Each sentence is represented by a picture and the student's task is to look at each picture and listen to the tape recording. The book contains over 1,000 illustrations. Basic clothing, eating, family, transportation, and action verbs are presented. When you complete this book you will understand basic prepositions, such as in, on, and over, and basic verbs, such as put, drive, eat, and drink. Book 1 Basic Structures is the reader designed to follow The Learnables.
New stories teach important new vocabulary.
Each lesson contains a large number of exercises which can be used in class or as homework assignments. Four new audio cassettes come with Basic Structures and are used to teach reading. Interesting stories teach everyday vocabulary and the basic grammatical components of nouns, verbs, and prepositions. The hundreds of pictures convey the meaning of each sentence and the audio cassettes indicate the correct pronunciation. This large book is almost 400 pages of illustrations and text.