ESL 262 Low-Advanced Reading
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READING TEXTS
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COMMENTS
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Title: Focus on Vocabulary 2: Mastering the Academic Word List
Author: Diane Schmitt and Norbert Schmitt
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-137617-5
Publisher: Pearson/Longman
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This excellent text can be used as a reading text with an AWL focus. Each unit includes a reading from college texts, reading comprehension, a reading strategy, vocabulary exercises (including meaning, parts of speech and collocations) and discussion. Vocabulary is recycled throughout. Includes dictionary strategies at end of every four chapters. Text is too long for 12-week quarter as usual, but recommend your diligent students to complete the book and they will have learned all 570 word families in the AWL. Must supplement with paraphrasing and summary writing skills. |
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Title: Inside Reading 4
Author: Richmond, Kent
ISBN-13: 9780194416153
Publisher: Oxford
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Similar to Focus on Vocabulary, this excellent book is based on AWL. Each unit includes 2 academic readings (students find them interesting but very challenging), short reading comprehension, a reading strategy, and vocabulary exercises. Vocabulary is recycled throughout. Must supplement with more comprehension questions, paraphrasing and summary writing skills. Book 3 is too easy. |
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Title: Making Connections High Intermediate
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Publisher: Cambridge
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Must supplement with opinion pieces/real articles. All of the readings in the text are modified.
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Title: Topics for Today (Reading for Today 5)
Author: Mare, Nancy Nici and Lorraine C. Smith
ISBN-13: 9781111033040
Publisher: Heinle ELT
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No opinion pieces in text. Must supplement. Vocabulary selection also is not always the best. Does include some words from the AWL.
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Title: Rethinking America 3
Author: Sokolik, M.E.
ISBN-13: 9780838447321
Publisher: Heinle ELT
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Pick and chose readings that are used. Some are too short. Others work well.
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Title: Advanced Reading Power
Author: Mikulecky, Beatrice S. and Linda Jeffries
ISBN-13: 9780131990272
Publisher: Pearson Longman
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NOVELS
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COMMENTS
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Title: Like Water for Chocolate
Author: Esquivel, Laura
Title: A Companion Text for Like Water for Chocolate
Author: Giannotti, Janet Marie
ISBN-13: 9780472085965
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
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Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
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Title: Farewell to Manzanar
Author: Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston
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Title: Flowers for Algernon
Author: Keyes, Daniel
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Title: A Thousand Pieces of Gold
Author: McCunn, Ruthanne Lum
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Title: Nectar in a Sieve
Author: Markandaya, Kamala
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Title: I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Author: Craven, Margaret
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Title: To Destroy You is No Loss
Author: Criddle, JoAn
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Title: Two Years in the Melting Pot
Author: Liu, Zongren
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Title: Rebecca
Author: du Maurier, Daphne
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Title: Ghostway
Author: Hillerman, Tony
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Title: Botchan
Author: Soseki, Nastume
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Title: Call Me the Canyon
Author: Creel, Ann Howard
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Title: Flash Point
Author: Collard, Sneed B.
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Title: The Highest Tide
Author: Lynch, Jim
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Title: Siberia
Author: Halam, Ann
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Title: Into the Forest
Author: Hegland, Jean
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REMOVED:
Northstar 5 R/W – not enough on reading
For Your Information 4 – too simple
Mosaic Reading 2 – too simple, not enough vocab practice
Quest 3 R/W – not enough on reading
New Password 5 – too simple
Making Connections Intermediate - simple sentences, not complex enough
