The Information Explorer series provides readers with the tools they need to find, organize and share information clearly and effectively. Activities designed to help readers explore all kinds of information sources are included in each chapter.
This exciting book follows the travels of Viking explorer Leif Eriksson from Iceland to Greenland and on to North America. Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in a tabloid-news style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations, and discoveries.
Translators want to take their readers into account, but traditional translation theory does not offer much advice on how to do that. User-Centered Translation (UCT) offers practical tools and methods to help empower translators to act for their readers. This book will help readers to: Create mental models such as personas; Test translations with usability testing methods; Carry out reception research. Including assignments, case studies and real-life scenarios ranging from the translation of user instructions and EU texts to literary and audiovisual translation, this is an essential guide for students, translators and researchers.
Content leveled readers teach science concepts, vocabulary, and reading skills – at each student’s reading level – and allow students to read and explore the wonders of nonfiction. Leveled science readers deliver science content to help address the individual needs of all students. They reinforce reading skills and strategies while promoting science understanding. Each grade 2 science reader is a richly illustrated, self-contained little book with ten to twelve double pages.
Fossils and Dinosaurs (Graded Science Readers Level 2)
Content leveled readers teach science concepts, vocabulary, and reading skills – at each student’s reading level – and allow students to read and explore the wonders of nonfiction. Leveled science readers deliver science content to help address the individual needs of all students. They reinforce reading skills and strategies while promoting science understanding. Each grade 2 science reader is a richly illustrated, self-contained little book with ten to twelve double pages.
