Content-based English: Around the World series
The Content-based English series focuses on content so students can gain knowledge while practicing English. There are three series: Around the World, Global Issues, and Academic English.
“John Spiri’s content-based series are extremely inspiring for teachers as well as students and they are easy to use! But most importantly they touch the heart of humanity with critical thinking and guide us toward more awareness and action for a better world. This is value-added English teaching. When I grow up (again) I want to be like John Spiri.”
Tim Murphey, professor, writer, humanitarian.
Each chapter in the Around the World series features a different country, 45 countries in all. Units are based on a continent: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and each unit contains at least two chapters. Thus, these textbooks are truly global! The main activity is a dictation describing the country's culture, customs, cuisine, or other factual information. Students build a country map and locate it on a world map. Country data is learned in an information gap activity. This series truly embraces all of the world's countries and peoples.
For the solutions, write <globalstoriespress (at) gmail.com>.
Unit 1 Europe audio
Unit 2 Asia audio
Unit 3 Americas audio
Unit 4 Africa audio
Unit 5 Middle East audio
Unit 6 Islands audio
Book One teacher's guide
Unit 1 Africa audio
Unit 2 Asia audio
Unit 3 Europe audio
Unit 4 North America audio
Unit 5 South America audio
Unit 6 Oceania audio
Book Two teacher's guide
Unit 1 Europe audio
Unit 2 Asia audio
Unit 3 South America audio
Unit 4 Africa audio
Unit 5 Middle East audio
Unit 6 Islands audio