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For Your Information 1 - Karen Blanchard, Christine Root

For Your Information 1

Reading and Vocabulary Skills
Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2007 | 2nd edition
Pearson Education (US) (Verlag)
978-0-13-199186-6 (ISBN)
CHF 55,30 inkl. MwSt
The new edition of For Your Information 1: Reading and Vocabulary Skills, by Karen Blanchard and Christine Root, helps 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 1, 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.

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.

Unit 1 ALL IN THE FAMILY

Chapter 1 A Family Bike Trip

Chapter 2 What’s in a Name?

Chapter 3 The Jim Twins

Tie It All Together

Unit 1 Vocabulary Self-Test

Unit 2 LET’S EAT

Chapter 1 A Peanut Butter Restaurant

Chapter 2 The Tokyo Fish Market

Chapter 3 A Cookie with a Surprise Inside

Tie It All Together

Unit 2 Vocabulary Self-Test

Unit 3 KEEPING IN TOUCH

Chapter 1 Sending E-Cards

Chapter 2 Easy Ways to Keep in Touch

Chapter 3 Sending Cyber-Hugs

Tie It All Together

Unit 3 Vocabulary Self-Test

Unit 4 THE WORK WORLD

Chapter 1 What’s New?

Chapter 2 A Job Change

Chapter 3 A Popular Cartoonist

Tie It All Together

Unit 4 Vocabulary Self-Test

Unit 5 LANGUAGE AND LIFE

Chapter 1 Languages of the World

Chapter 2 Hangul Day

Chapter 3 Students Save Their Native Language

Tie It All Together

Unit 5 Vocabulary Self-Test

Unit 6 ANIMAL TALES

Chapter 1 Friends with Four Legs

Chapter 2 A Baby Panda Gets a Name

Chapter 3 A Lost Cat Comes Home

Tie It All Together

Unit 6 Vocabulary Self-Test

Unit 7 SPORTS STORIES

Chapter 1 A Marathon Marriage

Chapter 2 Who Is Tiger Woods?

Chapter 3 The “Ultimate” Game

Tie It All Together

Unit 7 Vocabulary Self-Test

Unit 8 CITY SIGHTS

Chapter 1 Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar

Chapter 2 An Ice Hotel

Chapter 3 Sister Cities Exchange Gifts

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 Journals

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.3.2007
Verlagsort Upper Saddle River
Sprache englisch
Maße 204 x 256 mm
Gewicht 440 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-13-199186-8 / 0131991868
ISBN-13 978-0-13-199186-6 / 9780131991866
Zustand Neuware
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