§       Are the lesson activities meaningful, to apply to everyday life?

 

§       Are the lessons integrated, to over more than one curriculum topic?

 

§       Are the lessons individualized?

    Although I suggest using the American Bible Society's Good News for New Readers pamphlets and sequence the lessons in their order of study, and also to use the New Life Bible, there is a complete vocabulary list in the back of the Teachers' Book for using Good News Bibles which most people have more readily accessible.  The important thing is to use the vocabulary in the CONTEXT of the Scriptures you have available –so the vocabulary study is immediately applied –and thus is more meaningful to the student than isolated words.

 

     At first, I personally used the Good News for New Readers pamphlets with intermediate and advanced English students, because the concept levels are so much higher than the vocabulary/reading levels and it is very important that people feel as comfortable as possible with the reading materials while trying to learn new concepts.  Couple that with teaching pronunciation as well as new vocabulary, the pamphlets more than met the need of advanced students.  Yet, they are useful too for students who have had approximately one year of English. However, those pamphlets are now out of print.   However, many people prefer the TEV text, and I included those vocabulary lists.