Full Description
The new edition of For Your Information 3: Reading and Vocabulary Skills, by Karen Blanchard and Christine Root, helps intermediate students become engaged, thoughtful, and confident readers of English. Each thematic unit features high-interest readings and an assortment of activities to increase students' vocabulary base and build reading skills.
Features of For Your Information 3, Second Edition:
New and updated reading selections motivate students to explore different aspects of each topic and develop a range of critical thinking skills.
Expanded reading comprehension and skill-building exercises help prepare students for academic competency and standardized testing
A variety of new vocabulary-building skills and word-attack activities increase students' vocabulary.
A companion DVD of ABC News excerpts, with accompanying activities, expands on the unit themes.
Contents
Unit 1 CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 1 Kissing Your Way Around the World
Chapter 2 Communicating with Gestures
Chapter 3 The Recipe for Success
Tie It All Together
Unit 1 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 2 MYSTERIES FROM THE PAST
Chapter 1 The Mysterious Statues of Easter Island
Chapter 2 The Nazca Lines
Chapter 3 Frozen in Time
Tie It All Together
Unit 2 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 3 MUSIC TO MY EARS
Chapter 1 Musicians Who Make a Difference
Chapter 2 Happy Birthday to a Musical Genius
Chapter 3 The Power of Music
Tie It All Together
Unit 3 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 4 GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
Chapter 1 The Big Business of Fads
Chapter 2 The Price of Power
Chapter 3 Smell Sell!
Tie It All Together
Unit 4 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 5 TUNE INTO TV
Chapter 1 The Early Days and Beyond
Chapter 2 Dora the Explorer Leads the Way
Chapter 3 Reality TV
Tie It All Together
Unit 5 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 6 SUPERSTITIONS
Chapter 1 It's your Lucky Number!
Chapter 2 Superstitious Athletes
Chapter 3 It's Jinxed
Tie It All Together
Unit 6 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 7 OUR FRAGILE PLANET
Chapter 1 One Family with the Earth
Chapter 2 Our Endangered Wildlife
Chapter 3 The Heat Is On!
Tie It All Together
Unit 7 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 8 LIVE A LONG LIFE
Chapter 1 Discovering the Secrets to a Long Life
Chapter 2 What Makes a Champion?
Chapter 3 Good News for the Aging Brain
Tie It All Together
Unit 8 Vocabulary Self-Test
