For Your Information 1
Reading and Vocabulary Skills
2nd Edition
Published on 14. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-13-199186-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Target group
ELT/ESL
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-199186-6 (9780131991866)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
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.
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.
Content
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
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