Updated and easy to use, Longman ESL Literacy, Third Edition, by Yvonne Wong Nishio, offers a basic introduction to English for students who are not ready for a Level 1 course. This new edition helps students acquire communication and literacy skills necessary to function in real-life situations.

The Student Book features:

• Ten topically organized units
• Thorough integration of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills
• Clear grammar and conversation models for basic communication
• New!  Scope and Sequence that presents vocabulary, competencies, literacy skills, phonics, and grammar at a glance
• New!  Correlations to CASAS, LAUSD, and LCPs
• New!  Easy-to-use classroom procedures for key exercises previously only in the Teacher’s Resource Book
• New!  Illustrations that provide a clear context for model conversations
• New!  Icons to facilitate use of the Audio CD and Flashcards in the Teacher’s Resource Book
• New!  Section that includes stories previously only in the Teacher’s Resource Book

The Teacher’s Resource Book with Audio CD features:

• End-of-unit tests
• Extra low-level literacy and mechanics practice
• New!  Step-by-step teaching notes
• New!  Audio CD that provides authentic conversation models and opportunities for listening and speaking practice
• New!  Illustrations for over 200 reproducible flashcards

Yvonne Wong Nishio has served the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) as a teacher, curriculum coordinator, and adult school counselor over the past 37 years. She has the accumulated experience of teaching all five ESL levels at Evans Community Adult School and was designated a resource/demonstration teacher for the Division of Adult and Career Education (DACE) of LAUSD.