Global Outlook High Intermediate Reading Book

US: McGraw-Hill Europe, 2007. As New. Global Outlook" is a two-book series designed to introduce ESL/ELT student s to the basic reading skills required for fluent, accurate reading in Engl ish. This series is designed for teachers who are experienced in teaching r eading skills but looking for new ways to implement them and for teachers w ho are less experienced and need guidance on how to incorporate specific re ading-skill development in their language classes.The features include: pro vocative global topics centered around social issues; careful sequencing of reading skills; oral communication extension activities which encourage st udents to go beyond the reading text and consider how the issues impact the ir lives; interactive Journal Response assignments which provide opportunit ies for vocabulary recycling and closure for each unit. Students will: acqu ire reading skills which fluent readers of English use unconsciously; learn to use their background knowledge to understand a text; develop the abilit y to read chunks of information for general understanding instead of readin g and translating word-for-word; and; expand their knowledge and build a gl obal perspective of world issues and social trends.