Alaa Elgibali and Nevenka Korica Sullivan

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionActivity InstructionsUnit One:Meetings and Conferences1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingUnit Two:Demonstrations1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical reading Revision of Units One and TwoUnit Three:Elections1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingUnit Four:Conflicts and Terrorism1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingRevision of Units Three and Four 129Unit Five:Trials1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingUnit Six:Business and Finance1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingRevision of Units Five and SixGlossary

Drawing on their long experience as Arabic instructors, Alaa Elgibali and Nevenka Korica have organized the book into six chapters, each covering a dominant news topic: Talks and Conferences, Demonstrations and Protests, Conflicts and Terrorism, Elections, Rule of Law, and Business. In addition, the book offers three self-assessment units and a glossary organized by theme.The book enables students to read extended texts with greater accuracy and speed by focusing on the relationships among meaning, language form, and markers of cohesive discourse. The activities include pre-reading discussions as well as extensive practice on vocabulary in context, organizing information, skimming, scanning, critical reading, and analyzing content.