Reading and Writing in English, Book 2 An Interactive Text for Intermediate ESL Students

General Information

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: 1-889850-03-9

• 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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