Read and Reflect: Academic Reading Strategies and Cultural Awareness

English level: Beginning to Low-Intermediate

Series Editors: Jayme Adelson-Goldstein and Lori Howard

Description

The Read and Reflect series develops academic reading skills through an exploration of U.S. culture. Students develop their reading ability, acquire useful vocabulary, and discuss their own ideas in guided and controlled contexts. Thought-provoking readings are based on a variety of authentic sources and cover a range of topics across the curriculum from the social sciences to history, technology, and business. Stimulating exercises and group activities promote reading proficiency, critical thinking, and vocabulary acquisition.

Key features

  • Clearly presented reading strategies help students develop the skills they need for their academic work.
  • Vocabulary activities provide practice with prefixes and suffixes, synonyms and antonyms, and word families, providing a solid foundation for further vocabulary expansion.
  • Read and Share activities encourage students to think critically and synthesize ideas.
  • Charts and graphs promote analytical thinking.

Assessment

This test-generating software is a comprehensive tool for creating and customizing tests for all levels of Read and Reflect. It offers carefully leveled reading texts and test items that allow teachers to quickly and easily assess their students’ progress. Answer keys provided for all tests.

ISBN index

Read and Reflect

Student Book Introductory 978-0-19-437731-7
Student Book 1 978-0-19-437729-4
Student Book 2 978-0-19-437730-0
Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView® Test Generator 978-0-19-439165-8