Textbooks

Las Positas College Online Bookstore

Listed below are the Las Positas College English as a Second Language Course Textbooks for Fall 2008. All books not listed as "Recommended" are required.

In addition to these textbooks, students also read a full-length text.

Level One

Grammar Express Basic Grammar Express Basic Workbook One World Many Voices: Our Cultures Oxford American Dictionary	ESL130A
Q: Skills for Success 1: Reading and Writing One World Many Voices: Our Cultures Oxford American Dictionary	ESL131A
Grammar Express Basic Grammar Express Basic Workbook One World Many Voices: World Holidays Oxford American Dictionary	ESL 130B
Q: Skills for Success 2: Reading and Writing One World Many Voices: World Holidays Oxford American Dictionary	ESL 131B
Q: Skills for Success 1: Listening and Speaking Oxford American Dictionary	ESL 133

Level Two

Grammar Express Oxford American Dictionary	ESL 120A
Q: Skills for Success 3: Reading and Writing One World Many Voices: Book of Firsts Oxford American Dictionary	ESL 121A
Grammar Express Longman Dictionary of American English	ESL 120B
Q: Skills for Success 4: Reading and Writing One World Many Voices: Living in the USA Oxford Advanced American Dictionary	ESL 121B
Contemporary Topics 1 (3rd edition) Oxford American Dictionary	ESL 123
Clear Speech (3rd edition) (w/CD-ROM) Oxford American Dictionary	ESL 126

Level Three

Q: Skills for Success 5: Reading and Writing One World Many Voices: Reflections Oxford Advanced American Dictionary	ESL 24
Writing Academic English Oxford Advanced American Dictionary	ESL 25
Understanding & Using English Grammar Oxford Advanced American Dictionary	ESL 23
Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide Oxford Advanced American Dictionary	ESL 26

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