Reading and Writing

Starting Skills in English Reading and Writing Part B Course Book Have you studied English at school? Do you need to improve your reading and writing? Then you need Starting Skills in English Reading and Writing. This course helps you read and write basic English. In Part B you learn how to read and write 200 key words in isolation and context from the following knowledge areas: * Education * Daily Life * Work and Business * Science and Nature * The Physical World * Culture and Civilization * Technology * Art and Literature * Sports and Leisure * Nutrition and Health You will also learn to: * deal with long sentences - joining words; * commas; * describe regular events - vary sentence patterns/vocabulary; * describe size - give more information in a second sentence; * find factual information/the main verb; * join sentences with and, but, so, because; * write silent letters, but not pronounce them; * understand names; * use this/these - singular and plural; * omit the noun; * understand this/that - referring to information earlier in the text; * use and/or; * use be + the = noun in reversible sentences; * use figures and tables; * use learn with about, that, how; * use and find reasons with so and because; * use superlative adjectives; * use and understand the comma; * use the introduction/subheadings; * use your general/background knowledge; * read quickly; * guess words from context; * draw a picture from information in a story; * identify titles and characters; * use to - preposition/part of the infinitive; * make prepositional phrases; * describe interrupted actions; * use when; * use the present simple - facts/possibilities; * use present and past tenses in a story; * use very and too; * use too = 'and' and 'more than the correct amount'; * replace too with also, in addition, can't, not ...enough; * use will/may to state probability; * use will probably do to reduce probability. This material is aimed at students with an IELTS level of 3.0. The level of this course is equivalent to an approximate TOEFL score of 400. There are linked courses in Listening and Speaking and Vocabulary and Grammar. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help. Key Features * Reading texts a maximum of 250 words * Writing tasks are short paragraphs * Teacher's Book containing a full answer key, language and culture notes and methodology notes * Allows beginners immediate access to study of academic English skills * Available as three books - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar - at two levels * Language and culture notes available for Arabic, Chinese and Japanese learners * Ideal for false beginners, i.e., students who have now acheived their full potential in English at school Accompanying Teacher's Book, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.