Includes appendices and credits.

UNIT 1. QUALIFIED SELVES Reading: Reading 1.1, Part One: The Psychology of First Impressions -- Reading 1.1, Part Two: An Overview of Research on First Impressions -- Reading 1.2: Why "Soft Skills" Are More Important than a Great CV -- Reading 1.3: In a True Sharing Economy, the Reward is Gratitude -- Using scanning and skimming to read more efficiently
Listening/Watching: Watching 1.1: Personal Qualities and the Job Search -- Watching 1.2: Adam Grant on Givers and Takers -- Skimming an audiovisual document -- Reflecting on the topic -- Visualizing the topic
Speaking: Agreeing and disagreeing -- Orally summarizing information -- Presenting professional qualities
Writing: Writing a casual definition -- Writing a vision statement -- Writing an illustration paragraph and essay
Vocabulary: Acquiring vocabulary efficiently -- Describing professional qualities -- Expressing an opinion
Grammar: Simple present and simple past (revision) -- -ing forms used as nouns -- Question word replacing the subject
Pronunciation: English vowel sounds -- Pronunciation Workshop
Professional Skills: Using a unilingual dictionary -- Doing research (credible sources)
Final Task: Express to Impress -- Become Skilled for Work and Study

UNIT 2. QUANTIFIED SELVES Reading: Reading 2.1: Quantified Self: Meet the Quantified Employee -- Reading 2.2: My Secret Life Attending Two Universities at the Same Time -- Reading 2.3: Working Hard, Hardly Working -- Examining the purpose of a text -- Exploring the structure of a text
Listening/Watching: Watching 2.1: Deluged by Data -- Watching 2.2: The Adaptable Mind -- Understanding the social context of a message -- Focusing on general ideas or precise details
Speaking: Presenting a field-related tool -- Presenting on field-related skills -- Presenting your study program
Writing: Writing a process paragraph -- Writing a mission statement -- Writing a proposal
Vocabulary: Studying vocabulary efficiently -- Describing professional skills -- Expressing interest and understanding
Grammar: Interrogative forms with how -- Linking words -- Present progressive (revision) -- Simple past versus present perfect
Pronunciation: English consonant sounds -- Silent consonants -- Pronunciation Workshop
Professional Skills: Studying and using vocabulary efficiently -- Evaluating source and text types
Final Task: Make it Count -- Become Skilled for Work and Study

UNIT 3. FUTURE SELVES Reading: Reading 3.1: This is the Future of College -- Reading 3.2: The Fourth Industrial Revolution: What Happens with Employment? -- Idea mapping to grasp complex ideas and concepts -- Analyzing visual elements to understand complex ideas
Listening/Watching: Watching: The Future of Learning -- Making inferences
Speaking: Presenting a micro-lesson -- Describing personal experiences, objectives and expectations -- Role-playing a job interview
Writing: Writing a personal narrative paragraph -- Writing a resumé and professional profile -- Writing a formal letter or e-mail
Vocabulary: Introducing examples and clarifications -- Using precise adjectives, adverbs and action verbs
Grammar: Comparative forms -- Modals to predict the future -- Future with will/be going to/ present progressive
Pronunciation: -(e)s and -ed endings -- Pronunciation Workshop
Professional Skills: Understanding levels of formality -- Formatting letters and e-mails
Final Task: Apply for Your Future -- Become Skilled for Work and Study

UNIT 4. LEVEL UP IN MOTIVATION Reading: Reading 4.1: Gamification: Why We're All Players -- Reading 4.2: "Happiness" Is a $70K Minimum Wage -- Identifying main ideas, supporting ideas and examples
Listening/Watching: Watching: Should Students Be Paid for Good Grades? -- Listening for specific information; recognizing keywords -- Taking notes
Speaking: Expressing a critical opinion -- Presenting and explaining an idea -- Presenting a rant
Writing: Writing a critical paragraph -- Including first-hand observations -- Writing a review
Vocabulary: Cognates -- Diplomatic language -- Literal and figurative meanings
Grammar: Articles and determiners -- Conditionals -- Modals of ability and possibility
Pronunciation: /th/ sounds and the before vowels and consonants -- Pronunciation Workshop
Professional Skills: Avoiding plagiarism -- Collecting, organizing and presenting data
Final Task: Find Your Motivation -- Become Skilled for Work and Study

UNIT 5. SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN? Reading: Reading 5.1: Stress Literally Shrinks Your Brain -- Reading 5.2: Inside the Adult Colouring Book Craze -- Understanding the purpose of quotations and paraphrases
Listening/Watching: Watching 5.1: Age of Anxiety -- Watching 5.2: Arianna Huffington on Work-Life Balance -- Listening for different points of view -- Listening for logical links between ideas
Speaking: Expressing advice -- Presenting an overview -- Presenting a Toastmasters-style speech
Writing: Writing a comparison and contrast paragraph -- Including other voices in writing -- Writing a summary and fact sheet
Vocabulary: Expressing likeness of outcomes -- Using referring verbs to introduce paraphrases and quotations
Grammar: Superlative forms -- Imperative -- Punctuation in quotes and reported speech
Pronunciation: Syllable stress -- Syllable stress rules for specific nouns, adjectives and verbs -- Pronunciation Workshop
Professional Skills: Paraphrasing, quoting and summarizing -- Using direct quotations and bibliographical references
Final Task: De-stress -- Become Skilled for Work and Study

UNIT 6. CREATIVE COLLABORATION Reading: Reading 6.1: My Adventures in Co-Working Spaces -- Reading 6.2: Etsy Wants to Crochet Its Cake, and Eat It Too -- Connecting ideas across readings
Listening/Watching: Watching: Everything is a Remix: The Elements of Creativity -- Relating examples to main ideas -- Connecting ideas across audiovisual documents
Speaking: Describing field-related topics -- Describing problems and proposing solutions -- Giving peer feedback -- Giving a conference-style presentation
Writing: Writing a problem/solution paragraph -- Describing field-related topics from original angles -- Giving peer feedback -- Writing an activity report
Vocabulary: Expressing recommendations -- Gender-neutral communication
Grammar: Conjunctions -- Compound and complex sentences -- Passive voice
Pronunciation: Word stress and rhythm -- Linking consonants and vowels -- Pronunciation Workshop
Professional Skills: Preparing and delivering a presentation
Final Task: Collaborate toward Creative Success -- Become Skilled for Work and Study

UNIT 7. CURIOSITY AND RISK Reading: Reading 7.1: Why "No Plan B" Is the Only Plan -- Reading 7.2: How the Students Transformed a Dream into a Million-Dollar Company -- Deep reading
Listening/Watching -- Watching 7.1: Humans of New York -- Watching 7.2: Startupland -- Understanding opinions and attitudes to detect bias
Speaking: Expressing an informed and convincing point of view -- Asking questions and conducting an interview -- Participating in a panel discussion
Writing: Writing and argumentative paragraph and essay -- Writing a white paper
Vocabulary: Idiomatic verbs -- Connecting argumentative claims and evidence -- Indicating emphasis
Grammar: Prepositional and phrasal verbs -- Gerunds and infinitives
Pronunciation: Emphasis in sentences -- Intonation in questions -- Pronunciation Workshop
Professional Skills: Outlining and structuring an argument -- Editing and revising your work
Final Task: The Curious and Risky Road to Success -- Become Skilled for Work and Study

My eLab:
Reading: Additional reading comprehension exercises
Listening/Watching: Additional listening and watching exercises
Vocabulary: Additional vocabulary exercises
Pronunciation: Additional pronunciation practice
Professional Skills: Additional skills practice

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Appendices

Credits

"Become: Field-Related English Skills, Level 2 is aimed at all intermediate-level ESL students. With content that focuses on personal and professional development topics, it is relevant to learners in a variety of fields or programs. Reflecting a critical-thinking approach, Become encourages students to improve their listening and reading comprehension skills and to consolidate their knowledge and understanding of vocabulary and grammar. Ultimately, it allows them to express themselves clearly in speech and writing on topics pertaining both to themselves and to their fields of study. Become: Field-Related English Skills is offered with a Vocabulary Tracker." (English Skills Book Cover)

"Become: Field-Related English Grammar, Level 2 covers all the essential grammar points that intermediate ESL students need to master. Comprehensive charts and clear explanations are designed to help students consolidate their knowledge of grammar rules. Exercises, communicative tasks and additional online drills offer relevant practice opportunities that will enable them to apply that knowledge in their writing and speaking tasks." (English Grammar Book Cover)