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      • English POWER-On 3: Building Vocabulary & Reading Skills (2nd Ed.)
        Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)
        April 2019

        English POWER-On 3: Building Vocabulary & Reading Skills (2nd Ed.)

        by Laura Phelps

        The book is for intermediate English learners and is useful for vocabulary and reading instruction at the college level. The English POWER-On: Building Vocabulary and Reading Skills series is comprised of three books catering to English learners of different proficiency levels. Each book contains 18 units and 38 lessons that provide attractive reading material on different themes and various topics, including Travel, Animals, People, Art & Literature, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Science & Technology, Computers & the Internet, and Nature. This series offers you valuable practice with real English and a wealth of reading strategies and activities designed to help you build your vocabulary and comprehension skills. BASIC STRUCTURES OF THE BOOK Each lesson of the book is divided into three main parts that serve different functions and purposes. BEFORE YOU READ Before you read, each Pre-reading Warm-up exercise provides discussion questions to help you warm up your brain, increase your comprehension of the article, and familiarize you with the main topic. READING PASSAGE As you read, each short Reading Passage covers one of the many interesting topics and genres in the book, and points out target words and phrases to enhance your vocabulary and reading competence as well as foster your skills in appropriate word usage. AFTER YOU READ After you read, this section provides you with different kinds of after-reading activities, including: • Reading Skill practices reading skills such as Making Inferences, Drawing Conclusions, Identifying Causes and Effects, Distinguishing Main Ideas and Supporting Details, and Evaluating Text Features. • Word Study reinforces the appropriate usage of words and phrases. • Exercise consists of Reading Comprehension, Target Vocabulary, and Critical Thinking. These after-reading activities will help you gain a better understanding of the article and also build up your vocabulary and reading skills.

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      • Gateways to Cross-Cultural Exchanges
        Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)
        March 2021

        Gateways to Cross-Cultural Exchanges

        by Ching-Yi Tien / Paul C. TALLEY / Yukiri Kusaka / Mohamed Reddad / Grace Po-ting Fang

        Designed for college students who are at a high-intermediate level of English proficiency, this book provides an effective introduction to different aspects of cross-cultural encounters. Using language suitable for both purpose and audience, this book explores various topics related to cross-cultural interaction, such as communication, education, gender, and food.The aim of this book is to equip students with the ability to deal with cross-cultural situations and help them develop an open-minded attitude towards people from different cultures.Consisting of carefully arranged elements such as informative readings, real-life dialogues, in-depth discussions, engaging after-class activities, and colorful illustrations, this book is also a useful learning tool for those who would like to expand their English vocabulary, cultivate better reading skills, and enhance their listening comprehension.There are 14 units in this book, with each unit divided into seven or eight sections:1.Think & DiscussEach Think & Discuss section contains a picture and accompanying questions related to the topic of the unit. This section serves as a warm-up, building up students’ ability to comprehend visual scenarios and allowing them to share their thoughts with classmates.2.BrainstormingEach unit contains a number of brainstorming questions related to the article in Guided Reading, allowing students to reflect on ideas or issues that are presented in the article and form their own opinions before reading it.3.Guided ReadingThis section contains an article exploring the topic in a cross-cultural context, providing students with cross-cultural knowledge and fostering open-mindedness in them when they deal with cross-cultural issues. There is also an audio file that goes along with this section for students to enhance their listening competency.4.Reading ComprehensionThis section provides either reading comprehension questions or a True or False quiz to test students’ understanding of the article and open in-depth discussions on the ideas presented in the article.5.DialogueEach unit contains a dialogue that plays out scenarios related to the topic. Through conversations between characters, students can derive a general picture of how cross-cultural encounters may happen in real life. Like the Guided Reading section, this section comprises an audio file to help students strengthen their listening ability.6.Dialogue DiscussionA number of discussion questions follow each dialogue to test students’ comprehension of the dialogue and prompt them to discuss the real-life issues raised.7.Further DiscussionSome units contain a further discussion section in which students can engage more deeply with issues that are connected to the main topic. It gives students an opportunity to examine and reflect on cross-cultural ideas that are relevant to today’s world.8.Making ConnectionsThis concluding section provides suggestions for extra reading materials, research topics, or activities that will enrich students’ knowledge of the topic and apply what they have learned to real life.

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      • Gateways to Cross-Cultural Exchanges 2
        Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)
        February 2020

        Gateways to Cross-Cultural Exchanges 2

        by Ching-Yi Tien / Paul C. Talley / Yukiri Kusaka / Mohamed Reddad / Grace Po-ting Fang

        Designed for college students who are at a high-intermediate level of English proficiency, this book provides an effective introduction to different aspects of cross-cultural encounters. Using language suitable for both purpose and audience, this book explores various topics related to cross-cultural interaction, such as religions, festivals, family types, and dress codes. The aim of this book is to equip students with the ability to deal with cross-cultural situations and help them develop an open-minded attitude towards people from different cultures. Consisting of carefully arranged elements such as informative readings, real-life dialogues, in-depth discussions, engaging after-class activities, and colorful illustrations, this book is also a useful learning tool for those who would like to expand their English vocabulary, cultivate better reading skills, and enhance their listening comprehension. There are 14 units in this book, with each unit divided into seven sections: 1. Think & Discuss Each Think & Discuss section contains a picture and accompanying questions related to the topic of the unit. This section serves as a warm-up, building up students’ ability to comprehend visual scenarios and allowing them to share their thoughts with classmates. 2. Brainstorming Each unit contains a number of brainstorming questions related to the article in Guided Reading, allowing students to reflect on ideas or issues that are presented in the article and form their own opinions before reading it. 3. Guided Reading This section contains an article exploring the topic in a cross-cultural context, providing students with cross-cultural knowledge and fostering open-mindedness in them when they deal with cross-cultural issues. There is also an audio file that goes along with this section for students to enhance their listening competency. 4. Reading Comprehension This section provides either reading comprehension questions or a True or False quiz to test students’ understanding of the article and open in-depth discussions on the ideas presented in the article. 5. Dialogue Each unit contains a dialogue that plays out scenarios related to the topic. Through conversations between characters, students can derive a general picture of how cross-cultural encounters may happen in real life. Like the Guided Reading section, this section comprises an audio file to help students strengthen their listening ability. 6. Dialogue Discussion A number of discussion questions follow each dialogue to test students’ comprehension of the dialogue and prompt them to discuss the real-life issues raised. 7. Making Connections This concluding section provides suggestions for extra reading materials, research topics, or activities that will enrich students’ knowledge of the topic and apply what they have learned to real life.

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      • Ready for Reading Success 1: Develop Your Reading Comprehension Skills
        Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)
        October 2020

        Ready for Reading Success 1: Develop Your Reading Comprehension Skills

        by Owain Mckimm

        Ready for Reading Success is a four-volume series of exercise books designed for beginners which aims to develop reading competence and improve reading skills. As 12-year basic education emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary and real-life-based learning, this series is designed to meet those objectives. The book contains 50 articles that come in many different forms, including passages, poems, dialogues, advertisements, etc. Each text is composed of no more than 150 words, and is followed by five multiple-choice comprehension questions that help train readers’ acquisition ability and allow self-examination. The book is divided into four primary units, within which are subunits that focus on different skills. Topics in this book includes literature, food, plants, culture, and travel, to name but a few. With all its merits, the book serves as an incomparable tool that empowers readers to soar to success. Structure Unit 1: Reading Skills 1-1 Subject Matter / Main Idea 1-2 Supporting Details / Cause & Effect 1-3 Fact Or Opinion / Making Inferences 1-4 Review: Reading Skills This unit covers six key ideas to look for when reading an article. In this unit, readers will learn to recognize what a text is mainly about, understand how an author feels about a topic, make assumptions based on information, and observe how details can be used to support main ideas. Unit 2: Word Study Synonyms / Antonyms / Words In Context In this unit, you will practice identifying words with the same or opposite meanings, and guessing the meanings of words from their context. These skills will help you understand new vocabulary and build vocabulary on your own in the future. Unit 3: Study Strategies 3-1 Visual Materials 3-2 Reference Sources Visual material like charts and graphs, and reference sources like indexes and dictionaries, all provide important information. What’s more, they help you understand complicated information more quickly than you can by reading. In this unit, you will learn to use them to gather information. Unit 4: Final Review 4-1 Review: Reading Skills 4-2 Review: Word Study 4-3 Review: Visual Material 4-4 Review: Reference Sources In this unit, you will review what you have learned. From these comprehensive questions, you can examine how well you have absorbed the ideas and material in this book.

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