Password 1: A Reading and Vocabulary Text with Audio CD

With an emphasis on systematic vocabulary acquisition, this series includes engaging readings about real people, places, events, and ideas. Students are able to develop the reading skills essential for a solid reading foundation. The series uses carefully controlled sentence structure and targets the high-frequency vocabulary that will get students from the 600- to the 2,000-word level. Features Pre-reading questions and tasks get students thinking about the topic band introduce relevant vocabulary. Post-reading exercises help students with comprehension and strengthen such skills as scanning, summarizing, discussion, and writing. Expansion activities include word families and collocations, word puzzles, and building dictionary skills. Vocabulary self-tests.