World Class Readings
A Reading Skills Series
Bruce Rogers
Beginning to High Intermediate
Did Chinese mariners discover North
America before Christopher Columbus? Who created 700 devices
and spoke nine languages? These are
just some of the many engaging up-to-date reading passages in
this theme-based series designed to help learners develop
reading skills. The readings are appropriate both for students
learning English for strictly academic purposes and for those
learning English for more general reasons.
World Class Readings has a broad range of activities involving skill
building, reading comprehension, and vocabulary development.
Additionally, exercises to improve students’ skills in
listening, speaking, writing, and Internet search activities
promote an integrated language learning approach.
Features
• Engaging reading passages cover topics including modern music,
movies, sports, martial arts, and urban myths
• Emphasis on reading skill instruction, including skimming, scanning, and
summarizing increases reading fluency
• Extensive pre-reading sections prepare learners for a more successful
learning experience
• Vocabulary Building unit exercises
introduce and recycle chapter vocabulary to build student word
proficiency
• Specially designed activities help learners prepare for standardized
tests such as TOEIC® and TOEFL®
• Audio program contains
recordings of all reading passages plus additional listening
comprehension questions
• Teacher’s Manual includes an answer key, quizzes for each unit
that can be photocopied and given to students as a graded test
or as a final review, and an audio script for listening
sections
