Communicating with Grammar: Skills for Life is a Canadian series for ESL and EFL students looking to improve their understanding of English grammar. Students improve their command of English through a broad spectrum of themed chapters that set them up for further study or work in an English-speaking environment. Through a "learn-practise-use in context" approach, the books deliver the essential grammar concepts via both practical exercises and communicative activities which help students internalize the grammar in context, helping them become functional in English as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Level 1 is designed for students with basic English who still need to build a solid foundation of the major verb tenses and sentence structure.

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Alice Johnston-Newman, BA, MA, CTESL, is a language teacher, writer and translator with close to thirty years' experience teaching English as a first and second language to Canadians, new Canadians and international students. She is currently a professor at La Cite collegiale in Ottawa and has taught at Algonquin College, Carleton University, and abroad. During her professional career, she has created and adapted teaching material and student workbooks for ESL, enriched level, as well as specialized, career oriented English courses.

Julita Milewski, BA, M.Ed, has been an ESL teacher for the last 13 years. Her desire to teach ESL started as she herself was learning English as a second language when she first immigrated to Canada as a teenager. Her teaching experience includes working with adolescent and adult learners, international students, and immigrants. She has taught at the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, and various private language schools and is currently an ESL professor at La Cite collegiale in Ottawa.