"As I've often written, I love the book Sounds Easy and it's an essential component of how I teach English Language Learner Beginners. The reproducible sheets are pure gold."

I've regularly sung the praises - on this blog and in my books - of English-teaching books from Alta English Publications. Happily, they've just begun making some of their books available in eBook form at about 20% less than the paper price.

ESL Teacher, Toni Jensen thanks author Richard Firsten for having published The ELT Grammar Book. The way she uses this outstanding resource will make you want to pick-it-up!

One of my favorite instructional strategies is called “Back To The Screen” which I adapted from Zero Prep Activities for All Levels - Ready To Go Activities For The Language Classroom.

Unlike most pre-made clozes (aka as gap-fills), the authors created clozes with strategically-placed blanks that had “clue” words somewhere in the text.

ALTA is one of the few publishing houses that I see as a "teacher's press" - very important to have this publisher as well as the "big houses" in our field.

ALTA has one of the finest selection of ESL material found anywhere!

"It's been some time since I've taught a low beginning level. When I was told I'd be teaching a low level reading class, I wondered where to begin. The book assigned was WOW! Stories from Real Life. This book has been wonderful to use."

"When I first saw the ALTA Publishers Out & About Computer Book series on a local adult learning centre’s webpage, I was excited about the potential that the resource might have for my beginner computer literacy class. I promptly downloaded the free instructor’s manual available online, and was extremely impressed by the depth of the content and the way that the resource was organized."

"I just started using Out & About in my beginner general English class and I love it! The lessons are challenging, satisfying, and relate to students’ everyday lives. I particularly like the fact that the authors included same-sex couples in the family unit. It’s rare to find a textbook that does this, and I find it really helps me cultivate a classroom environment where all our students can feel like they are part of the conversation. I highly recommend this book."

This book is the teacher’s friend. It’s useful not only for teachers who are new to the field (who will be grateful for the grammar information he provides, information that is easy to understand and to present), but also for experienced teachers looking for new ideas and slants on creating grammar- based lessons.

"Other books for beginners have only a few exercises to do after the picture story, and the exercises are not interactive. This book has lots of student-student and teacher-class interaction. I love this! I didn't know my students could say so much!"

"I think The Handbook for Language Program Administrators is one of the best books in the entire field . . . It is a true delight to see such a solid, interesting, comprehensive, and intelligent (!) treatment of the subject."