Adventure in English Vol. 1 provides a delightful alternative to traditional English texts. The selection of reading materials-- and the instructional activities, commentaries, short essays and appendices which accompany then -- have been designed to meet the following goals:
* Improve reading, writing, listening and speaking skills
* Foster a love for reading
* Enhance critical, creative, and holistic thinking
* Serve as an invitation to fields as diverse as cultural anthropology and insect physiology
* Cultivate an appreciation of divergent cultures, customs, and ways of thinking
* Promote the search for truth, beauty and compassion