National Geographic Footprint Reading: Capoeira: The Fighting Dance + DVD

Description & Features of National Geographic Footprint Series: Welcome to the sights and sounds of the world with the Footprint Reading Library, a unique new series of graded readers for learners of English. This series offers fascinating stories from the four corners of our world, and develops the language and skills needed to understand non-fiction writing. * A rich selection of engaging non-fiction readers, grouped into five themes: Incredible Animals, Fascinating Places, Remarkable People, Exciting Activities, and Amazing Science. * One hundred individual readers, graded at eight levels from pre-intermediate to advanced, covering 800 to 3,000 headwords. * Each reader is available with a DVD-ROM containing both video and audio content for that reader. * Carefully-controlled grammar syllabus covers the most typically-taught structures in coursebooks. Capoeira: The Fighting Dance: Capoeria is a Brazilian art that involves dancing and fighting. Capoeira was invented in the 1800s and it has become a popular activity today. Capoeira is now being used to help street children in Brazil to stay away from trouble. How does it help these children? What do they learn from capoeira?