How to Teach English with Stick Figures

Teach English Language Learners Effectively Through Simple Illustrations

Teach English with Stick Figures presents a unique, effective way to teach English learners a practical and applicable English vocabulary of over 200 commonly used words through more than 400 stick figure drawings. (Important note: Not recommended for use on iphones)

Students using this book can expect to make significant improvements in English conversation and reading. This book makes use of simple stick figures and drawings to help the student master vital sentence structure parts such as the forms of "to be", pronoun use and contractions, as well as the use of high frequency English words.

Orderly Advance Toward Mastery of High Frequency English Vocabulary

The material is presented with original pictures which are continually revised and given new details as required to teach English vocabulary. This book uses easy to understand picture – situation sequences in a scaffolding way, displaying essentials of English sentence structure built with widely useful words.

The text in this book passes in grades as it presents the student with a regular intake of new vocabulary and structural elements. Its simple, informal design makes possible a smooth, orderly advance into the English language by steps. The short commentary under each drawing supplies an adequate working explanation of sentences in the earlier sequences. After this, ideas as well as people, places and objects can be talked about using words already taught. This book for the most part is self reviewing and is an excellent supplement to any English language learning program or it can serve as a stand alone instructional tool.

About the Author

Ephrain Tristan Ortiz is a graduate of Andersonville Theological Seminary with doctorates in Christian Education and Applied Linguistics. He has 20 years experience teaching English to Spanish speaking immigrants of all ages in public school, private school and corporate settings. He has published over a dozen books and reads, writes and speaks English, Spanish and Hebrew.