With Reading the News, students not only improve their ability to read newspapers in English-they gain practice that will help prepare them for TOEFL®, TOEIC®, and IELTS® exams. Presenting 24 authentic articles on contemporary issues gleaned from the Internet. Helps prepare students for exams through exercises that practice TOEFL®, TOEIC® and IELTS® exam tasks Builds on students" natural interest in current events, presenting a wide variety of high-interest articles from the serious to the lighthearted grouped thematically by newspaper section (News/Features, Opinion, Business, Arts/Entertainment, Lifestyle, and Technology/Science/Health. Targets the reading, listening, vocabulary and other essential language skills learners need most for functional literacy in reading newspapers in English Includes "Special Focus on the Newspaper" sections on the characteristics and conventions of journalistic writing, offering strategies for analyzing an article"s content and viewpoint Audio...