Book Description

Especially written for intermediate to high-intermediate students, Building on Basics and Building Understanding feature authentic, thematically organized readings from nonfiction, academic, and literary sources. The high-interest topics and thematically linked readings effectively build students' background knowledge and vocabulary for later readings. With their increased knowledge of a topic, students will have more to talk, think, and write about as they acquire English.Pre-reading activities, varied comprehension exercises, and text analyses develop students' academic skills and encourage oral and written skills.Building Understanding features: -- A wide variety of reading genres including nonfiction, personal essay, literature, and poetry to broaden students' reading experiences-- Interactive pre-reading and post-reading activities to utilize students' background knowledge and develop critical thinking skills-- Writing and discussion activities that move students from the text to broader, related issues