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Adult Education

Pearson Longman is proud to offer the best materials for adult ESL programs. Please see below for a list of materials that are used by many adult programs around the country.

To request examination copies for adoption consideration, please contact your local Pearson Longman ELL Specialist or fill out our online Examination Copy Request form.

Best-selling Courses and Materials for Adult Programs:

  • Center Stage: Express Yourself in English — NEW — Coming soon!
  • A Conversation Book: English in Everyday Life, 4th Edition, Book 1 — NEW!
  • Exploring English — A Six-Level Course
  • English Extra
  • Expressways Levels 1-4
  • Focus on Grammar: An Integrated Skills Approach Levels 1-5 — NEW!
  • Foundations, 2nd Edition — NEW! — Pre-Beginning-Low Beginning
  • Literacy Plus A, B: Language, Lifeskills and Civics
  • Longman ESL Literacy, 2nd Edition — NEW!
  • New Vistas: 5 Level Integrated Series for True Beginning to High Intermediate Students
  • Picture This: Learning English through Pictures, Levels 1,2 — NEW!
  • Ready to Go: Language, Lifeskills, Civics — Levels 1-4
  • Side by Side, 3rd Edition, Levels 1-4
  • Top Notch/Summit — A Dynamic Six-Level Course for Communication — NEW!
  • True Colors: A Course for Real Communication
  • WorldView — A Four-Skills Course for Adult Learners of English — New!
  • Word by Word Picture Dictionary, 2nd Edition — New!
  • Word by Word Basic Picture Dictionary, 2nd Edition — New!
  • Workplace Plus: Living and Working in English Levels 1-4

Great Multimedia for Adult English Language Learners and Language Labs:

  • Focus on Grammar Interactive: An Integrated Skills Approach 2.0 — 5 Levels — NEW!
  • Fundamentals of English Grammar Interactive — NEW! — Intermediate
  • Longman English Interactive Levels 1-4
  • Side by Side Interactive Levels 1, 2
  • Top Notch TV Video/DVD Program: The Complete Series — New!
  • Understanding and Using English Grammar Interactive — High Intermediate - Advanced
  • WorldView Videos/DVDs
Contact your local Pearson Longman ELL Specialist for a demonstration at your school!

Popular Reading Materials for Adult Programs:

  • The Chicken Smells Good
  • The Pizza Tastes Great
  • Penguin Adapted Readers
  • Reading Power Series — Helps prepare your students with reading skills and test-taking such as the TABE.
  • Read Ahead: Reading and Lifeskills Development
  • Salsa is Hot
  • True Stories in the News Series
  • USA Series
  • What a Life: Stories of Amazing People
  • What a World: Amazing Stories from Around the Globe

Longman Learner Dictionaries — Very popular with students all over the world! A must-have tool for any English Language Learner!

Beginners

  • Word by Word Basic Picture Dictionary
  • Word by Word Picture Dictionary
  • Longman Photo Dictionary
  • Longman Basic Dictionary
  • Longman Diccionario Ingles Basico

Low-Intermediate Learners

  • Longman Study Dictionary of American English
  • Longman Diccionario Pocket

Intermediate Learners

  • Longman Dictionary of American English with Built-in Thesaurus
  • Longman Diccionario Pocket
  • Longman Essential Activator — Like a thesaurus but better!

Intermediate to Advanced Learners

  • Longman Dictionary of American English with Built-In Thesaurus
  • Longman Advanced American Dictionary
  • Longman Activator — Like a thesaurus but better!
For information on these materials, please contact your local Pearson Longman ELL Specialist.