Intermediate English Workbook: More Phonics, More Writing, and Grammar Patterns for Japanese Students

By Mark Groenewold

Recent studies and polling tell us that the majority of junior high school kids HATE to study English. The problem is not that English is not important, but the problem is that most kids have not been properly prepared for the sudden expectations to understand grammar and advanced spelling. While other subjects, such as Math and Science, have natural progressions from elementary to junior high, English has very little. Kids go to junior high school and experience a great difference in their grades between English and their other subjects. Being demoralized with the result, and having their confidence damaged, results in a natural dislike, and even hatred for English language study.We noticed this discrepancy, and decided to create materials for our own language school students, ushering them from basic phonics patterns they will need for long-term mastery of English, plus early exposure to grammar and style they will see in the first two years of junior high school English study. We noticed dramatic results in our student's attitudes and feelings about English language study, so we created this book for you to use with your own Japanese students.What separates this book from other ESL texts is that it is a workbook, and kids are expected to write on every page. By writing out the English words they hear in class, as well as the sentences that use them, the tactile action of "output" in language is invaluable. Easily divided into 48 academic weeks, this book is ideal homework assignments over a year for kids in elementary, and beginning junior high.This book can be used to bring kids through the school year, to bolster the speaking and listening activities of language class, and to give parents satisfaction in knowing that their child is making incremental steps in a good direction for future junior high school English classes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1981207473
• ISBN13: 9781981207473
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"