Collins English for Life: Skills - Reading: A2
Paperback
Develop key reading skills and become more confident when reading in English.
If you want to understand everything you read in English, you need to practise reading different kinds of texts. With Collins Reading (A2) you will learn how to get the information you need from every text you read.
Includes both authentic and adapted texts in a wide variety of styles:
• signs and labels • timetables and tickets • advertisements • newspapers and magazines • brochures • social networking sites • blogs •
- Twenty units with a clear design in full colour.
- Appendices contain detailed advice targeting specific reading skills.
- Mini-dictionary with definitions of the most difficult words in each unit, taken from the Collins COBUILD dictionary.
- Answer key
Collins Reading (A2) is part of the English for Life series. It is suitable for self-study and classroom use, and can help towards Cambridge KET preparation. Suitable for pre-intermediate learners of English (CEF level A2).
The English for Life series uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus. The 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus is the world’s largest database of the English language and is updated every month.
Also available in the Collins English for Life series:
For Pre-Intermediate (A2) learners:
Writing • Listening • Speaking
For Intermediate (B1+) learners:
Reading • Writing • Listening • Speaking
RRP: £12.99
Imprint
Collins
ISBN
978-0-00-749774-4
Publication Date
31-01-2013
Format
Paperback
Pages
128 pages
Dimensions
189x246mm
Product Description
Develop key reading skills and become more confident when reading in English.
If you want to understand everything you read in English, you need to practise reading different kinds of texts. With Collins Reading (A2) you will learn how to get the information you need from every text you read.
Includes both authentic and adapted texts in a wide variety of styles:
• signs and labels • timetables and tickets • advertisements • newspapers and magazines • brochures • social networking sites • blogs •
- Twenty units with a clear design in full colour.
- Appendices contain detailed advice targeting specific reading skills.
- Mini-dictionary with definitions of the most difficult words in each unit, taken from the Collins COBUILD dictionary.
- Answer key
Collins Reading (A2) is part of the English for Life series. It is suitable for self-study and classroom use, and can help towards Cambridge KET preparation. Suitable for pre-intermediate learners of English (CEF level A2).
The English for Life series uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus. The 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus is the world’s largest database of the English language and is updated every month.
Also available in the Collins English for Life series:
For Pre-Intermediate (A2) learners:
Writing • Listening • Speaking
For Intermediate (B1+) learners:
Reading • Writing • Listening • Speaking
Author
Anna Osborn
Anna Osborn has worked across Europe as an English language teacher with students of all levels and ages. She has a degree in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford and has written a wide variety of English language learning materials, including business and general study books, online self-study courses, and classroom workshops. Anna is also the author of English for Business: Speaking (Collins, 2011) and English for Life: Reading (B1+) (Collins, 2012).
Imprint
Collins
ISBN
978-0-00-749774-4
Publication Date
31-01-2013
Format
Paperback
Pages
128 pages
Dimensions
189x246mm
Product Description
Develop key reading skills and become more confident when reading in English.
If you want to understand everything you read in English, you need to practise reading different kinds of texts. With Collins Reading (A2) you will learn how to get the information you need from every text you read.
Includes both authentic and adapted texts in a wide variety of styles:
• signs and labels • timetables and tickets • advertisements • newspapers and magazines • brochures • social networking sites • blogs •
- Twenty units with a clear design in full colour.
- Appendices contain detailed advice targeting specific reading skills.
- Mini-dictionary with definitions of the most difficult words in each unit, taken from the Collins COBUILD dictionary.
- Answer key
Collins Reading (A2) is part of the English for Life series. It is suitable for self-study and classroom use, and can help towards Cambridge KET preparation. Suitable for pre-intermediate learners of English (CEF level A2).
The English for Life series uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus. The 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus is the world’s largest database of the English language and is updated every month.
Also available in the Collins English for Life series:
For Pre-Intermediate (A2) learners:
Writing • Listening • Speaking
For Intermediate (B1+) learners:
Reading • Writing • Listening • Speaking
Author
Anna Osborn
Anna Osborn has worked across Europe as an English language teacher with students of all levels and ages. She has a degree in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford and has written a wide variety of English language learning materials, including business and general study books, online self-study courses, and classroom workshops. Anna is also the author of English for Business: Speaking (Collins, 2011) and English for Life: Reading (B1+) (Collins, 2012).