Welcome!

Welcome! presents English language learning and practice in a Christian context. It provides rich opportunities for the development of all language skills including speaking, pronunciation, reading, listening, spelling, and writing through a wide variety of exercises. Explanations are clear, simple, and easy to remember. There are grammar exercises, comprehension questions, pronunciation drills, listening exercises, writing exercises, making a sentence exercises, and word search puzzles for vocabulary reinforcement. Suitable for high beginner to intermediate level learners.

Welcome! presents English language learning and practice in a Christian context. It provides rich opportunities for the development of all language skills including speaking, pronunciation, reading, listening, spelling, and writing through a wide variety of exercises. Explanations are clear, simple, and easy to remember. There are grammar exercises, comprehension questions, pronunciation drills, listening exercises, writing exercises, making a sentence exercises, and word search puzzles for vocabulary reinforcement. Its benefits are numerous: • Your English language skills will improve and your Bible vocabulary will increase • You’ll feel more confident in speaking and reading English • Be able to enjoy English church services and take part in Bible discussions • It’s an excellent witnessing and evangelistic book for those witnessing to or in ministry to persons whose second or foreign language is English; the Bible topics covered can comprise a complete Bible study course; therefore, Welcome! is ideal for giving Bible studies and to prepare people for baptism. Welcome! presents story contexts and situations that Christians around the world experience in their daily lives. The high-interest stories are fascinating to read and the practice exercises are captivating to do. It features popular Bible topics such as Agape love, the Gospel, marriage, family relationships, baptism, salvation, heaven, hell, and the afterlife. There are also fun word search puzzles included for vocabulary reinforcement. Welcome! is suitable for adult, youth, and young adult learners of English at the high beginner to intermediate levels. It can be used for individual self-study, as a classroom text, as a reference, one on one with a tutor, or in a small group setting.

Christopher Jones is an adult ESL teacher and a Christian ESL author. He has been an ESL instructor for over 26 years; first with the North York Board of Education and then the Toronto District School Board, plus a one-year stint in the “mission field” in the Spanish Bronx, New York City, as head of the ESL department of a Christian elementary school. Moreover, he has written articles for an ESL teachers’ newspaper and an ESL teachers’ magazine. He attended elementary school in England. He, along with his family, immigrated to Canada while in his mid teens. From high school to university, he completed the rest of his formal education in Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics from York University, in Toronto, and a TESOL teaching certificate from the University of Toronto. He loves teaching so it’s not surprising that at his local church you’ll surely find him teaching a Bible study class. With Welcome!, he combines his two great loves, his love for Christ and his love of teaching, in order to reach out to ESL students and speakers who want to learn about Jesus in English. He resides in a lakeside town just outside of Toronto with his lovely wife and correspondingly four lovely children; two currently in high school and two in university.