For Your Information 2
Reading and Vocabulary Skills
2nd Edition
Published on 14. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-13-199182-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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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 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
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