Implementing Evidence-based Practice

Smart Writers is a three-book series designed to develop the writing skills of English language learners at the low intermediate level of English (CEFR A2). Throughout the series, students learn how to organize their thoughts, explore a variety of writing topics within each unit's theme, and practice paragraph development. The series also reinforces students' understanding of useful grammatical structures through activities modeling writing ideas related to each unit's theme. Students who complete this series will develop stronger writing skills and gain confidence in their ability to compose paragraphs and essays related to personal experiences or opinions.FeaturesWide variety of engaging writing topics including school, daily life, hobbies and interests, hopes for the future, giving advice, etc.Practical exercises and activities allowing students to organize and prepare their own passagesMultiple sample passages providing ideas to spark students' creative thinkingGraphic organizers t

English Communication for Nursing is an eight-unit book designed to equip nurses who wish to communicate effectively with English-speaking patients in the health-care setting. The book features helpful vocabulary and expressions, realistic patient-nurse dialogs that simulate hospital interactions, cultural tips, practice activities, and samples of documents that patients may encounter in the hospital. The book exposes learners to the necessary vocabulary for nursing while providing ample listening and speaking practice.Each unit focuses on aspects of medical care like checking in to a hospital, surgery, medications, pain management, pediatrics, orthopedics, gastroenterology, and cardiology. An appendix provides additional language with dialogs between co-workers within the hospital setting.The book can be used as stand-alone material, or it can be used with a series of online videos that will enhance listening skills. English Communication for Nursing will guide learners in building th

Easy First Reading is a three-level introductory series designed to teach students how to read. The series uses an engaging step-by-step approach to build the reading skills of English language learners through practice of phonetic decoding and high-frequency word reading. Each unit features two illustrated passages with useful, carefully graded vocabulary and simple sentence patterns. These books were written and designed to motivate language learners to enjoy English language reading from the very beginning. Students who complete this series will achieve a strong reading foundation?setting them up for fluency and success in reading, listening, speaking, writing, and pronunciation.FeaturesTwo original reading passages per unit developed around fun, kid-friendly reading topicsColorful, captivating illustrations to aid in understandingHigh-frequency words and review words to promote reading competencyIllustrated, simple, kid-friendly vocabularyReading comprehension activities to build l