Real Reading 4 : Creating an Authentic Reading Experience /
Alice Savage, David Wiese, and Paul Nation (Series Consultant).
- White Plains, NY : Pearson Education, 2011.
- xxiii, 257 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm + 1 CD-ROM.
- Real Reading .
''A four-level reading skills series for beginning through advanced students, Real Reading provides students with a meaningful and authentic reading experience. Compelling readings in a variety of genres have been carefully written or adapted from authentic sources and feature a principled approach to vocabulary development. Real Reading features Two thematically-related readings per unit encourage students to make connections. Reading and vocabulary skill building and vocabulary learning strategies based on Paul Nation's research help students become more confident and successful in preparation for academic reading and reading on standardized tests. Controlled vocabulary based on the General Service Word List, the Academic Word List, and the Billuroglu-Neufeld List ensures students' comprehension. Fluency Practice units improve reading speed and comprehension. Online Teacher's Manuals and Tests are available at www.pearsonlongman.com/realreading.'' (Book Cover) CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction The Real Reading Unit Scope and Sequence Unit 1 The Science of Sound CHAPTER 1 Earworms CHAPTER 2 How We Use Sound Unit 2 In The Garden CHAPTER 3 Tokyo Farmer CHAPTER 4 My Invisible Garden Unit 3 Children and Manners CHAPTER 5 Manners: Do Children Really Need Them? CHAPTER 6 The Nanny Diaries Fluency Practice 1 Reading 1 Crows' Brains Reading 2 Building a Better Robot Unit 4 Tall Trees CHAPTER 7 The Biggest Trees on Earth CHAPTER 8 Up a Tree Unit 5 The Time of Your Life CHAPTER 8 On Turning Ten CHAPTER 10 A New Take on the Golden Years Unit 6 Food for Thought CHAPTER 11 Feeding the Children Well CHAPTER 12 Meat Under Fire Fluency Practice 2 Reading 1 Running Across the World Reading 2 Trends in Tourism Unit 7 Astronomy: Is Anybody Out There? CHAPTER 13: Another Earth CHAPTER 14: Seeing Is Believing Unit 8 Less Is More CHAPTER 15 The Small House Movement CHAPTER 16 Twenty-four Rooms in One Unit 9 Face-to-Face with Big Cats CHAPTER 17 How to Survive a Mountain Lion Attack CHAPTER 18 Life of Pi Unit 10 Sustainability CHAPTER 19 Reaching Our Limits: Welcome to 2100 CHAPTER 20 Desert Stat Puts Oil Wealth into World's First Sustainable City Unit 11 Multitasking: Can You Handle It? CHAPTER 21 Keeping an Eye on the Sky CHAPTER 22 The Effects of Multitasking Unit 12 Doing Business in the Developing World CHAPTER 23 The Next Billion CHAPTER 24 A Company Prospers by Saving Poor People's Lives Fluency Practice 4 Reading 1 A Cleaner Way to Shop? Reading 2 Your Second Life
Real Reading 4 is intended for high-intermediate learners.
9780135027714 (Student Book)
English language --Manuals for allophones. Reading comprehension. High intermediate.