more school subject readings 2/e
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Content
• Overview
• Key Features
• Unit Walkthrough• Student Book
• Workbook
• Interactive Hybrid CD
OverviewMore School Subject Readings, Second Edition is a three-level course in reading fluency for high-
beginner to low-intermediate learners of English. Incorporating important features of North
American textbooks, the readings cover a broad range of academic subjects, including history,
literature, social studies, astronomy, and more. Each reading is accompanied by a variety of
exercises that check comprehension and develop essential reading skills. The gradual increase of
vocabulary difficulty, grammatical complexity, and passage length in each book, ensures that
students will acquire the active reading skills necessary for success in their academic future.
New In Second Edition:
• Detachable Workbook with further reading skills to reinforce understanding of the coherence and
the flow of paragraphs
• Interactive Hybrid CD and free mobile app activities to engage students to practice, with more
vocabulary exercises, sentence building activities, and passage summarizing activities
• Downloadable materials for further language practice provided on the homepage
Key Features
•Pre-reading questions designed to activate readers’ background knowledge and interest
• Key vocabulary presented in the context so that students learn its usage with meanings
• Full–color photographs with captioned information that help students relate to the content
• Reading skill exercises that include sequencing, identifying main ideas and details,
classifying ,and more
• Unit summaries that reinforce comprehension and writing skills
Student Book
The questions can be discussed
individually or as a class, jump-
starting students’ interest in and
background knowledge of the
topic.
Pre-Reading
Students find important
vocabulary in the context of the
reading passage. Short and clear
definitions of the words are
provided.
Key
Vocabulary
A variety of school subject topics
are presented in passages of
three or four well-linked
paragraphs. Students can enjoy
reading by learning new
information about the topic of
each unit.
Reading
Student BookStudent Book
This exercise helps ensure
that students understand what
each paragraph is about.
Quick
Check
By answering this question,
students can form clear
conclusions about what the
passage is mainly about.
Big Idea
WorkbookStudent Book
This exercise checks basic
comprehension through simple
questions about the details of the
reading. Each of the questions is
carefully designed to help students
build reading skills. There are four
types of questions here: fill-in-the-
blank (single word), fill-in-the-blank
(phrase), identify details, and
inference.
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Details
This exercise enables students to
demonstrate their comprehension
by answering the questions with full
sentences.
Write in
Your Own
Words
Interactive Hybrid CDStudent Book
Students hone such reading skills
as identifying the main idea,
recognizing cause and effect,
sequencing, and more. At the same
time, they deepen their
understanding of the content by
filling in the various kinds of
visualization charts.
Visualize
the
Passage
By completing the summary,
students tie together their
knowledge of the content,
vocabulary, and reading skills. Filling
in the blanks with linking words
enables students to understand the
logical flow of the passage.
Summarize the
Passage
Supplementary Material Workbook
Exercise A refreshes students’
memories of the reading passage.
By filling in the outline of the
passage, students recall the flow of
the passage for the reading skill
practice activity that follows.
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Reading
Skills
Exercise B enables students to
practice building coherence in a
paragraph by choosing appropriate
linking words.
Supplementary Material Workbook
Exercise C enables students to
practice evaluating coherence in
paragraphs. By singling out
irrelevant sentences and ordering
the sentences, students can
complete the logical structure of
the paragraph.
Students can reinforce their
knowledge of the content through
both writing and speaking about the
topic. Deeper comprehension of
the reading can be achieved by
presenting students’ own ideas
about it.
Critical Thinking
& Writing
Hybrid CD
More School Subject Readings,
Second Edition, provides more
language practice on the hybrid
CD and free mobile application.
Scan the QR code on the back
cover of the book using your
mobile device to download the
app.
Target word flashcards
Word matches
Sentence-building activities
Report cards
Summary activities
MP3 audio recordings
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