PMP Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

Practice Makes Perfect

Diane Engelhardt

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McGraw Hill
09 July 2013

The challenging exercises and critical vocabularyyou need to advance your English skillsCreated by ESL instructor Diane Engelhardt, Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Reading and Comprehension features lengthy, complex passages to help you develop essential English reading and critical thinking skills. Inside are 15 readings on topics such as DNA evidence, sustainable urban communities, the human genome project, and more--subjects that will keep you engaged as you take your English to the next level.

You will get plenty of practice, practice, practice onunderstanding and comprehending high-level vocabularythrough enlightening exercises. You’ll master how toorganize information you read, summarize text, and more.

Before you know it, your reading skills will be stronger and your comprehension will grow, enabling you to get more out of English-language texts.

Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Reading and Comprehension will help you:

Build your academic and technical vocabulary Boost your comprehension skills to an advanced level Create reading strategies to use with any difficult text Develop critical thinking skills

By: Diane Engelhardt
Imprint: McGraw Hill
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 269mm, Width: 213mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 603g
ISBN: 9780071798860
ISBN 10: 0071798862
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 July 2013
Audience: ELT/ESL , ELT Beginner
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface1. Eco-Tourism: Another Way to See the World2. The Human Genome Project: Writing the Book of Life3. Near Death Experiences: Fact or Fantasy?4. Genetically Modified Organisms: Cornucopia or Pandora’s Box?5. Men and Women: What Makes Them Different6. Electric Cars: Driving Greener and Cleaner7. DNA Fingerprinting: Beyond the Evidence8. Ecocities: Building Sustainable Urban Communities 9. Solar Power: Energy for the Future 10. Healing Circles; A Gentler Justice11. Medical Technology: Medicine’s New Frontiers12. The Enneagram: Understanding Our Personailities13. Artificial Intelligence: Can Machines Think?14. Voluntary Simplicity: Making More out of Less15. Future Directions: Technology or Ecology?Answer Key

Diane Engelhardt has been an ESL instructor for more than 20 years, and began her career as an instructor at Berlitz. She has taught conversational and business English to a wide variety of students in Canada and Germany. She has also prepared students for TOEFL, Cambridge First Certificate, London Chamber of Commerce (English for Business and Commerce, Intermediate Level).