| Title : | Practical Readings: Bk. 1 | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Anthony Bruton, Author ; Angeles Broca, Author | | Publication Date: | 2002 | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-896942-11-7 | | Price: | €12.45 | | Class number: | 428.4 | | Abstract: | Practical Readings 1 is a reading text for elementary to low intermediate level students of English as a foreign language or second language, teenagers through young adults. Through 18 units - 25 to 40 hours of classroom material- Practical Readings 1 gives students practice in a wide variety of reading skills such as skimming, scanning, reading for detail and inferencing.
In addition Practical Readings 1 presents a wide range of text types - advertisements, maps, tour itineraries, short descriptions - with different textual features. The texts are short to allow more class time to be spent focusing on element within the student's attention to feature such as reference, ellipses, word choice and the use of markers. Much attention is given to how texts actually work.
Practical Readings 1 thus helps students to understand with both the bottom-up and top-down skills they need to more fully understand what they will read in the future. This approach easily goes hand-in-hand with giving more extensive readings.
Finally, each unit in Practical Reading 1 ends with an activating exercise in which students are given the chance to actively apply the language read. |
Practical Readings: Bk. 1 [printed text] / Anthony Bruton, Author ; Angeles Broca, Author . - 2002. ISBN : 978-1-896942-11-7 : €12.45 | Class number: | 428.4 | | Abstract: | Practical Readings 1 is a reading text for elementary to low intermediate level students of English as a foreign language or second language, teenagers through young adults. Through 18 units - 25 to 40 hours of classroom material- Practical Readings 1 gives students practice in a wide variety of reading skills such as skimming, scanning, reading for detail and inferencing.
In addition Practical Readings 1 presents a wide range of text types - advertisements, maps, tour itineraries, short descriptions - with different textual features. The texts are short to allow more class time to be spent focusing on element within the student's attention to feature such as reference, ellipses, word choice and the use of markers. Much attention is given to how texts actually work.
Practical Readings 1 thus helps students to understand with both the bottom-up and top-down skills they need to more fully understand what they will read in the future. This approach easily goes hand-in-hand with giving more extensive readings.
Finally, each unit in Practical Reading 1 ends with an activating exercise in which students are given the chance to actively apply the language read. |
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