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It’s A Breeze: Now available on Teachers Pay Teachers!
Tags : American English, American idioms, Chimayo Press, communicative teaching techniques, Compelling Conversations, it's a breeze, TEFL
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Let’s “learn the ropes” of English – idiom by idiom!
Exciting news, English teachers: All seven, thematic units of Chimayo Press’ It’s A Breeze are now individually available on our Teachers Pay Teachers store!
Written for high school ESL students and adult English language learners in the United States, It’s A Breeze improves their vocabulary and cultural literacy. The comfortable pace, unit quizzes (with answer keys) and an index of American idioms and expressions make this unique text comfortable for both classroom use and self-study.
Each chapter explores a single genre-specific American idiom in connection with the overall unit theme. Provided with clear definitions, sample sentences, short readings, comprehension checks, and more, students will find speaking English less difficult and more fun – even “a breeze.”
Our TPT store features over 25 (and counting!) comprehensive, fluency-focused lessons and bundles for your classroom needs. The collection currently includes select chapters from Compelling Conversations and Compelling American Conversations, with additional series content coming soon.
All 42 of It’s A Breeze’s short lessons are available in full through both Amazon and Createspace. We also encourage you to check out the following sample chapters. Each is free to download for classroom use!
- Ch. 3: Toot Your Own Horn
- Ch. 10: Couch Potato
- Ch. 26: Feeling Blue
- Ch. 32: Raining Cats and Dogs
For sample chapters from our other titles, click here.
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Eric H. Roth teaches international graduate students the pleasures and perils of academic writing and public speaking in English at the University of Southern California (USC). He also co-authors of the ELT fluency-focused Compelling Conversations series. Roth co-authored Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics in 2006 to help English language learners increase their English fluency. Recommended by English Teaching Professional magazine, the advanced ESL textbook has been used in over 50 countries in English classrooms and conversation clubs. Easy English Times, an adult literacy newspaper, published a monthly column, “Instant Conversation Activities,” based on the book for over a decade. The first specific version for a particular country, Vietnam, was published in 2011, followed by 2012's "Compelling American Conversations". A title for Japanese learners, "Compelling Conversations – Japan", was released in 2015, and a second edition of "Compelling Conversations – Vietnam" in 2016. "Creating Compelling Conversations: Reproducible Search and Share Activities for English Teachers" (2019) reflects his educational philosophy that students deserve a choice and a voice in their English classes. Eric enjoys sharing reflections, resources, and teaching tips on this blog. Many intelligent followers of many related hashtags - #ESL #EFL #ELF #CATESOL #TESOL #ELT - might find enjoy these posts.
