English for Starters Vocational Stream –Girls’ is an English language course that has been produced and designed specifically for girls’ secondary schools in Syria. The course progresses from an intermediate level of English in Grade 10 to an advanced level of English in Grade 12. The course introduces students to a world of practical and useful skills; it assumes no prior knowledge of the skills described on the part of students or teachers.
The course provides students with skills and knowledge related to everyday and women’s social life such as knitting and weaving, using sewing machines and practical skills such as making clothes, embroidery and tricot etc...
Newsademic is an easy-to-understand international newspaper, written and edited in a style that assists English Language teaching and learning. Newsademic is a fortnightly publication (20 articles) and associated website. Both British and American English versions of the newspaper are available. The easy-to-read newspaper features the top world news stories that have made headlines during the previous two weeks.
English for Starters is an English course for Primary and Preparatory level students in Syria. This level is for Grade 10. Each level of English for Starters includes a Students’ Book, one or two cassettes with listening material, an Activity Book and a Teacher’s Book.These materials are based on the General Framework and Outcomes of English Curricula in Syria, where this language is regarded as a foreign language. The English for Starters materials approach language skills in an integrated way in terms of the tasks and activities for both learners and teachers.
The Grammar and Lexis of Conversational Informal English in Advanced Textbooks
The book is divided into seven chapters in which various different linguistic aspects of conversation are dealt with. In the opening chapters, spoken language is presented and approached as a multidimensional entity, particularly as the sum of lexico-syntactic and socio-linguistic elements....
English for Starters Vocational Stream–Commercial is an English language course that has been specially written for commercial secondary schools in Syria. The course progresses from an intermediate level of English in Grade 10 to an advanced level of English in Grade 12. The books introduce students to the world of commerce; they assume no prior commercial knowledge on the part of students or teachers.
The course provides students with skills and knowledge related to commerce such as answering the telephone, dealing with correspondence, learning the names and uses of documents, computers and office equipment as well as aspects of economics such as insurance, accounting and banking.
