The Vocabulary Booster CD series is the newest, most effective, and easiest way to build a stronger vocabulary, thereby leading to better reading comprehension, improved grades, and higher SAT scores.
This book is designed to help you improve your reading comprehension skills by studying 20 minutes a day for 20 days. You’ll start with the basics and move on to more complex reading comprehension and critical thinking strategies. Please note that although each chapter can be an effective skill builder on its own, it is important that you proceed through this book in order, from Lesson 1 through Lesson 20. Each lesson builds on skills and ideas discussed in the previous chapters.
This text helps students understand and use 100 high-frequency American idioms in various grammatical and situational contexts.
-- Twenty self-contained lessons move from highly controlled to less-controlled use of idioms.
-- Provides intensive practice in exercises designed for fluency attainment as well as comprehension.
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Each lesson features a seven-part dialogue that introduces the idioms,
with usage notes, structure practice, and comprehension exercises.
Learning idioms is an essential element for English as a Second
Language students. This book not only contains an extensive list of
useful and commonly used idioms but, in contrast to others, includes
exercises with each lesson helping ensure that the material is
remembered.
This is a series of four workbooks written for secondary or intermediate students who want to improve their reading comprehension skills. The 20 reading texts in each of the two higher-level books deal with contemporary and social issues that teenagers are encouraged to read about. Words and phrases highlighted in each passage are explained in the Vocabulary Study section. There is a variety of comprehension exercises, including Pre-reading Questions and Oral Practice. Students can hear the reading passages on an accompanying audio CD. These workbooks are suitable for small group or classroom use.
This is a series of four workbooks written for secondary or intermediate students who want to improve their reading comprehension skills. The 20 reading texts in each of the two higher-level books deal with contemporary and social issues that teenagers are encouraged to read about. Words and phrases highlighted in each passage are explained in the Vocabulary Study section. There is a variety of comprehension exercises, including Pre-reading Questions and Oral Practice. Students can hear the reading passages on an accompanying audio CD. These workbooks are suitable for small group or classroom use.
