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NOTES ON THE RE-ISSUE AND UPDATE OF ENGLISH THROUGH PICTURES

DESIGN FOR LEARNING

These three pocketbooks are the remarkable invention of I. A. Richards and Christine Gibson. Designed for learning English in the quickest and clearest way-- through pictures--learners are invited right from the beginning to put widely useful words to work in key sentence patterns where meaning is clearly shown in pictures. Each sentence situation builds to a successful discovery of the next, while confirming mastery of the earlier steps. The simplified black and white drawings allow the learner to focus on the sentence patterns and on success in taking control of language. Comparisons of sentence situations can be made on the individual frames on a page and through a systematic building on all that has gone before. Workbooks included in Books I and II challenge and reinforce growing competencies, while at the same time providing enriched reading and writing well within the learner's grasp. Motivation for learning comes from handling increasingly complex patterns successfully and confidently.

WORDS WITH POWER

The three pocketbooks focus on a small, careful selection of the most widely useful English words put into key patterns. These are words with power to define other words and to improve the possibilities of successful communication in any field of human endeavour. Today these are the words of an English most commonly employed throughout the planet. Book I contains a vocabulary of 250 words; an additional 500 word vocabulary is developed in Book II. These 750 words are used in Book III to build a command of 1000 words which, by their defining power, hold the possibility of understanding another 20,000 words of English. Book III invites learners to explore much useful information

about the world in which they live while continuing the crucial process of learning to learn. Words with power become instruments for thinking. The purpose of the pocketbooks is to supply starting points from which learners can go out in different directions as their interests may take them. These are books of beginnings.

TOWARD A WORLD ENGLISH

These materials have been used successfully by millions in more than forty countries. They have been used as a self-teacher by learners of all ages, in schools and in all those diverse settings in the world where a command of English is needed. The materials are the result of extensive research and field testing for over fifty years.

Although many users' first language will be English, millions more will come to English as a second or alternative language. For this group, assistance is needed to move the learner beyond visual comprehension to a command of both spoken and written English. The most effective help will come from a teacher with a command of English who can act as a model and make corrections on pronunciation. Assistance can come as well from audio materials directly matched with the text, with space for the learner to practice speaking.

In updating English Through Pictures, the greatest care has been taken at all times to maintain the integrity of the learning system. The updating of this re-issue is to be found mainly in Book II and III. Dates, prices, population figures, other factual information, and selected illustrations have been updated for current usage. This updating must, of course, be a continuous exercise by the learners. The pocketbooks must become their own, and a base or frame on which future learning can be mounted safely and effectively.

Archie MacKinnon February, 2005

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