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9780132626477

For Your Information 2 Reading and Vocabulary Skills (Student Book and Classroom Audio CDs)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780132626477

  • ISBN10:

    0132626470

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Package
  • Copyright: 2010-09-28
  • Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

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Summary

The new edition of For Your Information 2,by Karen Blanchard and Christine Root, helps high-beginning students become engaged, thoughtful, and confident readers of English. Each thematic unit features high-interest readings and an assortment of activities to increase students'vocabulary base and build reading skills.   Features of For Your Information 2,Second Edition: New and updated reading selections motivate students to explore different aspects of each topic and develop a range of critical thinking skills. Expanded reading comprehension and skill-building exercises help prepare students for academic competency and standardized testing A variety of new vocabulary-building skills and word-attack activities increase students'vocabulary. A companion DVD of ABC News excerpts, with accompanying activities, expands on the themes.  To order the Audio CDs, click on the Resources link on the left side of this page.

Author Biography

Karen Blanchard has an M.S.Ed in English Education from the University of Pennsylvania, and Christine Root has an M.Ed in English Education from the University of Massachusetts. Both authors have more than twenty-five years of experience working with English language learners at the university level. Karen has also taught at the American Language Academy at Beaver College, in addition to tutoring students at many levels. Christine has taught in the Harvard ESL program and is a founder, coordinator, and guide in the ESOL tour program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Karen and Christine continue to enjoy working together to create English language textbooks for students around the world.

 

Karen and Chistine first met when they were teaching at the University of Pennylvania. It wan't long before they began working on their first book, Ready to Write. They have continued their successful collaboration, producing more than seventeen popular reading and writing textbooks.

Table of Contents

Unit 1               TUNE IN TO TECHNOLOGY

 

Chapter 1         New Robots on Display

Chapter 2         Online Shopping is Big Business

Chapter 3         Florida Family Gets Computer Chips

Tie It All Together

Unit 1 Vocabulary Self-Test

 

 

Unit 2               TRAVEL TALK

 

Chapter 1         Sailing Around the World

Chapter 2         A Suitcase Story

Chapter 3         Flying High but Feeling Low

Tie It All Together

Unit 2 Vocabulary Self-Test

 

 

Unit 3               ANIMALS IN OUR LIVES

 

Chapter 1         Can Animals Think?

Chapter 2         Crazy About Cats, or Just Crazy?

Chapter 3         Call the Medicine Man

Tie It All Together

Unit 3 Vocabulary Self-Test

 

 

Unit 4               SETTING GOALS AND FACING CHALLENGES

 

Chapter 1         People with Disabilities Find Challenge on Ski Slopes

Chapter 2         Breaking Records

Chapter 3         Sounds of Bali

Tie It All Together

Unit 4 Vocabulary Self-Test

 

 

Unit 5               BRAIN POWER

 

Chapter 1         Do You Know Your Right Brain from Your Left Brain?

Chapter 2         Albert Einstein: The World’s Most Famous Scientist

Chapter 3         How Good Is Your Memory?

Tie It All Together

Unit 5 Vocabulary Self-Test

 

 

Unit 6               COMPANIES THAT CARE

 

Chapter 1         The Body Shop: A Success Story

Chapter 2         The Scoop on Ben & Jerry’s

Chapter 3         A New Use for Old Bottles

Tie It All Together

Unit 6 Vocabulary Self-Test

 

 

Unit 7               FOOD FOR THOUGHT

 

Chapter 1         Space Muffin Wins Contest

Chapter 2         Chocolate: A Taste of History

Chapter 3         Do TV Commercials Affect Eating Habits?

Tie It All Together

Unit 7 Vocabulary Self-Test

 

 

Unit 8               HOW’S THE WEATHER?

 

Chapter 1         Are You SAD?

Chapter 2         Tornado Chaser

Chapter 3         Climate and Weather

Tie It All Together

Unit 8 Vocabulary Self-Test

 

 

Vocabulary Self-Tests Answer Key

Glossary

Map of the United States

Map of the World

Reader’s Journal

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