This is a textbook list for evening classes – S sections.
S sections (TTh in Fall and Spring, MW in Winter) are classes that emphasize Speaking,
Listening & Grammar (SLG). Faculty teaching S sections can choose from:
a) Integrated Skills textbooks already leveled for our program, preferably. These books
are very communicative and have more grammar built in.
b) A second possibility is a Speaking and Listening text already leveled for our program.
Most likely you will need to supplement with grammar.
A few tips to help make your life easier:
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Please check with other faculty who are teaching at or near your level before you order
a textbook. While sharing a textbook is fine (see below), unplanned duplication of
textbooks in different level classes isn’t. You can find this quarter’s and previous
quarters’ textbook orders on the main page of the ESL Faculty Website, just below the
schedules.
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Ordering the same textbook for both R and S sections is not a good idea. Students are
not required to take classes all 4 nights a week, so dividing up a text book over 4 nights
is logistically difficult to say the least.
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If you want to share a textbook with another teacher, it’s best to coordinate this with a
teacher who teaches on the same evenings as you. For example, if you teach 021S, you
might share a text with 022S. (Many of the integrated skills texts are large and would
work well for splitting in SLG classes.)
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There are class sets of Life Skills and Test Prep (1 – 4) available for you to use to
supplement your class with Life Skills and CASAS competencies. If you find your book is
lacking in Life Skills, please use as you see fit! More info here.
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Please see the Evening Grammar Matrix for specific grammar points assigned to RWG
and SLG sections.
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If you want to choose a book that is not on the list below, please get a copy of the text
to the program coordinator so that it can be leveled and added officially to our
departmental textbook lists before you order it.
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Texts with an asterisk (*) have been used recently and are highly recommended.
Updated 11/2012 by ESL Faculty
S sections: Speaking, Listening & Grammar
Level 1 is currently being taught as a 10 credit Integrated Skills class in the evenings. Please
see the appropriate textbook list for Integrated Skills 011, 012, or 013.
Level 2 is currently being taught as a 10 credit Integrated Skills class in the evenings. Please
see the appropriate textbook list for Integrated Skills 021 or 022.
Level 3
031S: Integrated Skills Texts:
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Excellent English 2* (Cambridge/McGraw Hill)
Downtown 2, English for Work and Life * (Nat. Geo/Thomson Heinle)
Center Stage 3* (Pearson/Longman) Can be shared with 032
All Star 2 (Cambridge/McGraw Hill)
Ventures 2 (Cambridge/McGraw)
Step Forward 2 (Oxford)
Expressways, Book 2 (Pearson/Longman)
English No Problem, Book 2 (New Readers Press)
Side by Side 2 (Pearson/Longman)
032S: Integrated Skills Texts:
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Future 3: English for Results* (Pearson/Longman)
English in Action 3* (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Center Stage 3* (Pearson/Longman) Can be shared with 031.
Level 3 Speaking and Listening Texts (031 & 032)
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Now Hear This! (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Side By Side, Book 2 (Pearson/Longman)
Impact Listening, Book 1 (Pearson/Longman)
Active Listening, Book 2 (Cambridge/McGraw Hill) (primarily listening skills)
Fifty – Fifty, Book 1 (Pearson/Longman)
Updated 11/2012 by ESL Faculty
Level 4
041S: Integrated Skills Texts:
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Future 4: English for Results* (Pearson/Longman) (Can be split with 042. Be sure to
coordinate with other instructors regarding division of textbook.)
Excellent English 3* (Cambridge/McGraw Hill)
Step Forward 3* (Oxford)
Ventures 3 (Cambridge/McGraw Hill)
Expressways, Book 3 (Pearson/Longman)
Stand Out, Book 3 ( Nat. Geo/Heinle)
English in Action 4 (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Downtown 3 (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
All Star 3 (Cambridge/McGraw Hill)
042S: Integrated Skills Texts:
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Center Stage 4* (Pearson/Longman)
Future 4: English for Results* (Pearson/Longman)
Expressways, Book 4 (Pearson/Longman)
Stand Out, Book 4 ( Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Top Notch, Book 3 (Pearson/Longman)
Level 4 Speaking and Listening Texts (041 & 042)
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Impact Listening, Book 2 (Pearson/Longman) (primarily listening skills)
Impact Listening, Book 3 (Pearson/Longman)
Active Listening, Book 3, (Cambridge/McGraw Hill) (primarily listening skills)
Fifty – Fifty, Book 2 (Pearson/Longman)
Side by Side, Book 3 (Pearson/Longman)
What About You, Book 2 (Cambridge/McGraw Hill)
Level 5
051S: Integrated Skills Texts:
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Ventures: Transitions (Cambridge/McGraw Hill)
Future 5: English for Results* (Pearson/Longman) (May be used in ESL 052. Be sure to
coordinate with instructors on division of texts)
World Pass, Upper Intermediate (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Step Forward 4 (Oxford) Needs additional reading/writing text to supplement material.
Updated 11/2012 by ESL Faculty
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Summit 1 (Pearson/Longman) (May be used in ESL 052. Be sure to coordinate with
instructors on division of texts)
052S: Integrated Skills Texts:
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Future 5: English for Results* (Pearson/Longman) (May be used in ESL 051. Be sure to
coordinate with instructors on division of texts)
Summit 1 (Pearson/Longman) (May be used in ESL 051. Be sure to coordinate with
instructors on division of texts)
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Level 5 Speaking and Listening Texts (051 & 052)
Academic: (includes note-taking skills)
 North Star 3 Listening and Speaking * (Pearson/Longman)
 Lecture Ready, Book 1 (Oxford)
 Open Forum, Book 1 (Oxford)
 Contemporary Topics Intro (Pearson/Longman)
 Intermediate Listening Comprehension (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Life Skills:
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Side by Side, Book 4 (Pearson/Longman)
Real Talk, Book 1 (Pearson/Longman)
Talk It Through, Book 2 (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Talk It Up (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Level 6
061S: Integrated Skills Texts:
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Academic Connections 3 (Pearson/Longman)
062S: Integrated Skills Texts:
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Academic Connections 3 (Pearson/Longman)
Level 6 Speaking and Listening Texts (061 & 062)
Academic: (includes note-taking skills)
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North Star 4 Listening and Speaking * (Pearson/Longman)
Updated 11/2012 by ESL Faculty
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North Star 5 Listening and Speaking (Pearson/Longman)
Quest 3 Listening and Speaking (Pearson/Longman)
Lecture Ready, Book 2 (Oxford)
Lecture Ready, Book 3 (Oxford)
Contemporary Topics, Book 2 (Pearson/Longman) (primarily listening skills)
Contemporary Topics, Book 3 (Pearson/Longman) (primarily listening skills)
Key Concepts, Book 1 (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Key Concepts, Book 2 (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Noteworthy, Book 2 (Nat. Geo/Heinle) (primarily listening skills)
Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn (Pearson/Longman)
Life Skills:
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Talk It Over (Nat. Geo/Heinle)
Real Talk, Book 2 (Pearson/Longman)
Updated 11/2012 by ESL Faculty