Strategic Reading 2 Student's book: Building Effective Reading Skills

by Jack C. Richards , Samuela Eckstut

• ISBN13: 9780521555791
• ISBN10: 0521555795
• Edition: Student
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-07
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Student's Book contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the reading to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in depth. The variety of original sources - including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry - expose learners to a wide range of writing styles. Preview pages in every unit introduce new vocabulary and ask thought-provoking questions. There are also pre-reading activities, such as predicting and thinking about personal experience, that stimulate students' interest in the unit theme. Vocabulary-building activities improve students' ability to deal with unfamiliar words, and recycle key vocabulary with challenging exercises and puzzles. Student's Book, Level 2, is for students at the intermediate level. Reading topics include games, movies, families, communication, love, and languages.

Table of Contents

Authors' Acknowledgments	v
Scope and sequence	vi
Introduction	x
Names	1	(8)
Naming traditions	2	(2)
Do people like their first names?	4	(2)
Changing maiden names	6	(3)
Games	9	(8)
Games for you to play	10	(2)
Majestic	12	(2)
Women playing games	14	(3)
Dance	17	(8)
Have fun with dance	18	(2)
Oriental dance: A dance for the whole family	20	(2)
Enjoying ballet	22	(3)
Helping others	25	(8)
If you see someone in trouble, don't just stand there	26	(2)
Random acts of kindness	28	(2)
Monkey business is Henrietta's middle name	30	(3)
Movies	33	(8)
Stunt school	34	(2)
Movie extras	36	(2)
The storyteller	38	(3)
Families	41	(8)
Living with mother	42	(2)
Father's Day	44	(2)
The incredible shrinking family	46	(3)
Men & women	49	(8)
The knight in shining armor	50	(2)
Men, women, and sports	52	(2)
Barefoot in the Park	54	(3)
Communication	57	(8)
Spotting communication problems	58	(2)
Can babies talk?	60	(2)
Watch your language	62	(3)
Dishonesty	65	(8)
The telltale signs of lying	66	(2)
If it sounds too good to be true ...	68	(2)
Truth or consequences	70	(3)
Etiquette	73	(8)
Cell phone yakkers need manners	74	(2)
How table manners became polite	76	(2)
Dinner with my parents	78	(3)
Love	81	(8)
True love is over in 30 months	82	(2)
Choosing a dog is like falling in love	84	(2)
Love Song for Lucinda; Ashes of Life	86	(3)
Fear	89	(8)
Flying? No fear	90	(2)
Don't fight a good fright	92	(2)
Fighting stage fright	94	(3)
The paranormal	97	(8)
Using hypnosis to combat stress	98	(2)
Psychic solves crimes	100	(2)
What is a near-death experience (NDE)?	102	(3)
Languages	105	(8)
The day a language died	106	(2)
Aping language	108	(2)
The bilingual brain	110	(3)
The senses	113	(8)
Ice cream tester has sweet job	114	(2)
Primer on smell	116	(2)
How deafness makes it easier to hear	118	(3)
Heroes	121	(8)
What does it take to be a hero?	122	(2)
Are athletes worthy heroes?	124	(2)
The hero of my life	126	(3)
Acknowledgments	129