1 A Campus of Readers
SKILLS FOCUS
Expressing the main ideas in readings to others
Asking questions before you read in order to focus your reading
Using an ESL learner’s dictionary
Predicting your audience’s reaction to your writing
Budgeting your time efficiently when writing an essay
Learning how to make classification in your writing
Learning useful expressions for classification
LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES
Express the main ideas in readings to determine whether you have un-derstood the passage
Ask questions before you read in order to focus your reading
Use an ESL learner’s dictionary
Predict your audience’s reaction to your writing
ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES
Set goals to break down your learning into smaller, more manageable parts
Budget your time efficiently when writing an essay
CNN VIDEO CLIP
“Adult Illiteracy”
English learners depict the challenges and benefits of learning to read and write as adults.
READING
Reading 1: Reading for Pleasure Versus Reading for Learning
Reading 2: Ten tips for Reading College Textbooks
WRITING
Learn how to classify factors
Learn useful expressions for classification
TRANSLATION
Cohesion and coherence
2 The Road Ahead
SKILLS FOCUS
Identifying a writer’s audience & purpose
Learning to use figurative language
Keeping a vocabulary log
Using topic sentence outlines to check the organization and content of your essay
Editing your writing one line at a time
Writing on computers carefully
Learning how to write comparisons (1)
Learning useful expressions for comparison
LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES
Identify a writer’s audience and purpose to help you enjoy, understand and remember what you read
Learn to use figurative language to help you to recognize a writer’s meaning and feel eager to read on
Use topic sentence outlines to check the organization and content of your essay
Edit your writing one line at a time
ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES
Keep a vocabulary notebook in order to enlarge your vocabulary and to handle college-level reading and writing
Write on computers carefully
CNN VIDEO CLIP
“Wireless Trends”
Experts demonstrate a range of new products that use wireless tech-nology, from hand-held computers to eye recognition software.
READING
Reading 1: Site Seeing on the Internet
Reading 2: Mapping Cyberspace
WRITING
Learn how to write comparisons (1)
Learn useful expressions for comparison
TRANSLATION
Free from the original text
3 Tales of the Sea
SKILLS FOCUS
Building up your reading rate
Creating a study schedule
Synthesizing material from different sources
Using directed freewriting to help develop ideas for writing
Writing summaries of what you read to remember information
Managing a large amount of information by making a chart that sum-marizes the information
Learning how to write comparisons (2)
Using adjective clauses (1)
LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES
Build up your reading rate in order to handle a heavy a cadmic reading load
Synthesize ideas from different sources and draw conclusions sup-ported by different events and viewpoints
Use directed freewriting to help develop ideas for writing
Write summaries of what you read to remember information
ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES
Create a study schedule in order to handle a heavy academic load
Manage a large amount of information by making a chart that summa-rizes the information
CNN VIDEO CLIP
“Dog at Sea”
A dog endures the challenges of the sea after he is left alone aboard his owners’ motorboat.
READING
Reading 1: The story of the Titanic: “A Night to Remember”
Reading 2: The story of the Titanic: “Abandon Ship”
WRITING
Learn how to write comparisons (2)
Use adjective clauses (1)
TRANSLATION
Limits of a translator’s freedom
4 Is Your Food Safe?
SKILLS FOCUS
Utilizing visual features in readings
Using word part clues for word meanings
Making a list or diagram of your essay’s organization to help you write
Finding problems in your writing by reading the writing aloud
Participating in study groups to get different perspectives and to help you remember information better
Learning how to write comparisons (3)
Using adjective clauses (2)
LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES
Utilize visual features in reading as they identify, repeat, or summarize important information
Use word part clues for word meanings in readings
Make a list or diagram of your essay’s organization to help you write
Find problems in your writing by reading the writing aloud
ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES
Use government online and print resources to get more information
Participate in study groups to get different perspectives and to help you remember information better
CNN VIDEO CLIP
“Anatomy of a Breakout”
A description of an incident which was caused by food poisoning in a small town.
READING
Reading 1: Microbes and Food Safety
Reading 2: Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test?
WRITING
Learn how to write comparisons (3)
Use adjective clauses (2)
TRANSLATION
The value of dictionaries
5 The Gender-role Revolution
SKILLS FOCUS
Identifying causes and effects in reading
Creating graphic organizers
Recognizing and use bibliographic citations
Reading your essay aloud to revise
Editing your nemesis errors separately
Finding ways to overcome “writer’s block”
Learning how to write definitions
Using adjective clauses (3)
LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES
Identify causes and effects in readings
Create graphic organizers to help visualize and remember important ideas
Recognize bibliographic citations and make similar uses
Read your essay aloud to revise
Edit your nemesis errors separately
ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES
Identify cause and effect in readings and apply them in your writing
Use graphic organizers to present relationships between ideas, etc.
Use bibliographic citations appropriately
Find ways to overcome “writer’s block”
CNN VIDEO CLIP
“Working Women”
About the worldwide situation of working women.
READING
Reading 1: Traditional Sex-Role Expectations
Reading 2: The Sex-Role Revolution
WRITING
Learn how to write definitions
Use adjective clauses
TRANSLATION
About the shortcomings of dictionaries
Use English-English dictionaries for meanings
6 Media and Culture
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7 Affluenza
8 Ancient Americans
9 Ethnic Identity
10 The Job Puzzle
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