Practical examples from everyday life, spanning personal financial matters to traveling and even cooking conversions are the lessons offered in this useful guide. The vast majority of older students and adults who come to America come from countries that use the metric system. Learning a new system for measuring, telling time, and so forth is confusing at best and makes adapting to our society much harder. Besides being useful in its own right, applied mathematics provides a wonderful opportunity to use the conversions between the American Standard Measurement system and metric as a basic teaching tool. Mathematics also serves as a means to improve vocabulary and writing skills. Despite the thousands of ESL programs in existence, learning practical mathematics is often entirely overlooked. Mathematics for ESL Learners attempts to remedy that. Will be helpful to teachers and students as well as community centers, public libraries, community colleges, and language centers.

About the Author
Janet C. Arrowood, a full time writer and trainer, is currently an adjunct professor of mathematics at several Denver-area colleges. She is the author of numerous reference books for insurance, educational, fire mitigation, and financial audiences, and is a regular contributor to a variety of legal, insurance, financial, and other publications.

Reviews
This book's strengths are its presentation of differences between the metric and American systems of measurement, its coverage of the American money culture and time culture, writing checks, taxes, and budgeting. * Mathematics Teacher *
Filled with real-life examples from personal financial matters to traveling and cooking conversions. * Hispanic Outlook *



Book Information
ISBN 9781578861552
Author Janet C. Arrowood
Format Paperback
Page Count 238
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Education
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 176mm * 18mm