Now You're Talking!: An Interactive Fluency Workbook

Now You're Talking! An Interactive Fluency Workbook reaches for the ideal that students use English freely, with attention on what they are saying rather than how they are saying it. It recognizes that fluency is as important as accuracy, and that the whole language acquisition process becomes sterile when based solely on structure practice. Now You're Talking! embraces a communicative methodology, and recognizes further, that our students' minds, hearts, and imaginations must be engaged in the learning/acquisition process for it to be meaningful to them. This book encourages free communication in an atmosphere of trust. The high interest topics will involve your students in exploring their own thinking in a non-threatening language environment. Why does this book work so well? Now You're Talking! is unique -- it focuses on basic human issues that students are eager to talk about, such as: childhood memories, misunderstandings, choosing friends, managing time, making decisions, and hop