Global Perspectives Reading & Writing Book 1

The Beginner (Book 1 CEFR A1-A2) use familiar topics to enhance students’ reading comprehension and expressive skills. These books are designed to improve vocabulary, content comprehension, and reading skills through activities like double-passage questions that require reading while referring to diagrams, as well as gap-fill questions to improve grasp of paragraph structure. Speed-reading skills are developed by recording WPM for each unit. Fundamentals of academic writing are dealt with through tips for efficient reading and an explanation of paragraph structure. Teacher’s materials include sample passages designed to help students express their own opinions. These can be downloaded along with preparation sheets and review tests.

Contents

Unit 1     College Life (大学生活の意義について考えよう)

Unit 2     Understanding Copyright (著作権について考えよう)

Unit 3     Cyberbullying (ネットいじめについて考えよう)

Unit 4     Tourism (快適な旅のコツについて考えよう)

Unit 5     Foreign Encounters (異文化体験について考えよう)

Unit 6     Entertainment (娯楽について考えよう)

Unit 7     International Affairs (国際清勢について考えよう)

Unit 8     Technology (身近にある科学技術について考えよう)

Unit 9     My Future (将来の自分について考えよう)

Unit 10   Personal Finance (お金の管理について考えよう)

Unit 11   Health (心と体の健康について考えよう)

Unit 12   Diversity (多様性について考えよう)

（Total 12 Units）