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Download or read book Ventures All Levels Canadian Teacher s Guide written by Gretchen Bitterlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ventures is a six-level, standards-based ESL series for adult-education ESL. This resource offers ideas and tips for making sure all five levels of the Student's Books are tailored to the needs of Canadian students. The guide also includes information on Canadian on-line document literacy and correlations to Canadian Benchmarks.
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