The ESL Teacher's Book of Lists
by Jacqueline E. Kerss, Ed.D
The Center for Applied Research in Education. Professional Publishing
West Nyack, New York 10995
ISBN 0-87628-307-5

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This book has a long list of words that are grouped around topics. These are very helpful to build specific vocabulary, to develop dialogues from, to create crosswords, and as a resource guide for basic grammar and pronunciation guidelines. The latter part of the book also provides helpful tips on assessing and describes activites/games for different kinds of skills. Great little resource!!!

SECTION 1 - GENERAL VOCABULARY

• Top of the Chart: The 500 Most Frequently Used English Words o 3
• Be Careful: Safety Words  o 7
• Fill in the Blanks: Words on Applications and Forms o 9
• Feeling Well? Health Words o 11
• Relatively Speaking: Family Words o15
• You Can Count On It: Numbers o 16
• Waiting for the Weekend: Calendar Words o 18
• Got a Minute: Time Words o 20
• On a Clear Day: Weather Words o 21
• Let's Go: Travel and Transportation Words o  22
• I'm Pleased to Meet You: Social Words o 24
• Red, White, and _____: Colors o 26
• A Million Dollars: Money Words o 27
• Catch My Drift? American Idioms o 28
• A Five-Way Ile: Idioms Across Five Languages o 34
• Double-Duty Words: Words with Multiple Meanings o 36
• In Other Words: Synonyms o 40
• Opposites Attract: Antonyms o 42
• Two for One: English/Spanish Cognates o 43
• Two for One: English/French Cognates o 46
• Two for One: English/German Cognates o 48

SECTION 2 - ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

• Off to School: Classroom and School Vocabulary o 53
• One Plus One: Basic Mathematics Vocabulary o  55
• Adding It Up: Intermediate/Advanced Mathematics Vocabulary  o 58
• How Does It Work? Basic Science Vocabulary o 59
• What's a Little Mutation? Intermediite/Advanced Science Vocabulary o 60
• What in the World? Basic Social Studies Vocabulary o 62
• Of the People: Intermediate/Advanced Social Studies Vocabulary o 64

SECTION 3 -GRAMMAR

• Building Blocks: The Parts of Speech o 67
• Where, When, and How: Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases 70
• Which One Has More? Adjectives  o 72
• The Pro's: Pronouns o 74
• Yours and Mine: Possessive Forms 76
• Li.ttle Things Mean a Lot: Articles 78 And or But? Conjunctions  79
• Shortcuts: Contractions o 81
• No Solos Here: Plurals o 83
• Dots and Dashes: Punctuation  o 85
• A Capital Idea: Capitalization  o 90
• Can You Spell That? Spelling Rules  o 92
• Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Verbs o 96

SECTION 4 -GRAMMAR PATTERNS AND PRACTICES

• Basic Sentence Patterns o 105
• Sentence Patterns Using To Be o 108
• Negative Sentence Patterns o 112
• Sentence Patterns for Questions and Answers o 114
• Active/Passive Sentence Patterns o 117
• Subject/Verb Agreement o 118
• Time Agreement o 120
• Common Grammatical Errors o 122
• Helping Students with Audience Recognition o 124

SECTION 5 - PRONUNCIATION

• Consonant Chart o 129
• Vowel Chart o 130
• Problem English Sounds for Speakers of Other Languages o 131
• Problem English Contrasts for Speakers of Other Languages o 132
• English Sounds Not in Other Languages o 133
• Practice for Problem Contrasts and Sounds o 134

SECTION 5 - PRONUNCIATION

• Practice for Phonemes in the Initial Position o 140
• Practice for Phonemes in the Medial Position o 145
• Practice for Phonemes in the Final Position o 149
• International Phonetic Alphabet and Orthographic Equivalents  o 152
• Dictionary Pronunciation Guides o 154
• English Stress and Intonation Patterns in Words  o 156
• English Stress and Intonation Patterns in Sentences  o 158

SECTION 6 - ASSESSMENT

• Language Assessment Guidelines o 163
• Assessing Language Proficiency o 165
• Assessing Auditory/Aural Skills o 167
• Assessing Reading Comprehension 9 170
• Assessing Oral Language Skills o 171 Assessing Written Language Skills o 174
• Commercial Language Tests o 177

SECTION 7 - CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

• Thematic Language Units o 185
• Activities for Developing Auditory Skills o 189
• Activities for Developing Aural Skills o 191
• Activities for Developing Oral Skills o 193
• Activities for Vocabulary Development o 197
• Activities for Grammar Instruction o 201
• Activities for Improving Writing Skills o 205
• Selected Instructional Materials o 208
• Publishers of ESL Curriculum Materials o 211
• Associations and Resource Centers for ESL Teachers o 214