For Your Information Intro, 1, 2, 3, and 4 feature multi-genre readings from authentic sources. The stimulating, high-interest selections will capture students' imaginations and motivate them to strive for greater comprehension. For Your Information encourages students to move beyond the readings and develop critical thinking skills.
The series features:
- Thematic units on topics of universal appeal that allow for natural recycling of vocabulary and content.
- An exciting and accessible format to give students an authentic experience.
- A wide variety of reading skills exercises to help students develop strategies and skills necessary to become competent and independent readers.
- Extensive vocabulary skills exercises and games to teach students how to learn new words.
- Varied tasks and activities that move gradually away from the text and engage students in the content.
- A Reader's Journal at the end of each unit that integrates reading and writing and helps students reflect on what they have read in a nonthreatening format.
- Answer Keys for each book.
Karen Blanchard and Christine Root each have taught English language instruction at the university level for more than twenty years. Karen has an M.S.Ed in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania, and Christine has an M.Ed in English Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. They began their textbook collaboration with the "Ready to Write" series while they were lecturers at the University of Pennsylvania. They have since written many reading and writing skills books and continue to enjoy working together to create English language textbooks for students around the world.