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.

The theme for all full-length texts is science.

• ESL 131A: Who Was Albert Einstein
• ESL 131B: Who Was Charles Darwin
• ESL 121A: My Life With the Chimpanzees
• ESL 121B: Leonardo da Vinci
• ESL 24: The Omnivore's Dilemma
• ESL 25: The Radio Active Boyscout

Level One

ESL 130A

• Grammar Express Basic
• Grammar Express Basic Workbook
• One World Many Voices: Our Cultures
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 131A

• Longman Academic Writing Series 2
• Longman Academic Reading Series 1
• One World Many Voices: Our Cultures
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 130B

• Grammar Express Basic
• Grammar Express Basic Workbook
• One World Many Voices: World Holidays
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 131B

• Longman Academic Writing Series 2
• Longman Academic Reading Series 1
• One World Many Voices: World Holidays
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 133

• Q: Skills for Success 1: Listening and Speaking
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 136

• Longman Dictionary of American English
• Clear Speech From The Start

Level Two

ESL 120A

• Grammar Express
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 121A

• Longman Academic Writing Series 3
• Longman Academic Reading Series 2
• One World Many Voices: Book of Firsts
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 120B

• Grammar Express
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 121B

• Longman Academic Writing Series 3
• Longman Academic Reading Series 3
• One World Many Voices: Living in the USA
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 123

• Contemporary Topics 1 (3rd edition)
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 126

• Clear Speech (3rd edition) (w/CD-ROM)
• Longman Dictionary of American English

Level Three

ESL 24

• Longman Academic Writing Series 4
• Longman Academic Reading Series 4
• One World Many Voices: Reflections
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 25

• Longman Academic Writing Series 4
• Longman Academic Reading Series 4
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 23

• Understanding & Using English Grammar
• Longman Dictionary of American English

ESL 26

• Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide
• Longman Dictionary of American English