Each Dolphin Reader makes extensive use of color illustrations.
These color illustrations stimulate students' interests and
maintain their attention. They also help students with the
meaning of words and sentences, and clarify the main story
text. The illustrations also provide a rich resource for teachers,
who can use them to point out new vocabulary, and to explore
themes and topics.
Each story page has a corresponding
activity page.
The activities are a mixture of familiar tasks like matching,
circling, and writing, as well as more unusual puzzle and
problem-solving tasks. In this way, the books give students
practice in the basic elements of language learning, and also
encourage them to use problem-solving skills. These activities
make reading both enjoyable and stimulating for the students.
At the lower levels, dialog is presented with different colored
text to help comprehension. At the higher levels, direct speech
punctuation is used to introduce students to these conventions.
Each Dolphin Reader
has a two page Picture Dictionary at the back.
This provides an easy reference for new words and their meanings.
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(Picture Dictionary Level
1, Where Is It?)
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With the variety of stories and topics covered, as well as
the range of tasks to be completed in each book, Dolphin
Readers engage, entertain, and educate the next generation
of students of English. |
