Reading the News ISBN: 1424003814 • 1st Edition © 2007 • 120 pages Paperbound 8.5 x 11 • Available Now
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With Reading the News, students not only improve their ability to read newspapers in English-they gain practice that will help prepare them for TOEFL®, TOEIC®, and IELTS® exams. Presenting 24 authentic articles on contemporary issues gleaned from the International Herald Tribune, Reading the News is an ideal way to encourage students to read English outside the classroom.
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Table of Contents
1. A hunger for English lessons
2. Have foreign MBA, will travel in Chinese business
3. As smoke clears, tobacco maker opens lounge
4. Secret wealth vs. ýfor richer, for poorerý
5. Nuclear power industry feels the wind at its back
6. Womenýs work / The wages of equality
7. Managing globalization: If itýs here to stay, what do we do now?
8. Chances a low-fat diet will help? Slim and none
9. Music business finds little to sing about
10. Spotlight: A wedding planner for a new Japan
11. Cross-cultural training: How much difference does it really make?
12. The beauty premium: Why good looks pay
13. Retiring to cheaper climes? Caveat emptor
14. Cityscape: Street chef in a city that loves its food
15. The name game: Can anyone famous be a designer?
16. Stressed executives flee the pressure
17. Portrait: A rising star in Chinese cinema
18. Swedes step ahead on ethnic harmony
19. Film: The audience speaks Spanish but not at the multiplex
20. A British invasion for the digital age
21. Is Internet auctioneer an arena for criminals?
22. Global warming: Adapting to a new reality
23. Fake malaria pills haunt Asians
24. Keeping in touch the blogger way
New To Edition
- Helps prepare students for exams through exercises that practice TOEFL®, TOEIC® and IELTS® exam tasks
- Builds on students¿ natural interest in current events, presenting a wide variety of high-interest articles¿from the serious to the lighthearted¿grouped thematically by newspaper section (News/Features, Opinion, Business, Arts/Entertainment, Lifestyle, and Technology/Science/Health.
- Targets the reading, listening, vocabulary and other essential language skills learners need most for functional literacy in reading newspapers in English
- Includes ¿Special Focus on the Newspaper¿ sections on the characteristics and conventions of journalistic writing, offering strategies for analyzing an article¿s content and viewpoint
- Audio CDs containing recordings of articles in Reading the News¿ideal for improving listening comprehension and pronunciation skills
- Instructor¿s Manual presenting background about the articles, teaching suggestions, and answers to the exercises in the student text