Stand Out, Fourth Edition


US Adult Ed

7 Levels

Pre-Beginning to Upper Intermediate

American English

EVIDENCE-BASED LEARNING FOR LIFE, COLLEGE, AND CAREER

Now in its fourth edition, Stand Out is a seven-level, standards-based adult education program with a track record of real-world results. Close alignment to key standards and frameworks provides adult students with language and skills for success in the workplace, college, and everyday life.

  • A Literacy Level teaches foundational reading skills for emergent readers
  • An additional lesson in each unit helps students to identify and prepare for employment opportunities in their communities using the sixteen national Career Clusters
  • ‘Life Online’ sections in each unit develop digital literacy skills by reinforcing best practices around privacy, security, finances, and social media
  • An expanded video program now includes ‘Life Online’ videos with related practice that aligns with workforce and digital literacy objectives
  • The Spark platform delivers your digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning, including auto-graded Online Practice activities, customizable Assessment Suite tests and quizzes, Student’s eBook, Classroom Presentation Tool, and downloadable Teacher’s Resources
  • The Assessment Suite on the Spark platform evaluates student progress while strengthening CASAS and other standardized test-taking skills
Bring your program to life with Spark

Bring the world to your classroom and the classroom to life with the Spark platform - where you can prepare, teach, and assess your classes all in one place!

  • Manage your course and teach great classes with integrated teaching and learning tools.
  • Track student and class performances on independent online practice and assessment.
  • Set up classes and roster students quickly and easily on Spark.

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Authors

Rob Jenkins

Rob Jenkins is a popular presenter and author of English as a Second Language topics. He is a retired faculty member from Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education where he taught ESL for 27 ye... more

Staci Johnson

Staci Johnson has taught all levels of adult ESL, including credit, non-credit, and workplace English. She holds an MA in Linguistics with a Teaching ESL Certificate, which is supported by more than 2... more
New to this Edition
LITERACY

A Literacy Level teaches foundational reading skills for emergent readers.

NEW WORKFORCE LESSON

An additional lesson in each unit helps students to identify and prepare for employment opportunities in their communities using the sixteen national Career Clusters.

LIFE ONLINE-DIGITAL LITERACY FOCUS

‘Life Online’ sections in each unit develop digital literacy skills by reinforcing best practices around privacy, security, finances, and social media.

EXPANDED VIDEO PROGRAM

An expanded video program now includes ‘Life Online’ videos with related practice that aligns with workforce and digital literacy objectives.

TEAM PROJECTS

Team projects now highlight soft skills.

READING CHALLENGE

The fully updated Reading Challenge will expose students to CASAS STEPS test question types.

SPARK PLATFORM

The Spark platform delivers your digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning, including auto-graded Online Practice activities, customizable Assessment Suite tests and quizzes, Student’s eBook, Classroom Presentation Tool, and downloadable Teacher’s Resources. The Assessment Suite on the Spark platform evaluates student progress while strengthening CASAS and other standardized test-taking skills.