Regents english workbook 1 – Robert J. Dixson – Simón and Schuster – 1956 – Blanda

**Regents english workbook 1**: To The Teacher:

There is no need here to describe the different types of exercises which this book contains or to discuss their wide variety and extent. A glance through the following pages is enough to acquaint anyone with the book's general contents.
Since this is a workbook, there is also little to say as to how it should be used. Each exercise carries its own instructions, and the students proced accordingly. On the other hand, there are a few points of general pedagogy which the teacher using the book should keep in mind.
First, this is a workbook, and all explanatory material has been kept at a minimum. Thus, the book is not designed to be used alone, or to replace completely the regular classroom text. Rather, this book ashould be used to supplement the regular classroom text, to give needed variety to the lesson or to provide additional drill materials on important points of grammar and usage.
Second, as a teacher using this book, don't assume that after a student has written the answers to an exercise correctly he knows the material thoroughly and can use the principle in his everyday speech. The exercise is often only the beginning. Much drill and practice are still necessary. Therefore, ask questions, or introduce simple conversation, involving the particular grammar principle. Also, don't hesitate to repeat the exercises in the book several times. Run over these exercises orally in class. If the students have already written the answers in their books, they can cover these answers with their hand or with a separate sheet of paper. Continue to review past exercises which seem important to you, or which have given the students difficulty.