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Strategic Reading 2 is a new intermediate reading skills text for adult and young-adult learners of English as a Second or Foreign Language. Strategic Reading 2 is designed to build the reading skills and vocabulary that students need to achieve academic success. The book contains 16 units on contemporary themes. Each unit contains three multiple-genre readings adapted from authentic sources such as newspapers, magazines, books, and websites. Units open by introducing new vocabulary and asking students thought-provoking questions related to the unit theme. On the page opposite the readings are exercises that develop student interest in the theme, provide practice in a variety of text-appropriate reading skills, and offer opportunities for discussion and/or writing. The final page features vocabulary expansion activies and suggestions for extension activities, which can be completed either inside or outside the classroom.

A comprehensive course in listening skills.

This collection provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. This book provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The anthology offers a comprehensive overview to the teaching of English and illustrates the complexity underlying many of the practical planning and instructional activities it involves. Organized into 16 sections, the book contains 41 seminal articles by well-known teacher trainers and researchers. Also included are two sets of discussion questions - a pre-reading background set and a post-reading reflection set. This anthology serves as an important resource for teachers wishing to design a basic course in methodology.

Strategic Reading 1 is a new low-intermediate to intermediate reading skills text for adult and young-adult learners of English as a Second or Foreign Language. Strategic Reading 1 is designed to build the reading skills and vocabulary that students need to achieve academic success. The book contains 16 units on contemporary themes. Each unit contains three multiple-genre readings adapted from authentic sources such as newspapers, magazines, books, and websites. Units open by introducing new vocabulary and asking students thought-provoking questions related to the unit theme. On the page opposite the readings are exercises that develop student interest in the theme, provide practice in a variety of text-appropriate reading skills, and offer opportunities for discussion and/or writing. The final page features vocabulary expansion activities and suggestions for extension activities, which can be completed either inside or outside the classroom.

A partir de un esquema de análisis de gran sencillez y claridad, se describen los rasgos principales de los enfoques y métodos de mayor aceptación en las últimas décadas. En un esfuerzo de síntesis y de rigor conceptual, los autores analizan el Método Audiolingüístico, el Enfoque Natural, la Enseñanza Comunicativa de la Lengua, la Sugestopedia y otros tantos enfoques y métodos que constituyen hoy la base de los planteamientos didácticos de los especialistas y los profesores de idiomas.

New Interchange is a multi-level series for adult and young adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. The Teacher's Manual contains teaching suggestions, answer keys for the Student's Book and Workbook, listening scripts, optional activities, and photocopiable Achievements Tests with their own listening scripts and answer keys.

New Interchange is a multi-level series for adult and young adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. The Student's Audio CD B includes all the recorded material from the Class Audio Program, with the exception of the Listening Activities, for units 9-16 of the Student's Book. The Student's Audio program is also available on Audio Cassette. (Note that the Student's Audio Program is included in the Student's Book/Audio CD Bundle.)