ESL Instruction OpenBook Learning

OpenBook English ESL was designed specifically to address the needs of children and adults wanting to quickly and easily learn English as a second language. OpenBook English enables English language proficiency and inspires confidence in real life situations. ESL users learn to speak, read, write and understand English using their natural language-learning abilities and OpenBook English's fully-interactive technologies.

OpenBook ESL Education, English Fluency, English Language Learning, English Literacy, ESL, Learn English, Learning, Lesson Plans, Teacher Lesson Plans, Teacher Lessons, Teacher Resources, OpenBook English combines high quality real-life images, digital sound and voice recording, video, animation and interactive point and click screen control, enabling ESL users to tap their intuitive ability to learn a language quickly, naturally and easily. OpenBook adapts these rich media capabilities to a wide range of advanced language instruction. Content sensitive translation, grammar, vocabulary, video modeling, pronunciation tools, voice recording and comparison, mastery tests and skills tracking are all included with Learning. (Download:ESL Brochure here)

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Key Features

  • Beginner to advanced learners
  • 5000 hours of instruction
  • Publishing tools to input your own content into OpenBook
  • Voice recording and comparison
  • Video modeling
  • Practice tests with feedback
  • Native language support including Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Bosnian-Croatian, and Mandarin
  • Extensive management system
  • Accent reduction tools
  • Adjustable audio speed
  • Individual lesson plans insure each student learns at their own pace

*Spanish Support includes word level translation

Benefits

  • Give instructors more one on one time with learners
  • Easy to learn and use interface means even computer novices can easily use OpenBook
  • Help and translation allow individual work
  • Records keep track of progress and assessment
  • Save teachers and students valuable time
  • Realistic situations model appropriate language usage
  • Student controls allows learner to practice as often as they want
  • Meets a variety of learning styles by providing multiple modality support
  • "Just-in-time" prompting and help keeps students progressing smoothly through the lessons

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