Includes indexes.

"Welcome to National Geographic Learning's new Reading and Vocabulary Focus series. The series delivers memorable reading experiences, develops essential reading skills, and showcases a wide variety of high-utility vocabulary. The passages take readers to exciting new places where they can apply the skills of successful academic readers. While engaged with the content, readers encounter target vocabulary that is ample, diverse, and presented with a fresh, pragmatic view of what the term vocabulary item truly means.

A comprehensive, three-part vocabulary development program builds student confidence as learners encounter new or unfamiliar words in academic texts:
Academic Vocabulary sections develop the language that students will encounter in academic readings.
Multiword Vocabulary sections identify words that are commonly grouped together and then prompt learners to work with them in different contexts to develop reading fluency.
Topic Vocabulary is presented as a reading preview strategy to enhance learner comprehension of the text.
After each reading, learners are taught an essential reading skill and then apply that skill meaningfully to the reading.
Connect the Readings at the end of each unit practice critical thinking skills as learners are guided to compare, contrast, and synthesize information from the two readings." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Inside a unit

Series introduction

U1 FOOD
Reading 1: Foods with Many Uses
READING SKILL: Recognizing Word Forms
Reading 2: The Amazing Coconut
READING SKILL: Scanning for Specific Information

U2 THE FACE
Reading 1: Face Blindness
READING SKILL: Identifying Main Ideas
Reading 2: Facial-Recognition Technology
READING SKILL: Making Inferences

U3 CITIES
Reading 1: Livable Cities
READING SKILL: Understanding Cause and Effect
Reading 2: Kazakhstan's City of Tomorrow
READING SKILL: Making Inferences

U4 TECHNOLOGY
Reading 1: Augmented Reality
READING SKILL: Connecting Examples to the Main Ideas They Support
Reading 2: From Humans to Cyborgs?
READING SKILL: Identifying the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words

U5 MUSIC
Reading 1: Seeing Music
READING SKILL: Taking Notes
Reading 2: Earworms: The Songs in Your Head
READING SKILL: Identifying Pronoun References

U6 ANIMAL GROUPS
Reading 1: Living Together
READING SKILL: Organizing Information in a Chart
Reading 2: The Genius of Swarms
READING SKILL: Recognizing Facts and Theories

U7 MAKING NEWS
Reading 1: Accidental Reporters
READING SKILL: Understanding Quotations
Reading 2: Telling Kibera's Story
READING SKILL: Identifying Supporting Examples

U8 NOISE AND LIGHT
Reading 1: Noisy Earth
READING SKILL: Evaluating Sources
Reading 2: Our Vanishing Night
READING SKILL: Using Flowcharts to Show Causes and Effects

U9 EXPRESSIONS
Reading 1: In Your Face
READING SKILL: Understanding Words that Show Contrast
Reading 2: The Science of Smiles
READING SKILL: Understanding Reference Words

Vocabulary index

Credits

For English as second language learners at the intermediate level.