Content

• Overview

• Key Features

• Unit Walkthrough• Student Book

• Workbook

• Interactive Hybrid CD

OverviewMore School Subject Readings, Second Edition is a three-level course in reading fluency for high-

beginner to low-intermediate learners of English. Incorporating important features of North

American textbooks, the readings cover a broad range of academic subjects, including history,

literature, social studies, astronomy, and more. Each reading is accompanied by a variety of

exercises that check comprehension and develop essential reading skills. The gradual increase of

vocabulary difficulty, grammatical complexity, and passage length in each book, ensures that

students will acquire the active reading skills necessary for success in their academic future.

New In Second Edition:

• Detachable Workbook with further reading skills to reinforce understanding of the coherence and

the flow of paragraphs

• Interactive Hybrid CD and free mobile app activities to engage students to practice, with more

vocabulary exercises, sentence building activities, and passage summarizing activities

• Downloadable materials for further language practice provided on the homepage

Key Features

•Pre-reading questions designed to activate readers’ background knowledge and interest

• Key vocabulary presented in the context so that students learn its usage with meanings

• Full–color photographs with captioned information that help students relate to the content

• Reading skill exercises that include sequencing, identifying main ideas and details,

classifying ,and more

• Unit summaries that reinforce comprehension and writing skills

Student Book

The questions can be discussed

individually or as a class, jump-

starting students’ interest in and

background knowledge of the

topic.

Pre-Reading

Students find important

vocabulary in the context of the

reading passage. Short and clear

definitions of the words are

provided.

Key

Vocabulary

A variety of school subject topics

are presented in passages of

three or four well-linked

paragraphs. Students can enjoy

reading by learning new

information about the topic of

each unit.

Reading

Student BookStudent Book

This exercise helps ensure

that students understand what

each paragraph is about.

Quick

Check

By answering this question,

students can form clear

conclusions about what the

passage is mainly about.

Big Idea

WorkbookStudent Book

This exercise checks basic

comprehension through simple

questions about the details of the

reading. Each of the questions is

carefully designed to help students

build reading skills. There are four

types of questions here: fill-in-the-

blank (single word), fill-in-the-blank

(phrase), identify details, and

inference.

More

Details

This exercise enables students to

demonstrate their comprehension

by answering the questions with full

sentences.

Write in

Your Own

Words

Interactive Hybrid CDStudent Book

Students hone such reading skills

as identifying the main idea,

recognizing cause and effect,

sequencing, and more. At the same

time, they deepen their

understanding of the content by

filling in the various kinds of

visualization charts.

Visualize

the

Passage

By completing the summary,

students tie together their

knowledge of the content,

vocabulary, and reading skills. Filling

in the blanks with linking words

enables students to understand the

logical flow of the passage.

Summarize the

Passage

Supplementary Material Workbook

Exercise A refreshes students’

memories of the reading passage.

By filling in the outline of the

passage, students recall the flow of

the passage for the reading skill

practice activity that follows.

More

Reading

Skills

Exercise B enables students to

practice building coherence in a

paragraph by choosing appropriate

linking words.

Supplementary Material Workbook

Exercise C enables students to

practice evaluating coherence in

paragraphs. By singling out

irrelevant sentences and ordering

the sentences, students can

complete the logical structure of

the paragraph.

Students can reinforce their

knowledge of the content through

both writing and speaking about the

topic. Deeper comprehension of

the reading can be achieved by

presenting students’ own ideas

about it.

Critical Thinking

& Writing

Hybrid CD

More School Subject Readings,

Second Edition, provides more

language practice on the hybrid

CD and free mobile application.

Scan the QR code on the back

cover of the book using your

mobile device to download the

app.

Target word flashcards

Word matches

Sentence-building activities

Report cards

Summary activities

MP3 audio recordings

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