Are you an ESL beginner? Or maybe your friends or family members struggle to read in English? These fun and easy word search puzzles will give them practice in English reading, vocabulary and spelling.
Features of Easy ESL Word Search Plus:
Looks like a commercial puzzle book, just a little more spacious.
For adult and young adult learners.
A fun gift, not a textbook.
Perfect get-well gift for a hospital patient – just add a pencil!
Engaging lunch-room activity.
Out-of-class English that doesn't look like homework.
Everyday words like days of the week, clothing, parts of the body, weather, food, numbers, things in the house.
Extra useful for anyone whose first language uses a different alphabet, or reads from right to left.
Suits American and British English. (Some spelling differences are pointed out.)
Shows clearly how to do word search puzzles, for anyone who has never tried them before.
Written by an experienced ESL teacher and writer. (Please get in touch if you have feedback or suggestions for future books!)
This is a 100-page, 8 x 10 inch paperback book, and includes:
63 themed puzzles in a larger size font for ease of reading.
Boxes to check off the words as you find them.
'How to' pages for each level of difficulty (but with minimal text).
Most puzzles in an easy-read font, except for a few 'unusual font' puzzles.
Many puzzles in lower case, to support word recognition skills.
Puzzles with and without grid lines and with different shapes.
Seven levels, starting with 'across only' and working up to 'intersecting across, down and diagonal'.
Diagonals in 'south-east' direction only, to reinforce the left-to-right direction of English.
Tip box tells you how many words are across, down, diagonal.
Mostly 12 words per puzzle up to level 6. Level 7 has from 15 to 24 words per puzzle.
Answer pages with 4 puzzles per page for easy checking.
ALERT: This is a beginner book for people whose first language is not English. It will be way too simple for experienced puzzle lovers! To check the level, go to the website link given just inside the book or on the author page, to find sample puzzles.
