Introduction

Step Forward Level 5 Student eBook (Second Edition) is written by Jayme Adelson-Goldstein, Jennie Currie Santamaria, and Therese Naber, and it is geared toward adult ESL students. According to the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA), young adults at Level 5 proficiency can “understand and communicate in English and participate in all academic classes” (WIDA 16).

The textbook is divided into 10 Units:

• Unit 1: Creativity
• Unit 2: Time
• Unit 3: Information
• Unit 4: Confidence
• Unit 5: Communication
• Unit 6: Collaboration
• Unit 7: Initiative
• Unit 8: Conflict
• Unit 9: Leadership
• Unit 10: Change

Each unit contains the same 6 lesson categories:

• Lesson 1: Think about the Topic
• Lesson 2: Read and Listen
• Lesson 3: Focus on Language
• Lesson 4: Read and Discuss
• Lesson 5: Write
• Lesson 6: Team Research

My Classroom Context

I intend to teach Level 5 English to adults in an American college classroom setting. For example, I might use this textbook for international students taking an intensive summer English language class before they start their regular fall semester. After the course completion, students should be ready to study or work in an English-speaking country.

Additional Information

Purchasing the Textbook

Step Forward Level 5 Student eBook (Second Edition) through Oxford University Press $18.00usd
Step Forward Level 5 Student Book with Online Practice (Second Edition) through Amazon $39.37usd

About the Step Forward Series Director

Jayme Adelson-Goldstein is an ESL teacher-trainer, consultant, and author living in Northridge, California. She began her ESL career working with helicopter pilots from the UAEi in 1981 and from there went on to work with the adult division of LAUSD as a classroom teacher, program coordinator, and professional development specialist. She taught the adult ESL methods courses at UCLA Extension for many years and was a part of the ESL Teacher Institute as well. She has been involved in curriculum development for Distance Learning programs on a local, state and federal level and has helped develop mentor programs though CAL PRO (the adult education professional development program funded by the California Department of Education). As an ESL consultant, Jayme conducts teacher-training workshops on topics such as vocabulary development, focused listening, cooperative learning, and multi-level instruction across the U.S. and Canada.

Jayme and her husband, Gary Goldstein, (author of the young adult series, The Mythfits) can usually be found writing at their respective computers, walking their rather odd but loveable dog, Baxter, or listening to their daughter’s tales of life in the land of musicians.

Jayme’s publications include The Oxford Picture Dictionary Program and Interactive CD-ROM , Step Forward: English for Everyday Life , Read and Reflect , The CBET Handbook for the Oxford Picture Dictionaries , Grammar Activities for the Oxford Picture Dictionary , The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary Teacher’s Book, Workbook, and Teacher’s Resource Book , Classic Classroom Activities , The New Oxford Picture Dictionary Listening and Speaking Activity Book, and Listen First, all published by Oxford University Press.

Bio taken from Oxford University Press

Works Cited

American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages, “5Cs of world-readiness standards for learning languages.” https://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/publications/standards/World-ReadinessStandardsforLearningLanguages.pdf Accessed October 2021.

Howard, Jocelyn and Jae Major. “Guidelines for Designing Effective English Language Teaching Materials.” https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237476568_Guidelines_for_Designing_Effective_English_Language_Teaching_Materials. Accessed October 2021.

Adelson-Goldstein, Jayme, et al. Step Forward Level 5 Student eBook. 2nd ed., OUP Oxford, 2019.

WIDA. “ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide.” https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/Interpretive-Guide.pdf. Accessed October 2021.