books by Keith S. Folse     books:       Great Paragraphs: An Introduction to Writing Paragraphs1 review Keith S. Folse, A. Muchmore-Vokoun, ... Heinle, 1998 a smooth transition from paragraph to essay This book is intended to be used in the classrooms where students need to start writing essays while they are finishing paragraph writing and beginning to try to write "standard" 5-paragraph college essays. The rhetorical modes of academic essay (definition, classification, argumentative etc) are not dealt with; instead, in the last chapter the reader will find an effective presentation on how ...             Blueprints 2: Composition Skills For Academic Writing3 reviews Keith S. Folse, M. Kathleen Mahnke, ... Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005 A Solid Book for Intermediate/Advanced ESL students This solid book provides ESL students and community college members with a strong foundation in academic writing. Grounded in both classic techniques and modern readings, Blueprints 2 helps fill that awkward, and considerable, skills gap between what weak students know and what college courses require. An excellent resource for IEP summer programs - and low level community college composition ...             First Discussion Starters: Speaking Fluency Activities for Lower-Level ESL/EFL Students Keith S. Folse, Jeanine Aida Ivone University of Michigan Press/ESL, 2002 First Discussion Starters includes conversation activities that teachers and students have loved in the best-selling Discussion Starters and More Discussion Starters , this time for lower-level ESL/EFL students. First Discussion Starters contains: *a variety of tasks and exercises based on real situations from all over the world serious discussion topics such as censorship, prison conditions, and cloning *topics that are lighter in ...             Discussion Starters: Speaking Fluency Activities for Advanced ESL/EFL Students3 reviews Keith S. Folse University of Michigan Press/ESL, 1996 Very good activities Our ESL program for advanced adult speakers uses this book as a textbook in our conversation and fluency course, and as a supplement to all of our other courses. It provides great activities to get adult learners talking. The lessons are easy to adapt to your existing curriculum, or you can plan a course around them.             Top 20: Great Grammar for Great Writing Keith S. Folse, Elena Vestri Solomon, ... Houghton Mifflin Co, 2003 Top 20 focuses students on mastering 20 essential English grammar points. Exercises draw students? attention to common grammatical errors then teach various ways to edit and make corrections. Top 20 can be used in writing classes with any text, such as Great Paragraphs (page 12), Great Essays (page 12), Blueprints 1, Blueprints 2 (page 14), HMEAS College Writing 1?4 (page 9), or as a stand-alone text for a grammar or writing class.             Clear Grammar 3: Activities for Spoken and Written Communication (Student Book)3 reviews Keith S. Folse The University of Michigan Press ESL, 1999 Great for older learners I use this book with my adult ESL students. It is clearly written and extremely effective in reinforcing English grammar in an intelligent fashion. The content level is perfect for Non-English speaking older students. It addresses issues that a more mature student can relate to such as Geography or Current Events to cement a grammar concept rather than using balloons or puppies. It,also, employs ...             Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs: An Introduction to Basic Sentences and Paragraphs Keith S. Folse, A. Muchmore-Vokoun, ... Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002 Designed to create a structure of academic writing skills, Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs teaches the grammar needed for accurate sentence construction and the basics of paragraph development. Grammar activities and practice are taught in context through model paragraphs that provide authentic input regarding English composition and paragraph cohesion. The text is divided into eight units, with two appendices. Each unit contains the ...             From Great Paragraphs to Great Essays Keith S. Folse, Elena Vestri Solomon, ... Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006             Great Essays: An Introduction to Writing Essays Keith S. Folse, A. Muchmore-Vokoun, ... Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999 The third level of a three-book series, Great Essays introduces students to the process of writing and teaches them to use logic for creating, organizing, and supporting their ideas. Students become familiar with process, development, and revision through relevant practice, while learning reading and writing skills and grammar and language usage. Twenty-five sample essays provide a range of rhetorical styles, examples of essay organization and ...             Focus on Grammar: An Advanced Course for Reference and Practice (Complete Workbook)2 reviews Rachel Spack Koch, Keith S. Folse Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1995 Good example of grammar in context This book gives the student and teacher an opportunity to work with strenghts and weaknesses. The layout with readings and follow up for comprehnsion and grammmatical structure is supportive and informative.             Targeting Listening and Speaking: Strategies and Activities for ESL/EFL Students Keith S. Folse, Darren Bologna University of Michigan Press, 2004 Targeting Listening and Speaking provides short and focused activities to help lower-proficiency ESL/EFL students improve their listening and speaking skills. It includes practice in both mastering the larger message and key words/phrases and specific words and sounds to assist students in developing better speaking and comprehension skills. Each unit has a general theme -- such as food, animals and pets, free time and hobbies, and travel -- ...             Intermediate Reading Practices, 3rd Edition: Building Reading and Vocabulary Skills Keith S. Folse University of Michigan Press/ESL, 2004 The new edition of Intermediate Reading Practices reflects changes to reading skill and vocabulary development since 1992. More than half of all the readings are new. In addition, activities for discussion and listening have been added. The new edition offers enhanced vocabulary instruction, particularly word parts and families, with an emphasis on words on the Academic Word List. The third edition of this long-time favorite also includes the ...             Clear Grammar 1 Student Workbook: More Activities for Spoken and Written Communication (Clear Grammar) Keith S. Folse, Jeanine Aida Ivone, ... University of Michigan Press/ESL, 2001 The Clear Grammar Student Workbooks accompany and supplement use of each Clear Grammar text. Students can reinforce essential beginning and intermediate ESL grammar points by progressing through the workbooks that correspond to each chapter in the Clear Grammar texts, including review chapters. Special features of the workbooks are: Realia exercises Original sentence writing Word puzzles Dialogue and conversation practice Sentence ...             More Discussion Starters: Activities for Building Speaking Fluency1 review Keith S. Folse, Jeanine Aida Ivone University of Michigan Press/ESL, 2002 More Discussion Starters I have already gotten through Discussion Starters and found it sooo helpful that I just bought More Discussion Starters. Both are great books. The lesson plans have a variety of engaging topics and excercises. Highly recommended for those students that you want to speak more.             Beginning Reading Practices: Building Reading and Vocabulary Strategies Keith S. Folse University of Michigan Press/ESL, 1996 This beginning-level reading text for students of English as a second language combines the acquisition of reading skills with a focus on vocabulary and grammar. The goals of Beginning Reading Practices are to develop nonnative students' vocabulary and to strengthen skills that will help them deal with unfamiliar vocabulary. In addition to vocabulary enhancement, the text teaches students important reading skills at a beginning level and how ...             Vocabulary Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching1 review Keith S. Folse University of Michigan Press/ESL, 2004 Reconsider Vocabulary Acquisition. Recently bought and tread the book Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Folse. The book is an excellent starting point for considering many of the current beliefs in second language acquisition. It provides practical advice based on research, much of it firsthand.             The Art of Teaching Speaking: Research and Pedagogy for the ESL/EFL Classroom2 reviews Keith S. Folse University of Michigan Press/ESL, 2006 An Excellent Introduction As a relatively new EFL teacher, I appreciate Dr. Folse's insights. One of the most important aspects that jumps out at me is his emphasis on the need to teach the language "for" and "in" the learning task. While this may seem like common sense, I've noticed that it's not always common practice. The book is a nice blend of theory and practice. The reader can tell that Folse has taught ...             Greater Essays Keith S. Folse, Tison Pugh Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006             100 Clear Grammar Tests : Reproducible Grammar Tests for Beginning to Intermediate Esl/Efl Classes2 reviews Keith S. Folse, Joseph Gabriella, ... University of Michigan Press/ESL, 2000 A good source for tests on grammar for the ESL student This book contains 1000 Grammar Tests that are easily reproduced for classroom use. These tests follow the sequence given in the authors series of Clear Grammar books but can easily be adapted to any lessons given on grammar. Each chapter has tests on a particular grammar point and at least two types of tests. 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