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For Your Information 4 Karen Blanchard

For Your Information 4 By Karen Blanchard

For Your Information 4 by Karen Blanchard


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For Your Information 4: Reading and Vocabulary Skills by Karen Blanchard

The new edition of For Your Information 4, by Karen Blanchard and Christine Root, helps high-intermediate students become engaged, thoughtful, and confident readers of English. Each thematic unit features high-interest readings and an assortment of activities to increase students' vocabulary base and build reading skills. Features of For Your Information 4, Second Edition: New and updated reading selections motivate students to explore different aspects of each topic and develop a range of critical thinking skills. Expanded reading comprehension and skill-building exercises help prepare students for academic competency and standardized tests. A variety of new vocabulary-building skills and word-attack activities increase students' vocabulary. A companion DVD of ABC News excerpts, with accompanying activities, expands on the themes. To order the Audio CDs, click on the Resources link on the left side of this page.

About Karen Blanchard

Karen Blanchard has an M.S.Ed in English Education from the University of Pennsylvania, and Christine Root has an M.Ed in English Education from the University of Massachusetts. Both authors have more than twenty-five years of experience working with English language learners at the university level. Karen has also taught at the American Language Academy at Beaver College, in addition to tutoring students at many levels. Christine has taught in the Harvard ESL program and is a founder, coordinator, and guide in the ESOL tour program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Karen and Christine continue to enjoy working together to create English language textbooks for students around the world. Karen and Chistine first met when they were teaching at the University of Pennylvania. It wan't long before they began working on their first book, Ready to Write. They have continued their successful collaboration, producing more than seventeen popular reading and writing textbooks.

Table of Contents

Unit 1 WHAT LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK? Chapter 1 Reaping the Rewards of Learning English Chapter 2 The Hope of Esperanto Chapter 3 Instant Messaging: Shaping Our Lives Tie It All Together Unit 1 Vocabulary Self-Test Unit 2 DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY Chapter 1 The E-Factor! Chapter 2 Happiness Is ... Chapter 3 How Color Can Change Your Life Tie It All Together Unit 2 Vocabulary Self-Test Unit 3 HOME AND FAMILY Chapter 1 The House on Mango Street Chapter 2 My House Chapter 3 Birth Order: What It Means for Your Kids ... and You Tie It All Together Unit 3 Vocabulary Self-Test Unit 4 WINNING AND LOSING Chapter 1 Athletes as Role Models Chapter 2 Olympic Marathons, Then and Now Chapter 3 Helping Athletes Go for the GOld Tie It All Together Unit 4 Vocabulary Self-Test Unit 5 HEALING POWER Chapter 1 Plant Power Chapter 2 Music's Surprising Power to Heal Chapter 3 Frogs and Human Health Tie It All Together Unit 5 Vocabulary Self-Test Unit 6 CRIME Chapter 1 They're Stealing Our Masterpieces Chapter 2 Crime Lab Chapter 3 For Sale: Stolen Animals Tie It All Together Unit 6 Vocabulary Self-Test Unit 7 THE UNIVERSE AND BEYOND Chapter 1 Valuable By-Products of Space Research Chapter 2 Destination Mars Chapter 3 Dancing to the Music of Physics Tie It All Together Unit 7 Vocabulary Self-Test Unit 8 BUSINESS SAVVY Chapter 1 Nothing but the Truth Chapter 2 Do's and Taboos Tie It All Together Unit 8 Vocabulary Self-Test Vocabulary Self-Tests Answer Key Glossary Map of the World Map of the United States Reader's Journals

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CIN0132436949G
9780132436946
0132436949
For Your Information 4: Reading and Vocabulary Skills by Karen Blanchard
Used - Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
2007-06-14
272
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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