| English in 24 HoursSM has been used as an aid in the classroom for 20 years to teach spoken and written English to adults, enabling them to enter the workforce or continue their education in an English-speaking classroom in a short amount of time. This edition of English in 24 HoursSM continues to provide three levels of proficiencies, P1, P2, P3, which bring the student to an intermediate level of English as a Second Language (ESL).
Who Benefits from this Course
English in 24 HoursSM has been developed to be used in the adult learner classroom which may contain learners from different backgrounds, cultures and home languages. |
The course is entirely in English and begins with the alphabet, assuming a “zero” vocabulary level, including assistance in writing letters and printing for those learners whose native language does not use the Latin Alphabet. The first level brings a student to a speaking, reading and writing fluency to be able to communicate with some efficiency in the everyday English-speaking world.
Course Methodology and Instruction
The simplicity of the pages coupled with the guidance of an experienced teacher and innovative methodology in the classroom has marked the success of this course. As many successful students worldwide can attest, this course brings about fluency in a short amount of time due to the focused content and innovative classroom teaching which concentrates on the specific needs of the adult learner. The teaching and learning concepts that are defined in the instructor’s training period and followed throughout the course couple with the comprehension of these accelerated teaching and learning principles, first by the instructor and then by the student, have been essential to obtain life-changing results for all learners. Thus, a trainer of trainers and instructors session is necessary to ensure the effective use of the course in all learning environments. The instructor’s manual is presented to prospective teachers in training with complete instructions on the usage, instruction methods and suggestions for use with different kinds of classroom audiences.
What’s in the Course
Each Proficiency Level consists of a binder with a packet of 8 lessons that make up 24 hours of classroom instruction time. Each lesson is divided into skills starting with the alphabet, printing skills (if needed) and spelling skills in the first three hours of instruction. Students receive a new lesson each three hours of at the completion of the current lesson with comprehension of the concept being taught. Extra activities are included in a complete course kit such as: vocabulary add-ons, verb games, assessments, grids for printing practices, etc., (used as needed depending on the abilities or non-abilities of the individual students in the classroom) For classroom help, posters of grammar and structure formulas are available as extra supports. In addition to the instructor’s manual, training and technical support for the users are provided.
Sandy Blanes, ESL Instructor for 30 years; Founder of Sandy’s American English Center in Santos, Brazil; Author of English in 24 HoursSM;developer of “Ladder to Language” a college preparation for English language learner adults filling the gap between ESL and the American college classroom; Director of the Center for English Language Learners Support Services at Cambridge College in Massachusetts and currently teaching at Cambridge College, Lawrence Regional Site, MA.
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