Learn English NEWS Through VIDEOS

400 Video Clips + Texts

A self-study reference and practice book for students of English

WITH ANSWER

Mehdi Vaez Dalili

Suitable for English Lab 

Offers and authentic multi-skills syllabus in listening, reading and writing of news items that is specifically geared towards the needs of the students of EFL, as well as of media and cultural studies. Taking the objective of the book into account, 100 thematically-based lessons have been designed to encourage readers to work with dictionary while reading a piece of news text, practice their intensive and extensive listening skills, and write summaries for the news items they see

Features

100 easy-to-use lessons containing 400 video clips in total

4 video-based exercises in each two-page lesson, with the first exercise representing the theme of the lesson on the left-hand page and three follow-up exercises on the right-hand page

A-Z thematic classification of news items with 44 different subjects such as accidents, archaeology, attack, cars, clashes, conflict, crime, culture, demonstration, diplomacy, economy, education, elections, energy, environment, finance, etc

Hands-on multimedia-based exercises supported by the accompanied DVD

Coverage of more than 1500 frequently used new words and expressions

Suitable for self-study and English laboratory use

BrE and AmE phonetic transcriptions of new words

Comprehensive reader-friendly answer key

Alphabetical index of new words and expressions

Beautifully illustrated in full colour