INTRODUCTION

   This interactive program teaches the English language in real contexts and situations. All of the material in the CCLS Program is totally integrated so that the students develop the four language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Through the dynamic use of authentic materials from both the broadcast and print media, this program helps students to actively and enjoyably participate in each step of the learning process.
   CCLS has based all its courses on what constitutes the most basic, frequently used, and culturally essential vocabulary and grammatical patterns of English. CCLS has carefully selected those structural patterns and vocabulary items from volumes of transcriptions of conversations dealing with popular topics, TV and radio programs, commercials, movies, cartoons, newspapers and magazines, and ‘‘how to’’ pamphlets. In other words, CCLS has devised a program based on various types of situations the learner of English is bound to encounter.

ENGLISH in your FREE TIME 1

   ENGLISH in your FREE TIME 1 (E-FT) is designed for adult and young adult students who have had no previous training in English and want to study at their leisure.
   Situational Dialogues familiarize the students with both formal and everyday American speech and serve as the basis for all subsequent work.
   This Textbook (TB) contains the following sections:
      • Basic Vocabulary,
      • Texts,
      • Additional Reading,
      • Drill Practice,
      • Further Use of English,
      • Practical Grammar,
      • Read for Fun,
      • For Your Information and
      • Singing a Song.
   At the end of this book there is a list of all the new words and expressions presented in E-FT 1.
   Book 1 contains 396 new words.