SUMMARY OF BOOK OBJECTIVES

BOOK 1

Vocabulary: Approximately 130 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Imperative sentences: affirmative/negative

Contractions: positive/negative
Demonstrative pronouns: this/that, these/those
Noun plurals
Polite requests
Possessive adjectives: my/your, his/her
Sentence Patterns:
a. It's a (noun).
b. What is this/that?
c. What's this/that?
d. What are these/those?
e. What are those? What're those?
f. What is Bob? Bob's a pilot.
Subject pronouns (sing/pl): I, he, she, we, you, they
The verb BE: present tense affirmative/negative sentences,
yes/no questions, short/long answers, full/contracted
forms

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Identifies, repeats, pronounces, or writes the following

phonemes or letters in initial, medial, or final
positions in words
a. /p/ /b/
b. /k/ /g/
c. /s/ /z/
d. /t/ /d/
e. /k/ written c
f. /µ/ /(/
g. /I/
h. /i/ /e/
i. /m/ /n/
j. consonant clusters
k. consonant-vowel combination
Identifies/selects/writes lower case and capital letters
Identifies/selects consonant clusters/consonant vowel
combinations
Takes spelling dictation

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 Repeats/reads and recites a dialog with utterances of no
more than 10 syllables using the appropriate stress,
intonation, and juncture

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Initiating and responding to conversation using the

following phrases "How are you?" "Good morning/good
afternoon." "See you later." "Okay." "Good-bye."

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 BOOK 2

Vocabulary: Approximately 130 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Compound sentences and structures

Conjunctions: and, or
Imperative sentences: let's
Interrogatives: who, what, where
Irregular plurals
Possessives: our, your, their, whose, -'s
Present Progressive Tense
The verb BE: + adj subject complement, + adverbial, in
where questions

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Identifies, repeats, pronounces, or writes the following

phonemes or letters in initial, medial, or final
positions in words
a. /g/ /k/
b. /m/ /n/
c. /µ/ /(/
d. /m/ written m
e. /b/ /v/
f. /I/ /i/
g. /s/ written s, ss
h. /1/ /r/
i. /r/ written r
j. /f/ /v/
k. /(/ /e/
1. /f/ written f, ff
m. /I/ /(/
Creates sentences from a substitution/correlative
substitution table
Identifies and reviews printed/cursive lower case letters,
capital letters, consonant clusters, consonant-vowel
combinations
Reads and recites dialogs with utterances of no more than 10
syllables using the appropriate stress, intonation, and
juncture
Recognizes/identifies/selects consonant vowel combinations/
words/pictures presented on flashcards

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 Repeats basic intonation pattern sentences with utterances
of no more than 10 syllables using the appropriate
stress, intonation, and juncture
Takes spelling dictation

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Inquiring about and expressing ownership

Initiating and responding to informal introductions
Inquiring about and expressing actions in progress

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 BOOK 3

Vocabulary: Approximately 130 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adverbs: expressions of frequency

Infinitives: with want
Interrogatives: who, what, where, when, how many
Modification pattern: adj + noun
Past Tense of BE
Prepositions of purpose: for
Present Tense of known verbs besides BE

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Identifies, repeats, pronounces, or writes the following

phonemes or letters in initial, medial, or final
positions in words
a. /n/ /1/
b. /a/ /µ/
c. /s/ /c/
d. /e/ /µ/
e. /t/ written t, tt
f. /t/ /7/
g. /e/ /o/
h. /7/ written th
i. /v/ /w/
j. /u/ /o/
k. /w/ written w
1. /n/ written n
Alphabetizes/classifies/groups words and selects the general
classification/category for each group
Creates sentences/paragraphs from a substitution/correlative
substitution table
Listens to a dialog on tape and takes the part of one of the
participants in the dialog
Reads and recites dialogs with utterances of no more than 10
syllables using the appropriate stress, intonation, and
juncture
Recognizes/identifies lower case letter combinations/words/
pictures presented on flashcards
Repeats basic intonation pattern sentences and dialogs with
utterances of no more than 10 syllables using the
appropriate stress, intonation, and juncture
Takes dictation of words (spelling)/phrases

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Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies
are developed.

Initiating and responding to small talk/informal

conversation
Initiating and responding to suggestions and invitations to
make plans
Participating in conversation/sharing common interests/
relationships
Seeking and responding to information about schedules

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 BOOK 4

Vocabulary: Approximately 140 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Demonstrative adjectives: this/that, these/those

Interrogatives: what + noun (adj)/how much (adv)
Modals: can (ability)/can (permission)/may (permission)/
must (obligation)/must not (prohibition)
Past Tense: regular/irregular verbs

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Identifies, repeats, pronounces, or writes the following

phonemes or letters in initial, medial, or final
positions in words
a. /j/ /y/
b. /a/ //
c. /i/ /e/
d. /s/ /z/
e. /u/ /U/
f. /U/
g. /s/ written sh
h. /r/ /w/
i. /o/ /2/
j. /aU/
k. /d/ /'/
1. /aI/
m. /2I/
n. /'/ written th
o. /d/ written d
p. /(/
q. /2/
Alphabetizes/categorizes words
Hears a paragraph and then rewrites and punctuates it
Listens and then completes a cloze exercise
Listens to a conversation and supplies information/answers
questions about it/takes the part of one of the
participants
Listens to an oral text and answers questions/selects true
statements about it
Reads a key word and circles the same word(s) on the line

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 Reads and recites/repeats a dialog with utterances of no
more than 10 syllables using the appropriate stress,
intonation, and juncture
Takes dictation of sentences
Takes the part of the instructor and asks the rest of the
class questions

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Buying and selling articles

Conversing about leisure activities
Discussing ability or inability to perform an action
Requesting and giving information about past
actions/conditions

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 BOOK 5

Vocabulary: Approximately 200 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (quantity): much/many, some/any, a lot of/lots

of, a little/a few
Articles: a, the
Conjunctions: or
Future Tense
Interrogatives: how much, how many, which
Modals: have to (obligation), can (possibility)
Non-referential expletive: there
Pronouns: one/ones

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Identifies, repeats, pronounces, or writes the following

phonemes or letters in initial, medial, or final
positions in words
a. /'/ /7/
b. /p/ written p
c. /p/ /b/
d. /i/ /I/
e. /b/ written b
f. /k/ written ck
g. /k/ /g/
h. /I/ /(/
i. /1/ written 1
j. /1/ written 11
k. /b/ /v/
1. /e/ /(/
Alphabetizes/categorizes words
Completes a cloze exercise
Creates sentences from a correlative substitution table
Gives oral instructions to other students
Follows oral instructions and pantomimes/points to various
body parts
Hears/reads a paragraph and then rewrites and punctuates it
Identifies pairs of words in a limited time as having about
the same or opposite meaning
Identifies pairs of written phrases in a limited time as
same or different
Labels a diagram

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 Listens to a conversation and supplies information/answers
questions about it/takes the part of one of the
participants
Listens to an oral text and selects true statements about it
Reads a key word and circles the words with the same meaning
Reads a text silently and selects a topic
Repeats basic intonation pattern sentences/dialogs with
utterances of no more than 10 syllables using the
appropriate stress, intonation, and juncture
Scans a text and provides questions/selects answers about it
Selects incorrectly categorized words and a general
classification/category for each group of words
Takes dictation of sentences/words
Takes the part of the instructor and asks the rest of the
class questions

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Expressing needs and suggesting ways to satisfy them

Inquiring about and describing physical discomfort
Making airline reservations
Making predictions about the future using will

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 BOOK 6

Vocabulary: Approximately 130 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adverbs (of addition): also meaning too

Conjunctions (coordinating): and, but
Indirect objects
Interrogatives (with response): why with because
Interrogatives: how + BE, how + action verb
Modals: would like to
Noun clauses (that): direct object of verb after think
Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Pronouns (indefinite): something, anything, nothing
Pronouns (personal): me, you, him, her, it, us, you [pl],
them
Verbs (transitive)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Identifies, repeats, pronounces, or writes the following

phonemes or letters in initial, medial, or final
positions in words
a. /g/ written g
b. /k/ written c
c. /t/ written ed
d. /z/ written s
Alphabetizes words
Completes a cloze exercise
Creates sentences from a correlative substitution table
Gives oral instructions to other students
Hears/reads a paragraph and then rewrites and punctuates it
Identifies a word which doesn't belong to a group within a
limited time.
Indicates identical phrases/clauses within a limited time
Listens to a dialog on tape and takes the part of one of the
participants
Listens to/reads a sentence and then indicates primary
sentence stress
Listens to a text and writes the numbers he hears/selects
questions that would be answered in the text
Pantomimes oral instructions
Reads a text, takes notes, and completes a chart/box outline

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 Reads and recites a dialog with utterances of no more than 1
syllables using appropriate stress, intonation, and
juncture
Scans a text and selects/provides answers to questions about
it
Selects the topic for a written text
Takes dictation of sentences

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Asking for and giving locations and directions

Asking for and giving reasons for actions/behavior
Expressing supposition
Taking orders for and ordering food

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 BOOK 7

Vocabulary: Approximately 150 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (comparisons-comparative): adj + -er / -er + than

Adjectives (comparisons-superlative): adj + -est
Adjectives (position): adj + noun
Adjectives (indefinite): both, other
Adverb clauses (unequal comparison): comparative add + than
Pronouns (indefinite): both, other, some, any
Interrogatives: how old
Verbals (gerunds): as object of preposition
(infinitive): expressing purpose

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Completes a cloze exercise

Creates a semantically and syntactically correct paragraph
from a correlative substitution table
Follows sequenced written instructions (guided/unguided)
Hears/reads a paragraph and then rewrites and punctuates it
Listens and reads a sentence and then indicates primary
sentence stress
Listens to a dialog (message)/a military conversation and
then answers questions
Listens to a text and selects information which was/was not
in the original text/writes the numbers he hears/selects
questions that would be answered in the text
Listens to a question followed by an informal conversation
and then answers the question
Listens to instructions and draws geometric shapes/figures
Reads related phrases silently/aloud in a single glance
moving his eyes smoothly across the page
Reads a text silently and writes the topic/selects a main
idea
Reads a text, takes notes, and completes a chart/box outline
Repeats/reads and recites a dialog with utterances of no
more than 10 syllables using appropriate stress,
intonation, and juncture
Selects/supplies the correct referent for subject pronoun
references/contextual references
Takes dictation of sentences
Takes and acts out the part of people in a series of cartoon
frames with empty conversation balloons

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Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies
are developed.

Asking for and explaining the purpose of specific

objects/devices
Eliciting and providing descriptions of people and objects
Making comparisons/contrasts about people, places and
objects
Completing and writing a postcard

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 BOOK 8

Vocabulary: Approximately 130 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective. verb etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (comparison - comparative/superlative): better/

best, best/worse, more/less + adj + than, the most/ the
least + adj
Adverb clauses (unequal comparisons): comparative adj + than
Infinitive: after begin/forget/learn/like/need/remember/
start/try/want
Interrogative object pronoun: whom as direct object
Modals: be going to (intention), may/might (possibility)
Noun clauses (that): as direct object with tell
Possessive pronouns: mine, ours, yours, her, his, theirs
Verbs (imperative mood): direct command (tell)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Creates a semantically and syntactically correct paragraph

from a correlative substitution table
Follows oral/written directions and draws/marks a route on a
map/identifies his location at the end of the route
Hears a dialog and then takes the part of a participant
Hears/reads a paragraph and then rewrites and punctuates it
Listens to a military conversation and answers questions
about it
Listens to and indicates the number of syllables in the word
Listens to (semi-technical) instructions and draws geometric
shapes or figures/solves a problem
Reads a text and writes the topic/selects the main idea
Reads/hears a text, takes notes, completes a chart/box
outline/selects information which was not in the original
text
Reorganizes scrambled sentences and writes them into a
paragraph
Repeats and pronounces words with the letter h
(silent/pronounced)
Repeats dialogs with utterances of no more than 10 syllables
using appropriate stress, intonation, and juncture
Selects/supplies the correct referent for subject pronoun
references/contextual references
Selects the correct inference of a sentence
Takes dictation of sentences/words

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Functions: The following functions and Conversational strategies
are developed.

Asking for and responding to a request of assistance on

telephone use
Clarifying and elaborating as to ownership, relationship,
descriptions, etc.
Requesting and responding to a request to speak to a
particular person on the phone
Using a map to give direction

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 BOOK 9

Vocabulary: Approximately 160 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (equality/inequality): same (as)/similar

(to)/alike; different (from)
Adjectives (predicate position - after linking verbs): BE,
taste, smell, sound, look, feel + like
Adverb clauses (cause/reason): following sorry, pleased,
etc., with because
Adverb clauses (equal/unequal comparisons): the same as/
similar to; different + from
Adverbs: of manner
Commands: with ask, tell
Gerunds: as object of preposition with apologize
Indirect speech: with ask, tell
Interrogatives: how (manner)
Modals: should (advice/obligation)
Noun clauses: introduced by that/predicate adjective + that
Past Progressive Tense
Present Progressive Tense: as future
Suffix: -ly (adj ----> adv)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Completes a blank form with information about himself

Creates a semantically and syntactically correct paragraph
from a correlative substitution table
Follows oral/written directions and identifies buildings
mentioned/his location at the end of the route
Hears a text, takes notes, and completes a chart/box outline
Hears/reads a paragraph and then rewrites and punctuates it
Listens to a (military) conversation and answers
comprehension questions about it
Listens to and indicates the number of syllables in a word
Listens to an oral text and selects/writes the topic
Listens to (semi-technical) instructions and solves a
problem
Matches two columns of phrases/clauses and then rewrites
them as a paragraph
Reads a text and writes/selects a topic/summary/title/main
idea
Reorganizes scrambled sentences and writes them into a
paragraph

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 Scans a text and answer questions about it
Selects the correct inference of a sentence
Takes dictation of sentences/text in segments
Uses a text with designated slots for expansion and rewrites
the sentence/paragraph

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Apologizing and responding to apologies

Asking for and giving advice
Inquiring and responding to inquires about a traffic
accident
Performing banking transactions: opening/closing a
savings/checking account, withdrawing/depositing money,
cashing a check

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 BOOK 10

Vocabulary: Approximately 150 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adverb clauses (time): after, before, until, when, while

Indirect speech: with say, ask
Interrogatives: how + adverb, far, related to time/distance
Modals: be able to (ability), be supposed to (obligation/
custom/advice), could/can, would/will (requests and
responses), not be able to (inability/incapability)
Prepositions (place/position)
Present Tense: as future
Pronoun (non-referential): impersonal It
Verbals (infinitives): after predicate adjective expressing
cause/reason
Verbals (infinitive phrases): with how as direct object
Verbals (gerunds): as direct object

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Combines two sentences into a sentence with an independent

clause and phrase (embedding)
Completes a blank form with information about himself
Completes a cloze exercise
Follows oral directions and identifies buildings mentioned
Gives semi-technical or academic oral instructions to other
students
Hears a text and completes a chart-box outline
Hears/reads a paragraph and then rewrites and punctuates it
Identifies and writes transitional words/phrases
Listens to a conversation and answers comprehension
questions about it
Listens to an oral text and selects/writes the topic/main
idea
Listens to words and indicates the syllable with the primary
stress
Matches two columns of phrases/clauses, places them in
correct order/rewrites them as a paragraph
Pantomimes oral instructions
Reads a text and selects the best summary/title or writes
the topic/main idea
Repeats phrases/sentences with appropriate stress and
reduced vowels
Scans a text and answers questions about it

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 Takes dictation of words (spelling)
Takes dictation of a text in segments
Transposes a text and chart into outline form
Uses a text with designated slots for expansion and rewrites
the sentence/paragraph

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Making and responding to polite requests

Making small talk about family, weather and occupations
Greeting and introducing people and responding appropriately
Requesting and giving instructions on how to use a vending
machine

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 BOOK 11

Vocabulary: Approximately 170 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives/nouns (predicate position): after linking verbs,

become/get
Adjectives (intensifiers): too
Adjective clauses: who, that, which as subject pronouns
Adverbs (interrogatives): How long? (duration)
Modals: could (past ability/inability), couldn't
(inability/incapability)
Pronouns (indefinite): someone, somebody, anyone, anybody,
no one, nobody
Indirect speech: tell-type verb (simple past) + indirect
object + that-noun clause
Verbals (infinitives): after too + predicate adjective
Verbals (infinitive phrases): of purpose
Prepositions of time
Present Perfect Progressive Tense
Present Perfect Tense: with be/have, since/for
Suffix: -y (noun ----> adjective)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Combines two sentences into one sentence with an independent

clause and a dependent clause
Combines two sentences into a sentence with an independent
clause and phrase (embedding)
Determines possible meaning of an unknown word by systematic
elimination
Follows instructions and draws an object
Identifies and writes transitional words/phrases
Listens to a dialog (message)/informal conversation or
watches a role-play and provides answers to comprehension
questions
Listens to and indicates the syllable with the primary
stress
Listens to a text and selects/writes a topic/main idea
Listens to a question followed by a dialog then answers the
question
Listens to oral statements of location, uses a grid, and
indicates specific information
Matches two columns of phrases/clauses, places them in
correct order, and then rewrites them as a paragraph

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 Reads a text and selects a summary/writes a topic/main idea/
title
Selects the correct inference of a dialog
Takes dictation of an oral text in segments and provides
correct punctuation
Transposes a text and chart into outline form
Uses a text with designated slots for expansion and rewrites
the sentence/paragraph

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Asking for and giving information about driving safety

Eliciting, giving, and responding to opinions about
restaurants, movies, and television
Expressing and responding politely to dissatisfaction with
services rendered/merchandise purchased
Making a medical appointment

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 BOOK 12

Vocabulary: Approximately 150 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (participles as emotive adjectives): -ing/-ed

Adverb clauses (if): statements with real conditions
Adverbs (comparison): -er + optional than
Adverbs (of time): yet, anymore, any longer, already, no
longer
Independent clauses with coordinate conjunctions: so, or
Indirect Speech: say-type verb (past tense) + that clause
Modals: could (possibility), used to (past routine,
discontinued past habit), would (past routine)
Present Perfect Tense: action begun in past and continuing
to present; indefinite past action

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Combines two sentences into one sentence with two

independent clauses
Determines possible meaning of an unknown word by systematic
elimination
Distinguishes between minimal pairs
Identifies identical/different sounds/words
Identifies information necessary for an outline by answering
questions and underlining key points/critical
words/phrases
Listens to a conversation/a dialog (message)/watches an
informal role-play and then provides answers to
comprehension questions
Listens to a text and writes the numbers heard
Listens to oral statements of location, uses a grid, and
indicates specific information
Participates in a role-play (informal conversation)
Reads a text and writes the main idea/topic/title
Reads a text and writes or gives a summary
Selects the correct inference of a dialog
Takes notes on a written text/oral questions and responses
and then writes/gives a summary of the material
Takes dictation of an oral text in segments and provides
correct punctuation
Uses context to select the meaning of an unknown word

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Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies
are developed.

Asking about and narrating past routines/patterns of

activities
Eliciting and expressing possibility
Inquiring about and expressing decisions
Inquiring about and expressing the effect of a condition on
future action/situation

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 BOOK 13

Vocabulary: Approximately 140 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adverb clauses (if): statements with real conditions

Adverbs (comparison): the + est (superlative: l-syllable
adverbs and early)
Adverbs (interrogatives): How + adjective...?
Indirect Speech: present form of modal in direct speech;
said/told + past form of modal in reported speech
Modals: can, could, may (permission; response with
can/can't); could, may, might (possibility); be able to,
can, could (ability/capability); can't, couldn't, not be
able to (inability/incapability)
Noun adjuncts
Noun clauses: to express certainty following predicate
adjectives (certain/sure/positive)
Noun clauses (substitute): think, believe, hope, imagine,
guess, suppose + so/not
Pronouns (indefinite): a little/a few; much/many/a lot;
some/any; none
Suffix: -er/-or (verb ---> noun)
Verbals (separable phrasal verbs)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Combines pairs/groups of sentences into fewer sentences

Combines two sentences into one sentence with two
independent clauses/an independent clause and a dependent
clause/an independent clause and a phrase
Completes a cloze exercise
Determines the information/questions which would be likely
to appear or be answered in the text by using a title as
a cue
Follows directions, rewrites a passage, and underlines
specific kinds of changes
Hears minimal pairs in groups of words with underlined
letters and indicates which of the words is different
Identifies and writes transitional words/phrases
Identifies information necessary for an outline by
underlining critical words/phrases
Listens to a dialog (message) and then answers a question
that was asked prior to hearing the dialog

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 Listens to a text and selects information he hears/questions
that would be answered in the text
Listens to a text and selects specific types of information
which was in the original text
Listens to a text and writes the numbers he hears/supplies
specific information
Listens to a simple conversation and then answers questions
about it
Participates in a role-play (informal conversation)
Reads a text within a limited time and selects answers to
comprehension questions
Reads a text and writes or gives a summary
Reads an academic or semi-technical text silently and
writes/gives summary of the material
Selects the correct inference of a dialog
Selects those questions whose answers would be likely to
appear in the text by using a title and a list of
questions as cues
Selects words with underlined letters that have the same
sound as a given word
Selects/writes the topic of an oral text
Takes dictation of sentences
Uses context to select the meaning of an unknown word/phrase
Watches an informal role-play and summarizes the
conversation

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Buying and selling clothes and accessories

Expressing certainty/uncertainty
Requesting and granting permission
Requesting and supplying information about linear
measurement

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 BOOK 14

Vocabulary: Approximately 170 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (comparison-positive): as + adjective + as

Adjective clauses: where/when as relative adverbs
Adverb clauses (if): statements with real conditions
Adverb clauses (equality): as + adj/adv ... as
Adverbs (equality): as + adverbs + as
Adverbs (of degree): extremely, quite, rather, really, so,
terribly, very
Adverbs (of time): just, soon
Adverbs (comparison): better/best, worse/worst
Future Progressive Tense
Verbals (gerund): as subject of a sentence/object of a
preposition
Indirect Speech: reported speech with modals and say/tell
type verbs
Modals: must/must not (probability/deduction), must
(necessity), must not (prohibition), have/has to
(necessity), not + have to (lack of necessity), be going
to or will (intention/future action/condition),
could/would (requests of a general nature), can/will
(responses to requests), ought to (advice),
Nouns (count): plurals

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Combines pairs/groups of sentences into fewer sentences

Follows directions, rewrites a passage, and underlines
specific kinds of changes
Identifies and writes transitional words/phrases
Reads an academic or semi-technical text silently and
writes/gives summary of the material
Reads a text within a limited time and selects answers to
comprehension questions
Selects/writes the main idea/best title/topic of an oral
text
Selects/writes the topic of a written text
Selects information which would be likely to appear or be
answered in the text by using a title and a list of
information that may or may not appear in the text

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 Selects those questions whose answers would be likely to
appear in the text by using a title and a list of
questions as cues
Uses key words/phrases from a text he has read and develops
them into a complete text

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Eliciting and providing descriptions of places

Identifying military ranks
Inquiring about, clarifying, and reporting what someone
else has said
Making deductions about the present

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 BOOK 15

Vocabulary: Approximately 170 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (predicate position): after appear, feel, keep,

remain, seem
Adverb clauses (unequal comparisons): comparative adj/adv +
than
Adverbs (frequency)
Adverbs (comparison): more/less, most/least
Adverbs (indefinite): somewhere, anywhere, nowhere
Adverbs (interrogatives): How often?
Adverbs (post modifiers): anywhere, nowhere, somewhere +
else
Indirect speech: with modals
Modals: used to (discontinued past habit, past routine), be
supposed to/ought to/should (advisability), must
(deduction/ probability), would like to (desire/want),
was, were going to (past intention), would (willingness
in response to invitations/request), can (possibility)
Pronouns (emphatic/reflexive): herself, himself, itself,
myself, ourselves, themselves, yourself, yourselves
Pronouns (indefinite compound + else): anybody, anyone,
anything, everybody, everyone, no one, nobody, nothing,
somebody, someone, something + else
Suffixes: -ion (verb ----> noun)
-ly (noun ---->adj/adv)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Circles a word which is the same as the key word in a

limited time
Completes a cloze exercise
Extracts data from a written text and completes a
chart/table
Hears a text and selects/writes the main idea/title
Hears and answers questions on the contents of a short
passage, uses keywords, and rewrites the passage
Indentifies identical or different minimal pair sentences
Listens to a text and writes the numbers heard
Participates in a military role-play
Reads an academic or semi-technical text silently and gives
an oral summary

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 Reads a text within a limited time and selects answers to
comprehension questions
Repeats related/derived forms with appropriate stress and
reduced vowels
Selects/writes the topic/main idea of a written text
Selects the correct inference of a short paragraph
Uses key words/phrases from a text he has read/heard and
develops them into a complete text
Watches an informal military role-play and answers questions
about it

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Expressing intention about travel plans

Extending, accepting, and declining food or invitations
Inquiring about and discussing medical problems
Soliciting and providing information about Basic Trainees

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 BOOK 16

Vocabulary: Approximately 150 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.
Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adverbs (degree): TOO preceding adjective/adverb (much/many)

+ noun
Modals: be unable to (inability), had better (advice/
obligation), have got to (necessity), would rather +
optional than (preference)
Passive Voice (present)
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Progressive
Pronoun (non-referential): anticipatory It
Suffix: -ation (verb ---> noun)
Verbals (gerunds/infinitives): prefer + optional rather than
Verbals (infinitive): following predicate adjective
Verbals (infinitive phrase): as subject with anticipatory It
Verbals (modifier): Adj/Adv + enough + optional to
infinitive phrase
Verbals (negative questions): Why don’t...? (advice/
suggestion)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Completes a cloze exercise

Expresses the ideas of several sentences in one sentence
(embedding synthesis)
Extracts data from a written text and completes a
chart/table
Identifies phrases as identical or different within a
limited time
Indicates if pairs of words have identical or opposite
meanings within a limited time
Listens to a (military) conversation/dialog and then answers
questions about it
Listens to a dialog and then takes a part of one of the
participants in a role-play
Listens to a text and selects information which was not in
the original text
Listens to a text, then selects the topic/the main idea or
writes the topic/a title
Listens to and indicates the syllable with the primary
stress
Listens to oral texts and answers questions/selects true
statements about it

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 Matches a key word with its correct/approximate meaning
within a limited time
Matches identical words within a limited time
Reads/hears a message and passes it orally to another person
Reads a text and selects answers to comprehension questions
Reads a text and selects/writes the topic/the main idea
Repeats related/derived forms with appropriate stress and
reduced vowels
Selects the correct inference of a short dialog/paragraph
Uses words/phrases and develops them into a paragraph

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Discussing military customs and courtesies

Inquiring about and expressing capability and incapability
Inquiring about and expressing preference
Soliciting and giving advice and suggestions relating to
health and physical fitness

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 BOOK 17

Vocabulary: Approximately 170 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout this block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (complement): after the direct object

Linking verb: followed by like + noun phrase
Linking verb: followed by to be + adj/noun
Adjectives/nouns (compound pre-modifiers)
Adverb clauses: of concession
Passive voice: with modals
Indirect Speech (reported yes/no questions)
Nouns (position): predicate
Noun clauses: embedded yes/no questions
Noun clauses: embedded question-word questions
Positive addition: with too, so
Suffixes: -en (add---> verb)
-tion/-sion (verb ---> noun)
Verbals (tag questions): confirming or verifying information
(rising intonation)
Verbals (ellipses-negative addition): with either, neither
Verbals (infinitive): as direct object with question-words

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Elicits information to fill out a message form through role

play
Expresses the ideas of several sentences in one sentence
(embedding synthesis)
Hears a conversation with a message/which requires a message
and then writes the appropriate message
Hears an announcement and answers questions/selects answers
to questions about it
Identifies a word which doesn't belong in a group within a
limited time
Indicates identical phrases/clauses within a limited time
Indicates if pairs of words/phrases are identical or
opposite within a limited time
Listens and selects information not in the original text
Listens to a text and writes the numbers heard
Listens to a text and selects the true statement
Listens to a dialog and then takes the part of one of the
participants in a role-play
Listens and then completes a cloze exercise

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 Matches a key word with its correct/approximate meaning
within a limited time
Reads an academic or semi-technical text silently and gives
an oral summary
Reads a text and selects/answers comprehension questions
within a limited time
Repeats basic intonation pattern sentences using the
appropriate stress, intonation, and juncture
Scans a text and answers questions about it
Selects the correct inference of a dialog
Takes dictation of sentences
Uses information from an incomplete outline and a
written/oral text and completes the outline
Uses words/phrases and develops them into a paragraph
Writes a narrative for a series of drawings which depict a
sequence of events
Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies
are developed.

Discussing military customs and courtesies

Renting of apartments and houses
Requesting and making observations and judgments about
people
Requesting and providing confirmation and verification of
information

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 BOOK 18

Vocabulary: Approximately 180 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.
Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjective clauses (restrictive): who/whom/that/which as

object of a verb/preposition
Adverb clauses (condition): IF-clauses (unreal present
conditional) subjunctive mood
Conjunctions (correlative): both ... and/not only ... but
also/either ... or/neither ... nor
Indirect speech: asked + a past tense noun clause introduced
by a question-word with appropriate changes
Modals: can't/couldn't (logical impossibility)
Modals: used to followed by infinitive to express a
discontinued past habit, be used to/accustomed to +
noun/gerund to express being in the habit/custom of,
contrast BE used to with used to
Noun clauses (ellipses): expressing regret with wish
followed by optional "that" clause containing a past
subjunctive verb/modal (present unreal situations)
Noun clauses (optional that): as subject of sentence
following anticipatory It
Noun clauses: as direct object + to-infinitive complement
Perfect modals: may/might/could have (possibility about past
action), must have (deduction about past action),
should/ought to have (unfulfilled obligation), should not
have (past inadvisable action)
Pronouns (non-referential): anticipatory It
Suffix: -ment (verb ----> noun)
Verbals (negative question): asking/responding to
expectation of agreement
Verbals (passive voice): simple past BE-passive to express a
completed event/action in the past
Verbals (tag questions): seeking agreement (falling
intonation)
Verbals (causative verbs): have/make/get (coerciveness)+
noun/pronoun + to-infinitive
Verbals (negative question-word questions): seek information

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Elicits information through role-play and then writes a

message for another person
Hears a conversation which requires a message and then
writes the message

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 Hears an announcement and provides/selects answers to
questions about it
Identifies a word which doesn't belong in a group within a
limited time
Indicates if a pair of guide words would appear on a certain
page in the dictionary
Listens/reads a warning and then provides/selects answers to
question about it
Listens to a dialog and then supplies information/answers
questions about it/takes the part of one of the
participants in a role-play
Listens to a situation which requires a warning and then
provides an appropriate warning
Listens to a text and selects the main idea
Matches an oral warning with an appropriate picture
Provides the guide words on pages where certain words are
located
Reads a semi-technical text and writes a summary
Reads a text within a limited time and indicates identical
phrases/clauses or selects answers to comprehension
questions
Reads related phrases (in or out of parentheses) in a single
glance while moving his eye across the page
Repeats basic intonation pattern sentences using the
appropriate stress, intonation, and juncture
Selects/provides answers to questions about a chart/graph
Selects the correct inference of a short dialog/paragraph
Takes dictation of sentences
Uses information from an incomplete outline and a
written/oral text to complete the outline
Writes a dialog for a series of cartoon frames with empty
conversation balloons
Writes a narrative for a series of drawings which depict a
sequence of events

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Expressing agreement and disagreement

Expressing warnings
Inquiring about, clarifying, and reporting what someone has
said
Reminiscing

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 BOOK 19

Vocabulary: Approximately 140 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives and noun phrases (modification pattern): as

appositives
Adjectives and pronouns (indefinite): few/little and a few/
a little
Adjectives (possessive): my/your/his/her/its/our/their
Adverbs (intensifier): too/very
Conjunctions (subordinating): if
Indirect speech: present progressive tense reported as past
progressive tense (statements and questions)
Modals: couldn't have (logical impossibility, past
action/condition); could have (past unfulfilled ability)
Nouns: possession/relationship by adding 's/'
Noun clauses preceded by wish
Pronouns (possessive): mine/your/his/hers/ours/theirs
Suffixes: -able/-ible to (verbs/nouns--->adjectives)
Verbs: inseparable phrasal/phrasal prepositional
Verbals: to-infinitive (passive) as direct object

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Completes a blank form

Completes a cloze exercise (written)
Completes an outline from a written/oral text
Hears an announcement and provides answers to questions
about it
Indicates if a pair of guide words would appear on a certain
page in the dictionary
Listens to a dialog and selects the inference
Listens to a dialog and then takes part of one of the
participants
Listens to and answers a specific question which is given
prior to hearing a dialog/military conversation
Listens to an informal conversation and selects answers to
comprehension questions
Listens to a situation/dialog which requires/gives a warning
and then provides/selects an appropriate warning/answer
Listens to a text and selects the main idea
Listens to a text and selects the topic
Participates in a guided discussion of a particular topic

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 Provides the guide words on pages where certain words are
located
Repeats dialogs/marks stress and then reads/responds to
questions about dialog stressing main information word
Selects an answer to a question about a written warning
Selects/provides answers to questions about a chart/graph
Selects the picture for which a given oral warning would be
appropriate
Watches role-play of message taking/delivering and answers
questions about the conversation
Writes a description of a response to a written warning
Writes a dialog for a series of cartoon frames with empty
conversation balloons
Writes a narrative for a series of drawings which depict a
sequence of events
Writes a paragraph containing answers to a series of
questions
Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies
are developed.

Expressing regret
Inquiring about and expressing possibility/impossibility
about past actions/conditions
Inquiring about and expressing speculation about past
hypothetical situations/conditions
Inquiring about and indicating ownership/relationship

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 BOOK 20

Vocabulary: Approximately 160 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (indefinite quantifiers): many/several/a few/few

with count nouns; much/a little/little with noncount
nouns; some/any/more/most/enough/a great-good deal of/a
lot of/lots of/plenty of/all with count and noncount
nouns
Adjectives/Pronouns (quantifiers): little/few, less/fewer,
the least/the fewest, much/many, more/the most
Adverbs (equality/nonequality): many/much + (optional noun)
Adverbs (interrogatives) quantity/amount: how much/how many
Adverbs (varying degrees): positive/comparative/superlative
using much/a little, more/less, the most/the least
Conjunction (subordinating): if
Indefinite Adverbs (interrogatives): where else/when
else/how else/why else
Indefinite Pronouns (interrogatives): who else/whom else/
what else
Indirect speech: past tense reported as past perfect tense
(statements and questions)
Noun (unit): followed by partitive "of" + count/noncount
noun
Past Progressive (passive): past durative action/event
Present Progressive (passive): present durative action/
event
Pronoun quantifiers and numbers: partitive "of" after
Suffixes: -ive/-tive/-ative (verbs/nouns--->adjectives)
Verbs (passive): to-infinitive/past participle
Verbs: have/get (passive causative) + past participle

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Answers prior question (oral/written) about a military/

informal conversation
Completes written cloze (select)
Labels a diagram of a familiar semi-technical subject
Listens for and supplies information from conversation/
dialog (oral)
Listens, then writes a text in segments (dictation)
Listens to a dialog and selects inference
Listens to a text and selects the main idea
Listens to a text and selects the topic

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 Listens to a text and writes the transitional words/phrases
Locates and writes answers to questions from information
found in a word entry
Locates and writes the left guide-word in a limited time
Locates words and writes number of definitions in limited
time
Paraphrases an oral narrative in writing
Refines notes
Repeats/marks stress in a written/dictated dialog with new
information and responds orally to questions/model using
appropriate stress
Selects/provides answers to comprehension questions from
informal conversation
Summarizes an oral narrative in writing
Writes a paragraph from answers to a series of questions
Writes sentences (dictation)
Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies
are developed.

Asking for and giving additional information and comments

Inquiring about and expressing quantity
Inquiring about and expressing reasons and purposes
Inquiring about and indicating services/repairs

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 BOOK 21

Vocabulary: Approximately 150 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjective clauses (restrictive): change to to-infinitive

phrase (optional for + noun/pronoun)
Adjective clauses (restrictive): to modify noun/pronoun
Adjective clauses (restrictive): whose to show possession
Adjectives and adverbs: comparative and superlative
Adverbial connectives: therefore/thus/as a result/
consequently
Adverbs (interrogative): how + adjective/adverb
Adverbs (too +): optionally followed by for + object or
infinitive or both
Conjunction (expressing result): so...that; such...that
Indirect speech: past progressive reported as past perfect
progressive (statement and question)
Noun clause (present subjunctive): object of verbs of
influence/requesting
Past Perfect Tense (passive)
Present Perfect Tense (passive)
Suffixes: -y/-ty/-ity/-ility (adjectives--->nouns)
Verbals: gerund as subject following anticipatory-it and
nonreferential-there
Verbals: to-infinitive and gerund as subject complement
after BE

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Circles/selects the meaning of a word/phrase in italics

Circles/underlines connectives linking a cause/effect
relationship in a written text
Circles words which signal development of an idea in a
written text
Completes a chart/box outline from notes of an oral text
Completes a written/oral cloze (select/write)
Combines sentences into one of an independent and a
dependent clause
Listens, then writes a text in segments
Listens to a dialog and selects the inference
Listens to/repeats/marks stress in dialogs, then responds to
questions stressing contrastive information words
(guided/unguided)

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 Locates and writes answers to questions about information
found in dictionary entries
Locates and writes the appropriate meaning of underlined
words in a sentence
Paraphrases/summarizes an oral narrative in writing
Provides written answers to questions about chart/table/
graph
Refines notes
Rewrites a paragraph dividing into sentences and supplying
punctuation
Scans (limited exposure) and provides answers to questions
about a written text
Selects answers to comprehension questions about a general
or technical/semi-technical text
Selects/provides summary of phrases/incomplete sentences
notes
Writes sentences (dictation)
Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies
are developed.

Asking for and giving recommendations and suggestions

Asking for and making comparisons
Defining people, places, and things
Expressing cause and effect

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 BOOK 22

Vocabulary: Approximately 140 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjective clauses: reduce to prepositional phrase

Adjective clauses: reduce to adjective phrase
Adjectives: sequence of modifiers
Adverb clause (manner): as if and as though
Get-passive
Indirect speech: past progressive reported as past perfect
progressive (statements and questions)
Modals: can (possibility); was/were going to (past
intention); be unable to (incapability); had better
(advisability)
Noun clauses (THAT): as a direct object
Nouns/noun phrases: as objective complement after verbs of
choosing
Present tense (statement of fact or habitual actions and
present progressive): event/action in progress
Suffix: -ful and -less (nouns--->adjectives)
Suffix: -ness (adjectives--->nouns)
Verbs (emphasis): Do
Yes/no questions: seek information

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Completes a cloze (written/oral text)

Combines sentences into one with an independent clause/
embedded phrase
Interviews from prepared questions and then describes a non
classmate in a short talk
Interviews from prepared questions, makes notes, and then
introduces a classmate
Labels a diagram of a familiar semi-technical subject
Listens, then writes a text in segments (dictation)
Listens to text and takes notes in words and/or phrases
Listens to text and writes the main idea
Repeats dialogs, marks stress and reads/responds to
questions using shifting stress (guided/unguided)
Rewrites a paragraph dividing it into sentences and
supplying punctuation
Selects answers to questions about a general or
technical/semi-technical written text

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 Selects/provides the summary of phrase/sentence outline/
notes
Selects referent in semi-technical text containing
contextual reference
Sequences modifiers before nouns
Summarizes an oral narrative
Takes notes in words and/or phrases (oral text)
Writes sentences (dictation)
Writes the topic from oral text

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Identifying and describing people

Identifying and labeling the parts of firearms
Inquiring about and expressing the purpose of tools, devices
and materials
Requesting and offering assistance

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 BOOK 23

Vocabulary: Approximately 150 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adverb clauses (time): when/whenever/while/after/before/

until/as/now (that)
Adverbs (of degree): amplify and lessen adjectives/adverbs
Commands: second person imperative
Indirect speech: present perfect progressive reported as
past
perfect progressive (statements and questions)
Interrogatives (seeking information): affirmative question-
word questions
Modals: should/ought to/should have
Modifiers: present/past participles and gerunds as noun
modifiers with appropriate stress pattern
Prepositions: place and direction
Present/past participle (objective complement): after
catch/discover/find/keep/leave
Suffix: -ance/-ence (verbs--->nouns)
Suffix: -ern (nouns--->adjectives)
Suffix: -ward (adjectives--->adverbs)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Addresses an envelope
Circles and numbers connectives that signal sequence
Completes a written/oral cloze
Evaluates classmates' semi-technical instructions
Follows written directions and writes his location
Gives oral instructions on an assigned topic
Listens and draws/marks a map
Listens and identifies buildings on a map
Listens and writes the main idea
Listens to and writes a text in segments (dictation)
Listens to and writes the topic
Provides a written summary from an outline
Provides summary of a military conversation role-play
Reads general or technical/semi-technical text and selects
answers to comprehension questions
Reads, records reading time/rate, and answers comprehension
questions about a written text (400 words)
Reads text with words grouped in related phrases

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 Repeats/reads/asks and responds to dialogs with rising
intonation for wh-questions and falling intonation for
responses
Rewrites a paragraph, dividing into sentences, and supplying
punctuation
Rewrites sentences as a paragraph using connective words
which signal time sequence/series
Selects/provides the answer to questions about a diagram/map
Selects true statement from an oral text
Sequences sentences by supplying connective words and puts
in paragraph form
Supplies referents in a semi-technical text containing
contextual references
Takes notes in skeleton/topic outline form from written/oral
text
Underlines topic sentences in a written text
Writes sentences (dictation)
Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies
are developed.

Asking for and giving directions and locations

Expressing expectations
Giving sequenced instructions on how to do something
Seeking and reporting facts

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 BOOK 24

Vocabulary: Approximately 150 words and phrases are presented

and reinforced throughout the block of instruction.
The various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjective clauses (THAT): after anticipatory-it and

adjective of importance
Adverb clauses: reduced to modifying phrase
Adverbs (indefinite): somewhere/someplace; anywhere/
anyplace; nowhere/no place
Future tense: will/be going to/simple present/present
progressive
Indirect speech: past perfect and past perfect progressive
reported as past perfect (progressive) (statements and
questions) asked (if/whether); asked (question-word)
Pronouns (indefinite): something/someone/somebody;
anything/anyone/anybody; nothing/no one/nobody
Suffix: -ent/-ant (verbs--->adjectives)
Suffix: -fy/-ify (nouns/adjectives--->verbs)
Tag questions
Verbals: bare infinitive/present participles after verbs of
perception
Verbals: gerund as direct object
Verbals: gerund/gerund phrase as subject and object of
preposition
Verbals: to-infinitives/to-infinitive phrases as direct
objects

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Completes a cloze (written/oral text)

Circles the connectives (sequence)
Labels the parts of a diagram
Listens to and writes sentences (dictation)
Reads and selects the answers to comprehension questions
about general or technical/semi-technical written text
(including military formats)
Reads, records reading time/rate, and answers comprehension
questions about a written text (400 words)
Repeats/reads/responds to dialogs (intonation cues marked)
using falling intonation
Repeats, then pronounces, pairs of words (silent "e")
Rewrites sentences as a paragraph using connective words
(sequence/series)
Selects from pairs of words heard (silent "e")

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 Selects/provides the answers to questions about a diagram/
map
Selects the main idea from a written text and writes/
supporting details
Sequences random order sentences into paragraph form,
supplying connective words
Skims a text in limited time and provides/selects answers
(guided and unguided)
Takes notes from a written/oral text in sentence outline
form
Writes a composition from an outline or notes

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Asking for and giving factual information

Inquiring about and expressing actions, events, and
conditions in the future
Inquiring about and expressing fear and concern
Inquiring about and making observations

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 BOOK 25

Vocabulary: Approximately 140 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adverbial compounds: -where/place to introduce an adverb

clause of place
Adverbs: adverbs of time
Conjunctions (coordinating): and/or/but/not
Conjunctions (coordinating): nor/so/yet
Conjunctions (correlative): both...and/not only...but
also/either...or/neither...nor
Conjunctions (subordinating): adverb clause of place
Connectives (adverbial): addition
Noun clause: THAT noun clause after anticipatory IT
Preposition: of
Present Progressive Tense: always (frequently reported
action)
Suffix: -al (verb ---> noun)
Verb: be about to (immediate future)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Asks questions/responds to dialogs using falling intonation

Circles connectives indicating additional information
Circles connectives indicating additional information and
underlines additional information
Circles connectives that signal a sequence
Completes a written/oral cloze
Hears an announcement and provides answers to questions
about it
Hears an announcement and selects answers to questions about
it
Indicates "h" as pronounced or not pronounced
Labels a diagram of a familiar semi-technical subject
Listens to an oral text and writes supporting details in
phrases/incomplete sentences
Reads a general or technical/semi-technical text and
provides answers to comprehension questions
Reads, records reading time/rate, and answers comprehension
questions about a written text (400 words)
Reads/repeats dialogs (intonation cues marked) using falling
intonation
Repeats/reads/responds to dialogs using falling intonation

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 Skims (limited exposure) and provides answers to questions
about a written text
Selects answers to comprehension questions from notes in
phrases/incomplete sentences
Selects answers to comprehension questions from a
technical/semi-technical written text
Sequences sentences by supplying connective words and puts
in paragraph form
Summarizes an oral narrative
Takes notes in key words/phrases from a written text
Takes notes in key words/phrases from an oral text
Writes a short composition on selected topic from
outline/notes
Writes sentences (dictation)

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Asking for and giving additional information

Expressing alternatives
Expressing approval and disapproval
Narrating a medical/dental experience

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 BOOK 26

Vocabulary: Approximately 130 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjectives (descriptive): modification of some/any-

no/every- compounds Adverb Clause: reduced to a modifying
phrase
Adverbs (frequency): negators
Adverbs (intensifiers): barely, hardly, scarcely
Adverb clause: reduced to modifying phrase
Connectives (adverbial): contrast
Noun Clause: following no matter/in spite of/despite
regardless of expressing contrast
Past Progressive Tense
Prepositions: time
Present Perfect Tense
Progressives: present/past/future/present perfect/past
perfect to express durative action/event
Simple Past Tense
Suffix: -y (verb ---> noun)
Suffix: -ous (nouns ---> adjectives)
Verbs: be allowed to/be permitted to expressing permission

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Circles connectives that signal a contrast

Circles connectives that signal a contrast and underlines
contrasting ideas
Combines sentences into one with an independent and a
dependent clause
Completes a written/oral cloze
Completes a written cloze
Listens to a dialog and selects inference
Listens to a text and writes supporting details
Listens to a text and writes the transitional words/phrases
Listens, then writes a text in segments (dictation)
Participates in dialogs reducing pronouns/adjectives
Reads a general or technical/semi-technical text and
provides answers to comprehension questions
Reads a text and writes supporting details
Reads an outline and provides answers to comprehension
questions
Reads sentences/dialogs using reduced pronouns/adjectives
Reads, records reading time/rate, and answers comprehension
questions about a written text (400 words)

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 Reads, repeats, and participates in dialogs using reduced
pronouns/adjectives
Repeats sentences/dialogs using reduced pronouns/adjectives
Selects answers to comprehension questions from
phrase/sentence outline
Selects the sentence containing reduced pronouns/adjectives
from sentences heard
Skims (limited exposure) and provides answers to questions
Takes notes in outline form from a lecture
Takes notes in skeleton/topic outline form from a written
text
Takes notes in skeleton/topic outline form from an oral text
Writes a short composition from a given topic

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Asking for and giving/denying permission

Asking for and giving opinions
Giving contrasting information
Inquiring about and describing a trip

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 BOOK 27

Vocabulary: Approximately 140 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Conjunctions: because/since/now (that) introducing adverb

clause of cause/reason
Conjunctions (expressing eventuality): if/in the event
(that)/in case/unless/if not
Conjunctions (expressing provisionality): if/provided
(that)/providing (that)
Connectives (adverbial): summation
Linking verb: followed by the same (as)/similar
(to)/alike/different (from)
Modals: be to, expressing future/necessity/obligation
Modals: will (present/future
willingness)/won't
(present/future refusal)/wouldn't (past refusal)
Noun clause: to introduce embedded question-word questions
(using if/whether)
Pronouns (reciprocal): each other/one another
Question-words with ever:
whoever/whomever/whatever/wherever/whenever/
whichever/however to express "any"
Suffix: -ic/-ical (noun ---> adjective)
Verbals: present active gerund expressing manner
Verbals: present active participle and present active gerund
as noun modifiers

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Circles and underlines connectives that signal a summary

Circles connectives that signal a contrast
Circles words/phrases that signal a summary
Combines sentences into one with an independent and a
dependent clause
Completes a written/oral cloze
Completes a written cloze
Listens to a dialog and selects inference
Listens to a lecture and analyzes contents
Listens to a text and writes the transitional words/phrases
Listens to and writes a text in segments (dictation)
Reads a general or technical/semi-technical text and writes
answers to comprehension questions
Reads an outline and provides answers to comprehension
questions

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 Reads and participates in dialogs, using a reduced form of
an auxiliary
Reads sentences/dialogs, using a reduced form of an
auxiliary
Reads, repeats, and participates in dialogs containing a
reduced form of an auxiliary
Repeats sentences/dialogs containing a reduced form of an
auxiliary
Selects and circles appropriate homophones
Selects the sentence containing a reduced form of an
auxiliary from sentences heard
Takes notes in sentence outline form from a written/oral
text
Writes a short composition from a given topic
Writes sentences (dictation)

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Inquiring about and expressing condition

(eventuality/provisionality)
Requesting and expressing willingness and refusal
Inquiring about and expressing obligation
Expressing similarities and differences and stating
conclusions

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 BOOK 28

Vocabulary: Approximately 130 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjective clause: restrictive vs. nonrestrictive

Adverbial connectives: time sequence/series
Adverbial noun phrase: + a(n) + time word (frequency)
Conditional clauses: present real and present/past unreal
introduced by if
Noun Suffixes
Suffix: -ist (stem ---> noun)
Suffix: -ize (noun/adjective ---> verb)
Suffix: -like (noun ---> adjective)
Verbal: present or perfect participial phrases used as
sentence modifiers
Verbal: infinitive (to-substitute in place of an infinitive
phrase)
Verbs: future perfect/future perfect progressive
Verbs: review of modals (expressing present and future time)
Verbs: negative statements

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Circles compound noun and modifier + noun combination as

same or different
Circles connectives that signal a sequence
Combines an independent and a dependent clause into one
sentence
Completes a written cloze
Completes a written/oral cloze
Listens, then writes a text in sentences (dictation)
words/phrases
Listens to a phrase and indicates whether it is a compound
noun or a modifier + noun combination
Listens to a phrase and indicates whether it is a compound
noun or a verb + adverbial combination
Listens to a sentence and indicates whether it contains a
compound noun or a verb + noun-object combination
Listens to a sentence and indicates whether it is a compound
noun, a modifier + noun, or a verb + noun-object
Places omitted connectives/transitional devices in a written
text

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 Pronounces written sentences containing compound noun,
modifier + noun, verb + noun-object, and verb + adverbial
phrase, using appropriate stress patterns
Reads a general or technical/semi-technical written text and
provides written answers to questions
Reads a technical/semi-technical written text and provides
written answers to questions
Reads a text with a title and topic sentences and provides
answers to questions
Reads a text with a title and topic sentences and selects
correct answer (limited exposure)
Repeats/pronounces compound noun/modifier + noun
combinations, using appropriate stress patterns
Repeats/pronounces compound noun/verb + adverbial
combinations, using appropriate stress patterns
Rewrites a paragraph, providing correct punctuation
Rewrites sentences in paragraph form using connectives that
signal a time sequence/series
Selects the appropriate written form for a context with a
homophone missing
Selects answers to specific questions about a
captioned/labelled picture, diagram, chart, table, or map
Sequences sentences in paragraph form by supplying
connectives that signal a time sequence/series.
Takes notes in sentence outline form from a written text
Writes a short description

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Asking for and giving information

Asking for and giving sequenced instructions for doing
something
Hypothesizing about actions and conditions
Making reservations (simulated situation)

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 BOOK 29

Vocabulary: Approximately 110 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adverbs (manner): -ly suffix added to adjectives

Adverbs and phrases (time adverbials): definite time,
duration, and frequency
Indirect Speech: reported statements and questions
Modals: denoting past time
Prepositions: by and with/without
Prepositions: following adjectives
Suffixes: -al and -ial (noun ---> adjective)
Verb suffixes
Verbs: causative constructions
Verbs: gerunds (following the verb go)
Verbs: infinitives (direct object followed by to-infinitive)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Completes a written cloze

Completes a written/oral cloze
Listens, then writes a text in sentences (dictation)
Listens to a base form and responds with related/derived
form, using appropriate stress and/or consonant change
Listens to a base form and responds with related/derived
form, using appropriate stress and/or vowel reduction
Listens to an informal conversation and provides answers to
comprehension questions
Listens to a dialog and selects inference
Listens to a military conversation and answers oral/written
questions
Participates in a dialog (paired with instructor) containing
a base form and one or more related/derived forms, using
appropriate stress and/or vowel reduction
Participates in a dialog (paired with another student),
containing a base form and one or more related/derived
forms, using appropriate stress and/or vowel reduction
Participates in a dialog (paired with instructor) containing
a base form and one or more related/derived forms, using
appropriate stress and/or consonant change
Participates in a dialog (paired with another student)
containing a base form and one or more related/derived
forms, using appropriate stress and/or consonant change

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 Places omitted connectives/transitional devices in a written
text
Previews/reads a text with a title and topic sentences and
writes answers to questions
Previews/reads a text with a title and topic sentences and
provides answers to questions (limited exposure)
Provides written answers to specific questions about a
captioned/labelled picture, diagram, chart, table or map
Reads a general or technical/semi-technical written text and
provides written answers to questions
Repeats a base form and one or more related/derived forms
(stress change or vowel reduction)
Repeats a base form and one or more related/derived forms
(stress change and/or consonant change)
Writes a short description

Functions: The following functions and conversational strategies

are developed.

Asking for and giving information on how something is done

in regard to manner, means, and instrument
Inquiring about and expressing frequency
Inquiring about and expressing likes and dislikes
Inquiring about and reporting what someone else has said

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 BOOK 30

Vocabulary: Approximately 130 words and phrases are presented and

reinforced throughout the block of instruction. The
various forms of the same word such as the noun,
adjective, verb, etc. are included in this number.

Grammar: The following grammar structures or items are presented.

Adjective suffixes
Adjectives (descriptive): used as nouns
Adverbial phrases: time, place, manner
Adverbs: time, place, manner
Conjoining sentence elements: rather than/as well as/but
Embedded questions: changing embedded questions to
infinitives
Nonrestrictive appositive: noun/adjective
Noun clause: THAT-noun clause (as a complement following BE)
Noun clause: THAT-noun clause (as subject of an
anticipatory-It construction)
Pronoun/possessive adjective agreement
Subject-verb agreement
Verbs: to-infinitive (subject of an anticipatory-It
construction)
Verbs: perfect infinitives and gerunds
Verbs: shall (making a suggestion)

Skills: The student accomplishes the following skills.

Completes a written cloze

Completes a written/oral cloze
Listens to a dialog and selects inference
Listens to a dialog and writes numbers (disregards other
information)
Listens to an informal conversation and selects answers to
comprehension questions
Listens, then writes a text in sentences (dictation)
Listens to a military conversation and answers specific
questions
Listens to a phrase with a plus juncture and selects the
correct graphic representation of the phrase
Listens to a series of numbers with plus juncture and
selects the correct numerical representation
Previews/reads a text with a title and topic sentences and
answers comprehension questions
orally/summarizes/skims/writes answers to comprehension
questions
Previews/reads a text with a title and topic sentences and
writes answers to questions

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Reads a general or technical/semi-technical written text and
provides written answers to questions
Reads sentences, using a pause to separate thought groups
and rising or falling terminal juncture (guided by
instructor)
Reads sentences, using a pause to separate thought groups
and rising or falling terminal juncture
Repeats/reads a mathematical equation with a change of plus
juncture
Repeats/reads phrases in which a change of plus juncture
changes the meaning
Repeats/reads a series of numbers with a change of plus
juncture
Repeats sentences using a pause to separate thought groups
and rising and falling terminal juncture
Rewrites sentences in paragraph form using connectives that
signal a time sequence/series
Rewrites a text, marking and underlining all changes
Writes a short narration on an assigned topic

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