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The Daily-Update system is

• Highly Flexible
• Readily incorporated
• Carefully graded
• Fully comprehensive
• Thoroughly tested
• Concentrated yet stimulating

Flexibility

The Daily-Update curriculum is custom-made for any school teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). It has been designed with maximum flexibility in mind, allowing an ESL school to neatly incorporate the whole Daily-Update system into the program with the minimum of fuss and bother. Areas of flexibility include:
- Our structure, which at all levels is closely based on the principles governing the prescriptive European Thresholds
- We follow the Taiwanese curriculum as well as the new curriculum of each Australian state
- Most of our e-books are available in four versions: Colour or Black & White, and US English or UK English
- We cater for every level of English ability. We have e-books and materials for students from kindergarten to senior high school, as well as for university students and adults, no matter what their field of interest
- Our various e-book series complement each other, as described below.

e-Books

The core series of e-books (called the "Backbone Books") provides the general support for the remainder of the curriculum. In the first seven years (before and during elementary school), students progress through alphabet, sounds, phonics, words, sentences, paragraphs and stories. Then over the next seven years (during high school), the focus shifts to areas of communication, starting with an introduction, then covering situations, ideas, opinions, socializing, concepts and natural English. This progression is carefully organized to reflect increasing complexity; changing needs and interests; and the student's developmental stages.

The flexibility afforded by the structure is endless.

An ESL teacher, for example, may be teaching the Backbone Book "Clear Communication -Opinions" and notice that students have a traditional educational background (with emphasis on reading and writing at the expense of listening and speaking). The teacher may therefore plug this educational gap with an e-book of suitable level from "Build Up Your Listening Skills" and another from "Build Up Your Verbal Skills" (there are twelve levels to choose from in both Listening Skills and Verbal Skills).

Other series available include Test Preparation (for standard English tests such as TOEFL or GEPT) and Science English. We even have a complete Homeschooling Series (K-12) with mini-lessons in English; Mathematics; Science & Technology; Art & Craft; Health & Physical Education; Society & Environment; Ethics & Manners; Geography; History; and more.

Some e-books, such as those in the Test Preparation series, include teacher's manuals, but in general we prefer to cut costs and bother by incorporating instructions, tips and answers in the textbook. The teacher's role is then less mysterious, authoritative and vertically separated and more to do with guiding, facilitating and expanding alongside the students. The teacher can still maintain respect and discipline, but it is just more friendly to be in the same boat. That is not to say that we do not have general teacher's guides. We do!

All e-books have been thoroughly tested in schools prior to publication. We don't publish unless we are sure of exciting results. Students using each e-book must progress rapidly (both intellectually and emotionally). There is nothing more disheartening for teacher and students than to be just plodding along. All our e-books provide concentrated and hefty educational payoffs. Students must also be engaged, stimulated and challenged by the e-book's contents. Exercises must actually work. Teachers must enjoy using the materials.