Hot
Topics
HOT
TOPICS is guaranteed to engage readers, stimulate thinking, and provoke
conversation while developing vocabulary and reading skills. The controversial
topics explored in the text all have more than one side to them, thus
encouraging debate and classroom discussion.
• Three
readings per chapter explore the same hot topic from different points of view.
The readings in each chapter vary by genre and increase in difficulty to support
reading development.
• A focus
on reading skills and reading comprehension through pre-reading questions,
skimming and scanning activities, the use of context clues, vocabulary analysis,
and the development of critical thinking skills helps students increase their
reading fluency.
•
Open-ended questions at the end of every chapter encourage students to voice
their opinions and defend their viewpoints either through discussion or in
writing.
Hot
topics 3 differs from the preceding two levels in that the majority of readings
are authentic or only slightly adapted from sources such as the New York Times.
CNN, and the BBC.
The
Instructor's Manual supports Hot Topics 1-3 through teaching notes with
additional classroom and Internet activities, answer keys, video scripts and
video clip summaries, theme and chapter summaries, cultural and historical
background information, and audio tracking for each
reading.
Hot Topics 3
Book
Audio 1 Audio
2 Audio
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Brief Contents ( Hot Topics 3 )
Contents iv
To
the Teacher vii
Acknowledgments
xi
Photo
Credits xii
Chapter
1 The Cruelty of Strangers: Who can you trust? 1
Chapter
2 Crime and Punishment: Justice for all? 14
Chapter
3 Fertility Now: Babies by design 28
Chapter
4 Gambling: Wanna bet? 43
Chapter
5 The Disabled: Handicapped? Not us! 54
Chapter
6 Marriage: Why marry just one? 67
Chapter
7 Prostitution: Looking for a good time? 79
Chapter
8 Education: Is everyone cheating? 91
Chapter
9 Gender: Are women weak? Are men necessary? 105
Chapter
10 Immigration: Is it time to shut the door? 119
Chapter
11 Business: Globalization or cultural imperialism?
133
Chapter
12 Sex Education: How much do we need to know? 148
Chapter
13 Cults: Path to God or somewhere else? 162
Chapter
14 Strange Brains: Unlocking the secrets 178
Appendix
CNN® Video Activities 191
