Foundations is an all-skills, standards-based program for beginning-literacy and low-beginning learners of English. Its clear and easy-to-use format offers students an introduction to basic English for essential lifeskill situations and builds a language foundation for students’ future success at the Book 1 level of instruction.

Features:

  • Standards-based lessons integrate lifeskill competencies contained in CASAS, EFF, SCANS, and other curriculum frameworks.
  • Photo dictionary pages in each unit introduce key vocabulary.
  • Easy-to-use two-page lessons are designed for students with limited prior experience using a textbook.
  • Numbers lessons build students’ numeracy and math skills.
  • Community tasks introduce basic civics topics.
  • Unit achievement tests prepare students for success on standardized assessments.

Components:

  • Teacher’s Guide with Tests and CD-ROM with Multilevel Activity Book offers teaching strategies, multilevel expansion activities, tests, and worksheets for preliteracy, literacy, handwriting, number, and vocabulary practice.
  • An Activity Workbook provides supplementary practice, with extensive listening activities on included Audio CDs
  • A Literacy & Numeracy Workbook offers basic practice with word recognition, decoding, number skills, handwriting, and literacy-level test formats.
  • Vocabulary Photo Cards and Transparencies provide picture resources for activities and games.

Student Book

978-0-13-173144-8

Student Book and Activity Workbook with Audio CDs

978-0-13-135263-6

Teacher’s Guide with Tests and CD-ROM with Multilevel Activity Book

978-0-13-714570-6

Foundations Literacy & Numeracy Workbook

978-0-13-294051-1

Activity Workbook with Audio CDs (2)

978-0-13-227555-2

Vocabulary Photo Cards

978-0-13-223838-0

Transparencies

978-0-13-228459-2

Student Book Audio CDs (3)

978-0-13-188668-1

Student Book Audiocassettes (5)

978-0-13-175585-7