Taiko Master

Rob Waring

Thomson Heinle, 2008 - Education - 24 pages

Welcome to the sights and sounds of the world with the Footprint Reading Library, a unique series of graded readers for learners of English. This series offers fascinating stories from the four corners of our world, and develops the language and skills needed to understand non-fiction.- A rich selection of engaging non-fiction readers, grouped into five themes: Incredible Animals, Fascinating Places, Remarkable People, Exciting Activities, Amazing Science- One hundred individual readers, graded at eight levels from pre-intermediate to advanced, covering 800 to 3,000 headwords.- Each reader is available with or without a DVD-ROM containing both video and audio content for that reader.- Carefully-controlled grammar syllabus covers the most typically-taught structures in course books.- Teacher support includes an Audio Program, DVDs, Teacher's Books and Assessment CD-ROMs with ExamView®.

About the author

Dr. Rob Waring is an Associate Professor at Notre Dame Seishin Women's University in Okayama, Japan. His research interests extend to reading and the acquisition of vocabulary. He is a founding member of the Extensive Reading Foundation and a well-known expert on Extensive Reading. He has published many articles on Extensive Reading and is program advisor to many educational institutions throughout Asia. He maintains an Extensive Reading website, and is owner and moderator of the Extensive Reading discussion list. He was co-conference chair of JALT 2005 in Shizuoka, Japan.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Taiko Master; Footprint reading library : Remarkable people; Footprint reading library; Footprint reading library: Pre-intermediate
• Author: Rob Waring
• Editor: Rob Waring
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Thomson Heinle, 2008
• ISBN: 1424010632, 9781424010639
• Length: 24 pages
• Subjects: Education / Language Experience Approach; Education / Teaching / General; Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language; Language Arts & Disciplines / Reading Skills; Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching