Weal ho Eol oe ! LANGUAGE PROGRAMS PNET Ey Italian Arabic ernie EVenenre Ost cn ol Tiara (er Uta (ocr tren i D | | al Chinese [Mandarin] ; Czech | Onc Danish Porn sBTTtE ie errr Sarena & Russian ene ae Se PEEVE ROcO tS Swell eyo Sreeecraea Pe a onan eerie eon Mirani English for Speakers of Chinese Hindi —_‘Japanese French _ Italian Korean | Simon & Schuster AudioBLE OF CONTE! Reading Lessons Introduction ..... Unit 1..... Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6.. Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10... Acknowledgments ... ALHAMBRA PUBLIC LIBRARY ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA2 Dutch Dutch Introduction Unit 1 Reading can be defined as “the act of decoding 1, man 14, Tat graphic material in order to determine its message.” Pen is. Roe To put it another way, reading consists of coming ” ‘ back to speech through its graphic symbols. In 3. kat 16. kop short, meanings reside in the sounds of the spoken a language. Speaking a language is the necessary ace i kenpe first step to acquiring the ability to read a language 5 ave 18. tot with meaning. 6. lag 19. kom ‘The recorded portion of the reading materials forthe me agen Bee program will be found at the end of each unit. You can do the readings as it is most convenient for you. 8. laten 21. pond ‘They can be done individually with each unit or ata peed more appropriate time after the unit. Instructions on 2 nenin ae how to proceed with the readings are contained in 10. maan 23. mogen the audio portion of the course. 11, maandag 24. lopen 12. ga 25. knopen 13. dat 26. knoop ALHAMBRA PUBLIC LIBRARY ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA