Issues for Today: An Effective Reading Skills Text

Reference

Lorraine C. Smith

Nancy Nici Mare

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Newbury House Publishers

Read on: Student Book Level 1 (Read on (McGraw-Hill Paperback))

Words, Language & Grammar

McGraw-Hill Europe

The entertaining reading series for beginning-level ESL students that uses short, believe-it-or-not, real-life stories to stimulate vocabulary acquisition and build reading comprehension..Read On is a new reading series designed for beginning and high-beginning level ESL students. Each book in the series features 20 short, stimulating reading passages on high-interest topics such as a hotel that?s 21 feet below the ocean, a woman who lived in a tree, how twin brothers fell in love with twin sisters, and blind people who use seeing-eye horses..Each reading contains vital, high-frequency vocabulary that is recycled throughout the chapters in each book. This gives students a chance to see new vocabulary a number of times and in a variety of contexts. Teachers and students will also enjoy the self-standing format of the series. They can either select chapters according to need and interest or systematically work through each book..FEATURES:..Chapter-opening photographs introduce students to the themes of the readings..Before You Read activities ask students to make inferences, activate their prior knowledge, and answer questions based on their experience..Audio recordings of each reading selection provide students with listening practice to increase their comprehension skills..Key vocabulary items appear in bold-faced type for easy reference..Main idea questions presented in standardized testing formats help students check their reading comprehension as well as prepare them for success in taking standardized tests..Learn New Words and Complete the Paragraph activities test students? understanding of new vocabulary words..Think It Over activities encourage students to use critical thinking skills to examine ideas introduced in the reading selections..Write It Down activities prompt students to write sentences and paragraphs about their thoughts, opinions, and ideas.. Talk It Over activities ask students to discuss ideas related to the chapter topics .An Activity Menu section at the end of each pair of chapters, gives students the opportunity to practice and recycle new vocabulary and do expansion work through:..Tie It Together activities-- students use graphic organizers to synthesize information from the previous two chapters..Just for Fun activities ? students practice spelling and word order..Go Online activities--students Internet search skills......This is the beginning level student book...

Read On 1 Beginning Student Book

English as a Second Language

McGraw=Hill

The entertaining reading series for beginning-level ESL students that uses short, believe-it-or-not, real-life stories to stimulate vocabulary acquisition and build reading comprehension. Read On is a new reading series designed for beginning and high-beginning level ESL students. Each book in the series features 20 short, stimulating reading passages on high-interest topics such as a hotel that’s 21 feet below the ocean, a woman who lived in a tree, how twin brothers fell in love with twin sisters, and blind people who use seeing-eye horses. Each reading contains vital, high-frequency vocabulary that is recycled throughout the chapters in each book. This gives students a chance to see new vocabulary a number of times and in a variety of contexts. Teachers and students will also enjoy the self-standing format of the series. They can either select chapters according to need and interest or systematically work through each book. FEATURES: 
<li>Chapter-opening photographs introduce students to the themes of the readings.</li> <li>Before You Read activities ask students to make inferences, activate their prior knowledge, and answer questions based on their experience.</li> <li>Audio recordings of each reading selection provide students with listening practice to increase their comprehension skills.</li> <li>Key vocabulary items appear in bold-faced type for easy reference.</li> Main idea questions presented in standardized testing formats help students check their reading comprehension as well as prepare them for success in taking standardized tests. <li>Learn New Words and Complete the Paragraph activities test students’ understanding of new vocabulary words.</li> <li>Think It Over activities encourage students to use critical thinking skills to examine ideas introduced in the reading selections.</li> <li>Write It Down activities prompt students to write sentences and paragraphs about their thoughts, opinions, and ideas.</li> <li> Talk It Over activities ask students to discuss ideas related to the chapter topics </li> <li>An Activity Menu section at the end of each pair of chapters, gives students the opportunity to practice and recycle new vocabulary and do expansion work through: --Tie It Together activities-- students use graphic organizers to synthesize information from the previous two chapters. --Just for Fun activities – students practice spelling and word other. --Go Online activities--students Internet search skills.</li>

Read On 2 High Beginning Student Book

Concepts and Topics for Today

ISSUES FOR TODAY combines stimulating reading topics with a carefully planned combination of pre- and post-reading exercises and activities designed to reinforce comprehension and develop critical thinking skills.

Issues for Today: An Intermediate Reading Skills Text, Second Edition

Heinle ELT

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Issues for Today, 3rd Edition (Reading for Today 3)

Newbury House

Themes for Today is the first in a five-level academic skills program that systematically develops students' reading and vocabulary skills through engaging themes and comprehensive practice. The Reading for Today series teaches essential reading strategies like skimming, scanning, fact-finding, and paraphrasing, and gives students opportunities to talk and write about what they've read. The new edition of this best-selling series helps learners build solid skills for academic success!

Issues for Today, 4th Edition (Reading for Today 3)

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