DELTA ACAD OBJ - READING SKILLS CB
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DELTA ACAD OBJ - READING SKILLS CB by Louis Rogers
A title that is written to prepare students for academic reading, placing emphasis not only on extensive reading skills development, but also on continued language development through four main areas: Understanding the text, Critical thinking, Using the text, and Language Focus.
Introduction Understanding the text Using the text Critical thinking Language Focus Unit 1 Education Identifying purpose and audience Selecting texts Identifying stance 1 Selecting vocabulary 2 Features of formal writing Unit 2 Leadership Skimming vsscanning Selecting information and context Questions to analyze texts 1 The Academic Word List 2 Dictionary skills - meaning Unit 3 Language learning Unknown vocabulary Summarizing Fact and opinon 1 Tense review - past and present simple 2 Common suffixes Unit 4 Sustainability Predicting content Paraphrasing Reasons and conclusions 1 Prefixes 2 Dictionary skills - word form Unit 5 Crime Identifying relationships between ideas and theories Discussing texts Cause and connection 1 Modals and hedging 2 Alternative and counter-arguments Unit 6 Revision Unit 7 Culture Text organization Integrating ideas Bias, expertise and neutrality 1 Connected ideas 2 Pronoun referants Unit 8 Personality Speed vs. accuracy Direct quotes Significant ideas 1 Noun collocations 2 Noun phrases Unit 9 Ethics Main ideas and supporting evidence Indirect quotes Persuasive language 1 Active vs. passive 2 Verb collocation Unit 10 Consumer behaviour Claims and assumptions Summarizing from multiple sources Evaluating evidence 1 Comparison and contrast multiple sources 2 Reporting Unit 11 Nutrition Drawing conclusions Bibliographies and references Statistics 1 Cause and effect references 2 Describing graphs Unit 12 Revision Academic Word List Exercises (Units 1-12)
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| ISBN 13 | 9781905085569 |
| ISBN 10 | 1905085567 |
| Title | DELTA ACAD OBJ - READING SKILLS CB |
| Author | Louis Rogers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Delta Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-08-10 |
| Number of pages | 250 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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