Memorable readings from true life combined with idioms and vocabulary development.
Linda Huizenga Books






The series is designed for adults and young adults, and combines a holistic approach to reading with a thorough treatment of high-frequency idioms, phrasal verbs and fixed expressions. Highly unusual, true-life stories from around the world immediately capture students' interest. The stories progress in length and difficulty throughout each book and the series. Common and essential idioms are presented in engaging contexts that provide clear meaning and a natural use of new vocabulary. Idioms and expressions are systematically practised and recycled. Lively comic-style illustrations and tapes provide richly contextualized visual and aural reinforcement of content and idioms. Ample opportunities for producing idioms in speaking and writing are provided through story retelling, thought-provoking personal questions, dialogue production and dictation. Review units provide additional practice of form and meaning of idioms in enjoyable new contexts. A complete Lexicon offers further information on collocations, grammar, synonyms and antonyms. Join the Oxford Teachers' Club for free access to the Can You Believe It? website, which offers quizzes and answer keys for each level.
BASIC COMPOSITION FOR ESL combines traditional approaches to composition with process writing through step-by-step explanations, exercises, and strategies. It has been designed for university-bound students or professionals who are studying English as a Second Language yet it is flexible enough to be used by any others wanting to improve their basic writing skills. The text is intended to be used after students have gained rudimentary competence in writing at the sentence level.
Can You Believe It?
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
This 3-level series "integrates true and memorable readings with idioms and vocabulary development ... combines a holistic approach to reading with a thorough treatment of high-frequency idioms, phrasal verbs and fixed expressions."--Book cover.
Unusual, surprising, and engaging true stories with language levels tied to the Oxford Bookworms syllabus.
Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series makes reading motivating for learners. Each reader is carefully graded to ensure each student reads from the right level from the very beginning.
Totally True 2 SB
- 99 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Unusual, surprising, and engaging true stories with language levels tied to the Oxford Bookworms syllabus.
Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities, and exciting, fully dramatized audio for every story, the new edition of the series makes reading motivating for students while making it easy for you to develop their reading and language skills. Listen along with downloadable MP3 Audio.