Making Connections is a reading skills book aimed at the high-intermediate student who needs to prepare for academic reading tasks. The book has four high-interest thematic units, each with multiple readings on health, multicultural studies, language and the environment.

The second edition has been significantly revised and updated, and some exciting new features have been added. Twelve reading skills and strategies sectons weave their way through the book, giving students insight into how academic text is organized and how to read effectively. Readings now begin with pre-reading tasks and end with a post-reading section that takes students "Beyond the Reading," allowing for Internet research, discussion, and writing.

The new edition retains the successful features of the first edition: a long final reading at the end of each unit; a strong focus on vocabulary development; and unique, creative exercises that activate the reading strategies being taught.

• Multiple readings, including one longer reading, on high-interest themes
• Skills and strategy sections that help students gain insight into how academic texts are organized and teach them how to read effectively
• A large variety of creative reading skills with a strong emphasis on academic vocbulary building

Table of Contents

Unit title and academic reading skill topics of each unit.

Unit 1: World Health in the Twenty-First Century

• Continuing Ideas
• Cause and Effect
• Passive Sentences

Unit 2: Living in a Multicultural Society

• Main Ideas
• Unfavored and Favored Views
• Reduced Relative Causes

Unit 3: Aspects of Language

• Definition and Classification
• Tables and Illustrations
• Comparison and Contrast

Unit 4: Looking after Planet Earth

• Problem-Solution Texts
• -ing Words that Express Results
• Complex Noun Phrases