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Reading and Writing in English, Book 1

An Interactive Text for Intermediate ESL Students

General Information

Author: Kristan Cavina
ISBN: 1-889850-00-4

Features:

  • High interest readings, in a variety of formats, appropriate for adult learners at the intermediate level
  • Writing activities, including prompts for short pieces and a step-by-step introduction to the academic writing process
  • Each chapter also contains:
    • Word forms: practice with different forms of related words such as occupy, occupying, occupant, and occupation
    • Word combinations: practice with common but troublesome combinations such as depend on and interested in
    • Questions for answers: answers for both yes/no questions and a variety of question-word questions
    • Idioms in English: common idiomatic expressions with words such as get and make
    • Focus on words: practice with words that ESL students commonly misuse, such as pretend, make/do, and actually
    • Pronunciation: focus on a particular problem such as eat/it, ship/chip, and the number of syllables in verb and noun forms
    • A grammar topic: a brief presentation of an essential grammar topic which can be practiced within the context of the readings
  • Answer key

Also Available:

Instructor's Manual
ISBN: 1-889850-01-2
  • Second language teaching strategies
  • Detailed suggestions for Chapter 1 that can be applied to each subsequent chapter
  • Quizzes
    • Chapter quizzes ready for duplication
    • Sample reading quizzes
    • Sample dictation quizzes

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