"A four-level, research-based course, From Reading to Writing provides a complete sequence of high-interest, thematically connected activities that fully integrate reading and writing.
Features of From Reading to Writing
- In each unit, 2 high-interest readings present different perspectives on an engaging theme and provide springboards for writing.
- Corpus-based vocabulary (Academic Word List, General Service List, Common English Idioms List) ensures that students learn the words they need most.
- Bridge activities help students make the connection between reading, writing, and vocabulary.
- Step-by-step process writing assignments that include peer feedback, editing, and revising help students master common academic genres and rhetorical forms.
- Proofwriter, an online form of ETS, provides students with immediate individualized feedback on grammar, usage, style, and mechanics.
- Online Teacher's Manuals include answer key and unit tests." (Book Cover).

CONTENTS:

Introduction
Scope and Sequence

UNIT ONE Around the World
Chapter 1: Cultural Rules
Chapter 2: The Land of Smiles

UNIT TWO A Special Animal
Chapter 3: Four Animals or One?
Chapter 4: The Beautiful Stranger

UNIT THREE The Art and Science of Food
Chapter 5: Science in the Kitchen
Chapter 6: The Art of Food

UNIT FOUR Memory
Chapter 7: Memory Methods
Chapter 8: Smell, Memory, and Sales

UNIT FIVE Housing
Chapter 9: Cohousing
Chapter 10: The Micro-Compact Home

UNIT SIX The Art of Medicine
Chapter 11: One Doctor, One Patient, Two Different Worlds
Chapter 12: An Artist and a Doctor

UNIT SEVEN The Working World
Chapter 13: Doing Business in the United Kingdom
Chapter 14: E-Mail: Terrific Tool or Time-Waster?

UNIT EIGHT What's Next?
Chapter 15: Is 50 the New 30, and 70 the New 50?
Chapter 16: Millennials in the Workforce

Grammar Reference
Punctuation and Capitalization
Editing Symbols
Target Vocabulary
Sources
Photo Credits
Index

Beginner.