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Focus on Grammar 2

Grammar in Context presents the grammar of the unit in a natural setting. The texts, all of which are recorded, present language in various formats. These include telephone conversations, letters, questionnaires, radio talk shows, quiz shows, folktales, essays, and conversations among friends and relatives. In addition, the introductory sections motivate students and provide an opportunity for incidental learning and lively classroom discussion. Topics include a mystery, a discussion of the role of women, a letter to a psychologist, the problems of perfectionists, a matchmaker's questions, suggestions for public speaking, and the use of white lies. A Warm up precedes each text and gives students a chance to express their thoughts and opinions and the topic.

Let's Write English

The introduction of grammatical structures as lesson material in Let's Write English is rigidly controlled. The books begin with a review of sentence patterns which students practice by writing them according to formula and then by expanding and combining them in closely controlled, carefully demonstrated ways. In most lessons, sentence practice leads to a suggested paragraph assignment. Carefully spaced throughout the book are Writing Practice lessons which build upon what students have learned in preceding lessons. There are a lot of writing exercises in the book that have been provided by the author to help students compose sentences from the simplest one line sentence to a complete story consisting of several paragraphs. This book is suitable for anybody who wants to study various styles of writing (narration, description, argumentation and exposition) in English language.

Learning English While Traveling

Have you ever thought that you can learn English while traveling? You might say, "Well, people will study English if they want to go abroad especially to English speaking countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States of America." But here I want to say that you can learn English even if you only visit a nearby city. I personally like traveling and I do it every month while guiding foreign tourists who come to visit Manokwari for hiking in the rainforest or snorkeling over the coral reef.

Suppose that you live in Jakarta - the capital city of the Republic of Indonesia, and you want to go to Surabaya - a trading city in East Java Province. You will wonder how you can study English while traveling to that city. This is what you can do. Try to find a travel guide about the city of Surabaya both from a bookstore or a website on the internet. At the moment the travel guide for Surabaya city is available in several languages. It will be good for you if you can get an English version. If you cannot find it at your local bookstores then I will suggest that you log on to the website of Lonely Planet. If you don't know the address of the website, just type Lonely Planet in Google search engine. It will give you the address of the website. When you click the hyperlink of Lonely Planet, you will be presented with a front page that contains travel guides to many parts of the world. You don't have to be confused with them. Just type Surabaya travel guide. The website will give you what you request.