Full Description
Lynn Bonesteel, Series Editor
Paul Nation, Series Consultant
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.
The four-level Real Reading series also includes:
Real Reading 1
Real Reading 2
Real Reading 4
Contents
The Real Reading Unit
Scope and Sequence
Unit 1 Pop Culture
Chapter 1 Move Over, Hollywood!
Chapter 2 Marketing the Future: Pop Culture Trends in the BRICs
Unit 2 Personal Best
Chapter 3 Running around the World
Chapter 4 Bigger is Better, Except When It's Not
Unit 3 Doing Real Business in the Virtual World
Chapter 5 Your Second Life
Chapter 6 Virtual Reality: A Powerful Tool
Fluency Practice 1
Unit 4 Checking Out
Chapter 7 Choosing to Be Different
Chapter 8 Welcome to Leisureville
Unit 5 Great Minds
Chapter 9 Reading Colors
Chapter 10 Not Enough Points on the Chicken
Unit 6 Creature Feature
Chapter 11 Crows' Brains and Geckos' Feet
Chapter 12 Creature Comfort
Fluency Practice 2
Unit 7 Getting Away from It All
Chapter 13 Trends in Tourism
Chapter 14 Just Back: High Tide in La Serenissima
Unit 8 Civilized Dining
Chapter 15 A Blossom Lunch
Chapter 16 The First Home-Cooked Meal
Unit 9 Family Matters
Chapter 17 Widows
Chapter 18 Lost and Found
Fluency Practice 3
Unit 10 Business
Chapter 19 Branding and Product Placement
Chapter 20 Case Study: 3M's Entrance into the Russian Market
Unit 11 Biology: The Science of Life
Chapter 21 Symbiosis
Chapter 22 Mixing It Up
Unit 12 Born Special
Chapter 23 Being a Genius Is Hard Work
Chapter 24 Through the Eyes of Love
Fluency Practice 4
New Words
Vocabulary Practice 1-12
Fluency Progress Charts
Fluency Practice Answer Key
Pronunciation Table
Vocabulary Index
MP3 Audio Tracking Guide
