English Through Pictures, Book 1 and A First Workbook of English

Thethreepocketbookscomprisingthe"EnglishThroughPicturesSeries"aretheremarkableinventionofIARichardsandChristineGibson，whodesignedthemtohelpthelearnerspeak，readandwriteEnglishinthequickestandclearestpossibleway-throughpictures.TheauthorshavemadeacarefulselectionofthemostwidelyusefulEnglishwords，choosingthosewiththepowertodefineotherwords，andhaveputthemtoworkinkeypatternsthatofferthelearnertheabilitytocommunicatesuccessfullyinEnglish.Book1containsavocabularyof250suchwords，withanadditional500developedinBook2;these750wordsarethenusedinBook3tobuildacommandof1000wordswhich，bytheirdefiningpower，holdthepossibilityofunderstandingasmuchasanother20，000wordsofEnglish.Throughout"EnglishThroughPictures"，responsibilityforlearningisplaceddirectlyonthelearner，whofromtheverystartenjoystheabilitytoputessentialwordstoworkcreatingkeysentencepatternswheremeaningisclearlyshowninpictures.Thesesimplifieddrawingsallowlearnerstofocusonthesentenceandtoenjoygrowingconfidenceastheysuccessfullytakecontroloflanguage，withtheworkbooksinBooks1and2challengingandreinforcingtheirgrowingcompetenceasbothspeakersandreaders.Motivatedandinspired，learnerswillsoonfindtotheirdelightthatfluentcommunicationinEnglish-thecommonlanguageoftoday'sworld-lieswellwithintheirgrasp."EnglishThroughPictures"hasalreadybeenusedsuccessfullybymillionsoflearnersinoverfortycountries.