"With new note-taking skills, an extended writing syllabus and authentic video in every unit, Q Second Edition equips students for academic success better than ever.

Q Second Edition helps students to measure their progress, with clearly stated unit objectives that motivate students to achieve their language learning goals.

And the online content, seamlessly integrated into the Student Book, allows teachers to truly implement blended learning into the classroom." (Publisher's Website)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Unit 1: SOCIOLOGY
Q: How do you make a good first impression?
Reading 1: Small Talk: A Big Deal
Reading Skill: Identifying main ideas and supporting details
Reading 2: Job interviews 101
Unit Video: Advice on a Good First Impression
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary to identify word forms
Writing Skill: Organizing and developing a paragraph
Grammar: Real conditionals: present and future
Unit Assignment: Write a "how to" paragraph

Unit 2: NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE
Q: What makes food taste good?
Reading 1: Knowing your tastes
Reading Skill: Previewing a text
Reading 2: Finding Balance in Food
Unit Video: People Consume Almost a Billion Pounds of Spices
Vocabulary Skill: Us of context to understand words
Writing Skill: Using descriptive adjectives
Grammar: Use and placement of adjectives
Unit Assignment: Write a descriptive paragraph

Unit 3: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Q: How has technology affected our lives?
Unit Video: Digital Detox
Reading 1: Cars That Think
Reading Skill: Taking notes
Reading 2: Living Outside the Box
Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms
Writing Skill: Writing a summary and a personal response
Grammar: Parallel structure
Unit Assignment: Write a summary and a personal response paragraph

Unit 4: MARKETING
Q: Does advertising help or harm us?
Reading 1: Food Advertising Tricks You Should Know About
Reading Skill: Distinguishing facts from opinions
Reading 2: In Defense of Advertising
Unit Video: Hard Sell
Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes
Writing Skill: Writing an opinion essay
Grammar: Compound Sentences
Unit Assignment: Write an opinion essay

Unit 5: PSYCHOLOGY
Q: Why do people take risks?
Unit Video: Extreme Sports
Reading 1: Fear Factor: Success and Risk in Extreme Sports
Reading Skill: Using referents to understand contrast
Reading 2: The Climb of My Life
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary to find the correct meaning
Writing Skill: Writing a narrative essay
Grammar: Shifts between past and present time frames
Unit Assignment: Write a narrative essay

Unit 6: PHILOSOPHY
Q: Why do people help each other?
Reading 1: A Question of Numbers
Reading Skill: Using a graphic organizer
Reading 2: The Biology of Altruism
Unit Video: Lost and found Honesty
Vocabulary Skill: Phrasal verbs
Writing Skill: Stating reasons and giving examples
Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives
Unit Assignment: Write an analysis essay with reasons and examples

Unit 7: ECONOMICS
Q: How can a small amount of money make a big difference?
Reading 1: How a Ugandan girl got an education
Reading Skill: Using a timeline
Reading 2: How to Make the Biggest Difference When Giving to Charity
Unit Video: Happiness Income
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with nouns
Writing Skill: Writing a cause/effect essay
Grammar: Complex sentences
Unit Assignment: Write a cause/effect essay

Unit 8: BEHAVIORAL STUDIES
Q: What does it take to be successful?
Unit Video: Dymond Miami Soccer
Reading 1: Fast Cars, Big Money
Reading Skill: Scanning a text
Reading 2: Practice Makes... Pain?
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with adjectives + prepositions
Writing Skill: Writing an argumentative essay
Grammar: Sentence fragments
Unit Assignment: Write an argumentative essay

Level: Intermediate