Reading for a Reason 2 Student Book Expanding Reading Skills

by Blass, Laurie; Whalley, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780072942149
• ISBN10: 0072942142
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-12
• Publisher: English as a Second Language

Summary

.This three-level academic, theme-based reading series focuses on cross-cultural content and promotes critical thinking skills.. ..Features. . Reading selections span fiction, non-fiction, news and magazine articles, interviews, maps, charts, web pages, quotations, and photo captions. . Reading passages reflect controlled word count and vocabulary and structure progression. . Skills are continually recycled to build student reading fluency, confidence, and mastery. . Units open with engaging photographs and questions to introduce the theme, provide academic focus, set chapter goals, and activate prior knowledge. . Before You Readactivities stimulate background knowledge, focus on vocabulary presentation and practice, and introduce important expressions. . As You Readsections focus students on the main idea, offer timed readings to build fluency, and provide pair work activities to promote topic discussion and information processing. . A specific section in each unit focuses on Internet reseach. . Structured speaking activities help students further explore each unit theme. . Each unit concludes with three writing activities. . . ...This is the intermediate level student book.. .

Table of Contents

Reading for a Reason

Expanding Reading Skills

Unit 1: Student Success

Chapter 1: How to Read a Textbook

Chapter 2: Test-Taking skills

Unit 2: History

Chapter 3:World History: 1000-1500 A.D.

Chapter 4: The History of Flight

Unit 3: Business

Chapter 5: Jobs

Chapter 6: International Marketing

Unit 4: Physical Science

Chapter 7: Mars

Chapter 8: Meteorology

Unit 5: The Arts

Chapter 9: Jazz

Chapter 10: Art History: Asian Influences on Western ArtTimed Reading Chart

Vocabulary Index

Skills Index

Academic Word List

Frequency Word List

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