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English as a Foreign Language Institute for Jordanian Teachers

Books in a Box Materials

Dictionaries/Thesaurus

Cambridge Dictionary with CD Rom
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form

Picture Dictionaries (all skills)

Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Arabic
Oxford Picture Dictionary Monolingual (Indonesia)
Oxford Picture Dictionary Classroom Activities
Oxford Picture Dictionary/Teacher Book w/2 cassettes
English for Everyday Activities
Basic English for Everyday Activities cassette (verb-based)
English for Everyday Activities (verb-based)
The English You Need for the Office w/audio CD (verb-based

Skills – Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking, Computers

Operations in English (tpr/oral)
Interactive Tutorial (integrated skills)
Breaking the Writing Barrier
Nasreddin Hodja – stories/cards
The World We Live In #1and #2
Learning Computers, Speaking English

Vocabulary

Great Big Book of Crosswords (vocab/grammar)
Match It
Getting a Fix on Vocabulary
Index Card Games
Great Big Bingo Book
Just a Minute Thematic Activities
More Thematic Activities
Thematic Word Search

Grammar - in context as much as possible

The Modal Book (Trip around the world)
Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
Ins and Outs of Prepositions
Three Little Words (articles)
Grammar in Use with Answer Key and Audio CD
Basic Grammar in Use w/Ans.Key and Audio CD
Shenanigames (grammar focused interactive games)

Pronunciation

Pronounce It Perfectly in English
Jazz Chants: Small Talk and cassette

Teacher Reference -- (suggested for UDel)

English for the Teacher, Mary Sprat - basic EFL/ESL teacher-training text
Amazing English How To Handbook, Teresa Walter –has sections on critical thinking and also assessment – some sections reproducible.
*Grammar Practice Activities, Penny Ur – has theory, methodology, and activities
*ESL Miscellany – resource material for all sorts of activities
*Dave’s Internet Guide – list of websites useful for English teaching/learning

*included in box

State Dept. Materials – Visuals/All Skills/culture

Discover America
*Fotofile
*Scenically Yours, USA or You See America
Forum Magazine

*new editions forthcoming

Authentic Materials

World Map (possibly maps of Middle East, North Africa, Indonesia)
World Atlas for Indonesia
Atlas of the Middle East for Jordan
Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa for Morocco
blow-up globe
Children Just Like Me
local items in English

CD ROM: CUP Dictionary, Dave’s Internet Guide Audio
CD: Grammar in Use, Grammar in Use/Basic, English for Office
Audio Cassettes: Oxford PictureDictionary, English for Everyday Activities, Jazz Chants, Pronounce It Perfectly in English

When possible we chose materials which are legally reproducible and with ANSWERS.


Sponsored by the United States Department of
State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs