TY  - BOOK
AU  - Broukal,Milada
TI  - What A World 2: Amazing Stories from Around the Globe 
SN  - 9780131849235 (Student Book)
AV  - PE1128 .B7165 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - White Plains, NY
PB  - Longman
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Readers
KW  - Manners and customs
N1  - 1. Who Is the Most Important Person from History?; 2. What Are Fattening Rooms?; 3. Where Do People Celebrate Girls' Day and Boys' Day?; 4. Why Is Marco Polo Famous?; 5. Who Reached the South Pole First?; 6. Who Is the Royal Flying Doctor Service?; 7. How Did the Egyptians Make Mummies?; 8. Why Is Louis Pasteur Important?
; 9. Who Is Nasreddin Hodja?
; Self-Test 1 (Units 1-9); 10. What Did the Ancient Mayans Believe In?; 11. How Do Koreans Celebrate a Wedding?; 12. Why Are Sumo Wrestlers So Fat?; 13. Who Is Stephen King?; 14. What's the Story Behind the Bed?
; 15. How did the Spanish Cnoquer the Aztecs?; 16. Why Are the Williams Sisters Good at Tennis?
; 17. Where is Timbuktu?
; 18. Where Do Most Vegetarians Live?; Self-Test 2 (Units 10-18)
; Appendices; Word List
; Map of the World; Index to the Spelling and Punctuation Activities; Level: High Beginner
N2  - "What A World: Amazing Stories from Around the Globe, is a two-book series that explores these and many other fascinating topics from around the world and across history. Each unit opens with a question that is answered in the reading and continues with vocabulary, comprehension, discussion, writing, and spelling and punctuation work. Features: Words that Go Together activities highlight collocations - words that are easier to learn together; Spelling and Punctuation activities provide basic rules and practice for essential skills; and Self-tests help students and teachers assess progress." (Book Cover)
UR  - http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/skills/whataworld/
UR  - https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/show/404114026
ER  -