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REVIEWS .
REVIEWS

BOOK OF THE MONTH

Prism reading 2 critical thinking. In fact, for academic students areas such as China’s
student’s Book critical thinking exercises and include endangered man-made river and
Lida Baker and occur in each of the eight species, the environment nutrition labels. This
CaroLyn WestBrook units. Students practise and economics. Each unit impressive, 168-page
both lower order thinking is logically structured, book is research-based,
With Christina Cavage
skills (like ‘understanding’ starting with ‘preparing drawing on both the views
CamBridge university Press and ‘remembering’) and to read’ tasks, moving of language teachers
isBn 978-1-108-62200-4 higher order skills (like through vocabulary work and the Cambridge
‘analyzing’ and ‘creating’), and finishing with a final English Corpus. Highly
The core strength of as outlined in Bloom’s collaborative task. The recommended.
Prism Reading lies in the well-known taxonomy. The material includes some
systematic approach to topics are appropriate stimulating videos on
reviews in brief

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS READING AND WRITING FOR FIRST (FCE)
Agatha Christie Helen Chilton and Lynda Edwards
Collins ISBN: 978-0-00-824967-0 Scholastic ISBN: 978-1-910-17373-2

Whether or not you know the end of this famous story from the This exam-preparation book for young adults contains twelve
‘queen of crime’, there is much for intermediate students to units. The reading texts are short and accessible, with engaging
enjoy in this graded reader involving fictional Belgian detective topics such as binge-watching TV shows (like Friends). The writing
Hercule Poirot. Learners will certainly end up knowing words tasks cover several genres including film reviews, essays and
like: ‘alibi’, ‘lie’, ‘wound’ and ‘clue’. They will appreciate the compiling a report. The 104-page book contains a complete
helpful notes on the (many) characters and the diagram of practice test for both reading and writing. Some topics need
the railway carriage showing the passengers’ compartments. sensitive handling – such as cyber-bulling and stereotypes. The
Useful too are the history and culture notes, and the glossary actual language used in the strategy tips and describing the exam
of difficult words. This B1-level book contains 1,300 headwords. is quite stretching: ‘catchy title’, ‘cloze exercise’ and ‘discursive
Originally published in 1934, the story still has the power to essay’, for instance. The approach is upbeat, proving that exam
grip. Recommended. preparation can be fun. Worth investigation.

Reviews by Pete Sharma for Bournemouth English Book Centre: www.bebc.co.uk

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