NEW!
Quest
Reading and Writing
Listening and
Speaking
Second Edition
Pamela Hartmann and Laurie Blass
high beginning to advanced
Quest Second Edition prepares students for academic success. The series
features two complementary strands — Reading and Writing and Listening and Speaking — each with four levels. The integrated Quest Second Edition program
provides robust scaffolding to support and accelerate each
student’s journey from exploring general interest topics
to mastering academic content.
New Second Edition Features Make Quest
Thoroughly Accessible
• New Intro level provides
high-beginning springboard to series.
• Strategy-based approach develops reading, writing, critical thinking, and
test-taking skills for academic success.
• Cross-curricular and thematically-linked units provide for easy integration of Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking strands
and explore engaging topics from a wide range of academic
disciplines, such as sociology, business, psychology, art
history, etc.
• Alignment with TOEFL®iBT objectives prepares students for success on the
TOEFL®iBT and other standardized tests.
• Test-Taking Strategy boxes that highlight skills
needed for success on the new TOEFL®iBT.
New Teacher’s Edition Features
• Activity-by
activity procedural notes and teaching suggestions.
• Cultural
and background notes on each unit, chapter, and reading topic.
• Unit
expansion black-line master activities.
• Chapter
tests with complete answer key.
• Internet
links to more information on unit themes.
• Test-Taking
Strategy boxes that highlight skills needed for success on the
new TOEFL®iBT.
Reading and Writing
The four textbook levels provide
high-interest material from newspapers, magazines, and
traditional academic source material in an accessible learning
approach to take students from a general to specific
application.
Features
• Three high-interest readings in each chapter introduce students to the general education
course content most frequently required by universities.
• Expanded focus on Reading,
Writing, and Critical Thinking Strategy development.
• Gradual curve in each chapter from general
interest to authentic academic content supports students as they engage in increasingly
more difficult material.
• Unit-ending Vocabulary
Workshops reinforce key unit
vocabulary that also appears on the Academic Word List (AWL).
• A newly-recorded audio component for each reading selection allows students
to hear lectures, conversations, new vocabulary words, listen
for intonation cues, thereby enabling students to increase
reading speed. Each reading is recorded at an appropriate rate
while preserving authenticity.
• Research paper project in Book 3 prepares
students for the most challenging academic writing tasks.
• EZ Test® CD-ROM Test Generator allows teachers to create customized tests
within minutes.
Listening and Speaking
The four textbook levels contain listening
strategies and practice activities based on authentic
recordings from “person-on-the street” interviews,
radio programs, and college lectures.
A newly expanded video program features
authentic classroom lectures, as well as updated social
language footage to:
• Provide
students with plenty of instruction and practice in accurate
note taking and making structured outlines.
• Help
students develop conversation skills.
• Provide
students with well-organized post-listening activities.
Quest Reading and Writing
Teacher’s Edition with tests
Audio Program Cassette (1)
EZ Test® CD-ROM Test Generator
Level 1 (High Beginning to Low
Intermediate)
Teacher’s Edition with tests
Audio Program Cassette (1)
EZ Test® CD-ROM Test Generator
Level 2 (Intermediate to High
Intermediate)
Teacher’s Edition with tests
Audio Program Cassette (1)
EZ Test® CD-ROM Test Generator
Level 3 (Low Advanced to Advanced)
Teacher’s Edition with tests
Audio Program Cassette (1)
EZ Test® CD-ROM Test Generator
Quest Listening and Speaking
Student Book with Audio CD
Teacher’s Edition with tests
Audio Program Cassettes (6)
Level 1 (High Beginning to Low
Intermediate)
Student Book with Audio CD
Teacher’s Edition with tests
Audio Program Cassettes (6)
Level 2 (Intermediate to High
Intermediate)
Student Book with Audio CD
Teacher’s Edition with tests
Audio Program Cassettes (8)
Level 3 (Low Advanced to Advanced)
Student Book with Audio CD
Teacher’s Edition with tests
Audio Program Cassettes (8)
