HELBLING LANGUAGES is a new publisher in Argentina, but it is already making on impact on the people who become acquainted with its materials. For those of you who have not yet come across our publications, we offer below an overview. A full listing and a preview of all of the books HELBLING LANGUAGES has to offer can be obtained by visiting the international web page www.helblinglanguages.com 

Among the authors that write for Helbling are some of the leading figures in ELT such as Herbert Puchta, Mario Rinvolucri, Tim Murphy, and Scott Thornbury among others-

Since we plan to continue with our workshops and seminars in 2007, we invite you to join our list by sending an email to us with your full name, phone number and home address including area code. We will then be able to keep you posted as to our academic events, which, except for the HELBLING DAY, are admission free.

A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE HELBLING RESOURCE BOOKS
There are five books in the RESOURCE BOOK series. Except for LANGUAGE HUNGRY, all of them  contain an introductory section which explains the rationale of the book in question and the methodological implications and a guide to the activities—to be found at the end of the book-- which will enable teachers to find the right activity according to his/her needs. Both TEACHING GRAMMAR CREATIVELY and IMAGINE THAT are accompanied by a CD for teachers to print activities and proceed to duplicate them for immediate use in the classroom or guided visualizations and music. The list of resource books is as follows:

LANGUAGE HUNGRY
This book presents suggestions on how to help students to manage their learning by raising their awareness level of what is involved in learning a language. For instance, it reminds them that learning is non-linear, that there are inevitable plateaus where nothing seems to be happening on the surface, and yet a lot is happening in terms of language acquisition. The book discusses the contribution of mistakes towards language learning  and the importance of developing a positive frame of mind to overcome the obstacles that often arise in the course of mastering a language. The book is packed with ideas on how to study effectively.

TEACHING GRAMMAR CREATIVELY
In many respects, this is a methods book for both the beginning and the experienced teacher, showing the practitioner how to turn the teaching of grammar into something fascinating. It should stimulate both the students’ and the teacher’s creativity and show them that coming to grips with the grammar of a language can be lots of fun rather than the boring work that students shy away from. .

IMAGINE THAT!
The use of imagery and visualization in the classroom for teaching and learning purposes is explored in detail with lots of activities to awaken the sometimes dormant capacities of the learner. The CD accompanying this book offers guided visualizations so that the recordings can assist the teachers in developing their skills in conducting visualizations.

CREATIVE WRITING
If students are stuck with learning blocks and are short of ideas on what to write about, the activities in this book will come to the rescue and show them that every human being has much to write about if only he is provided with the right stimulation.

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN EFL
The activities in this great resource book deal with the different kind of intelligences and help the student to enhance their learning potential by exploring areas they may not have considered. This book goes beyond language teaching/learning and invites the student to grow not only as a learner but as a human being.

HELBLING LANGUAGES offers admission free workshops on each of the books listed above. These workshops are an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with the books and find out how the activities can be used in the classroom.

THE HELBLING READING SERIES
Fifteen readers grouped into levels 1 to 5 for teenagers and young adults including adapted classics and original fiction. Each reader contains before and after reading activities, background information and fact files for project and culture work.

Among the classics are titles such as The Happy Prince and The Nightingale and the Rose, The Red-headed League, The Stolen White Elephant, The Canterville Ghost, and Daisy Miller.

Maria Cleary, the Helbling Readers Series Editor and renowned teacher of cultural awareness says about the series: “Our stories have been carefully chosen in order to appeal to teenage and young adult readers, to engage them on a personal and emotional level so that they no longer think of reading in English as something they have to do but something they want to do.”

A Teacher’s Guide to the whole series—called READING MATTERS-- written by the world known authority on using literature and reading in the EFL class, ALAN PULVERNESS, is available from the Helbling web, www.helblinglanguages.com  This guide offers detailed suggestions and strategies on how to make the most of the Helbling reading materials.

THE HELBLING MAIN COURSEBOOK: GET REAL
At present this is a two volume series, but book three is forthcoming. Most likely this is the most thorough coursebook available on the market, with a plethora of materials to cater for different interests, and learning styles. GET REAL is a magnificent blend of the best in contemporary and traditional methodology.

Limitations of space prevent us from describing the series in detail, but you can get an idea of the quality of the materials by visiting www.helblinglanguages.com  Be sure that keep clicking on the book covers to find more about GET REAL and be amazed.

TEACHING CULTURE WITH HELBLING
We offer two titles, REAL WORLD and TALKING CULTURE to help teachers develop intercultural awareness in their students. A review of REAL WORLD was published in ENGLISH AND FUN recently, and if you want to get a copy of it, send an email to helblinglanguages@fibertel.com.ar

GET IT RIGHT 1 and 2, with a CD and a pull out classic reader!

This two book skills development and revision course is aimed at the intermediate level student. Attractively designed, it features motivating texts for further practice of useful structures and a variety of reading and optional listening comprehension exercises. It also includes a vocabulary development and a use your language section. Each unit contains a revision quiz allowing students to easily identify any areas of difficulty requiting further practice.

For further information:

helblinglanguages@fibertel.com.ar

(54 11) 4544- 4462

TEACH CULTURE WITH HELBLING