Books in the Basic Practising Skills in English series

Basic Practising Skills in English: With Worksheets and Exercises is intended for primary school learners. Each of its ten chapters features a reading passage, a new word reading list, a list of unfamiliar phrases, a listen and talk activity, a free writing or creative exercise, and a comprehension writing exercise.The reading passages provide practice in reading skills such as fluency, clarity, articulation, pronunciation, and fast reading pace.The new word section helps students read and spell words, gain word familiarisation, word meanings, and word use in sentences.Unfamiliar phrases show how to deduce meanings of phrases as used in a passage or in full sentences.Listen and talk activity offers practice in listening and talking skills, turn taking, being attentive, oral comprehension, and use of non-verbal cues.Creative writing/composition writing exercises deliver practice in free form writing, creative or critical thinking, and in composing coherent sentences.Comprehension writing exercises test reading, memory, comprehension, and writing skills in response to questions within a passage.Kundisai Mudita taught at primary schools in Zimbabwe, Africa, before becoming an assistant lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University in 2009. She is currently a full-time lecturer at the Great Zimbabwe University Department of Special Needs Education. This is her fifth published book. 

Basic Practising Skills in English: With Worksheets and Exercises 3 teaches basic practising skills in English for young children learning it as a second language. Practise is enhanced through exercises and worksheets containing new words, reading passages, and comprehension. The skills targeted include reading, writing, listening, and speaking. To improve these basic skills, there are exercises or worksheets with new words, reading passages, comprehension, listening and talking, games or quizzes, and unfamiliar phrases. Creative writing activities are featured in each and every one of the fifteen chapters.The book’s reading passages present ordinary things such as trees, food, animals, crops, vegetables, and religions. The passages are presented by all-knowing characters describing the items as they existed in ancient or modern times. Worksheets and exercises are based on the reading passages.This is the third volume of the series.About the Author: Since 1991, Kundisai Mudita worked as a primary school teacher at various schools in Zimbabwe, Africa. She joined Great Zimbabwe University in 2009 as an assistant lecturer. Presently she is the chairperson of the university’s department of Special Needs Education. Her research interests include disability issues, writing for young children, and helping vulnerable groups.