paced and clearly presented, and new vocabulary is taught explicitly using visual cues and definitions.

Teen2Teen reflects the social nature of teenagers. Realistic language models and dialogues correspond to their patterns of communication, and controlled speaking practice exploits their enjoyment of social interaction, thus building their confidence. The grammar syllabus is carefully paced and clearly presented, and new vocabulary is taught explicitly using visual cues and definitions.

The Summit Complete Assessment: Ten easy-to-administer and easy-to-score unit achievement tests assess listening, vocabulary, grammar, social language, reading, and writing. Two review tests- one mid-book and one end-of-book- provide additional cumulative assessment. Two speaking tests assess progress in speaking. In addition to the photocopiable achievement tests, ExamView software enables teachers to customize tests that best meet their own needs. A two-level high-intermediate/advanced course, Summit is the perfect next step for learners who have completed a beginning to intermediate level course. Summit develops competence and confidence in all four skills.

Top Notch, a dynamic 6-level course for international communication, sets a new standard, using the natural language that people really speak. With a rock-solid learner-centered approach, Top Notch provides students an opportunity to confirm their own progress at the end of every easy-to-teach two-page lesson. Features of Top Notch 3 Essential model conversations that make key social language unforgettable and easy to personalizeIntensive vocabulary development with active recyclingComplete grammar support—extended by a bound-in Grammar Booster“Top Notch Interactions”—unique step-by-step discussion builders that guarantee success for all learnersThorough attention to pronunciationA wide array of learning strategies and activities that promote critical thinkingAuthentic and refreshing content that connects students to the real world

The Summit Complete Assessment: Ten easy-to-administer and easy-to-score unit achievement tests assess listening, vocabulary, grammar, social language, reading, and writing. Two review tests- one mid-book and one end-of-book- provide additional cumulative assessment. Two speaking tests assess progress in speaking. In addition to the photocopiable achievement tests, ExamView software enables teachers to customize tests that best meet their own needs. A two-level high-intermediate/advanced course, Summit is the perfect next step for learners who have completed a beginning to intermediate level course. Summit develops competence and confidence in all four skills.

Think About Editing is designed to help intermediate to advanced level students of ESL and EFL learn to edit their writing for errors in grammatical structure and usage. This tasked-based, student-centered text heightens the student's awareness of general linguistic rules so that he or she can learn to repair, and ultimately avoid , many of the errors commonly found in student writing. Interactive in approach, it strikes up a dialogue with the student, encouraging him or her to analyze language samples and discover these rules, and then apply them to his or her own writing.