Includes a chapter providing models for the written assignments in this volume.

"LEAP 2 - Reading and Writing (CEFR Level B1) is a task-based textbook for students preparing for college or university studies in English. It offers interesting, challenging and varied content with strong vocabulary work, emphasizing Academic Word List items, and solid text-based skills development, including academic skills and critical thinking. At the same time LEAP 2 is adapted for learners at a lower level of language proficiency, with vocabulary activities preceding each reading text, one grammar focus per chapter and more basic comprehension checks. Students apply critical-thinking skills as they engage in academic reading and writing tasks across a range of disciplines. Contemporary texts prepare students for college reading requirements, with activities that develop reading comprehension. With focuses on reading, writing, grammar and academic survival skills, LEAP 2 - Reading and Writing empowers students to thrive in their academic studies." (Publisher's Website)

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE:

Chapter 1: Success in Business
Reading 1: Looking for Money: Crowdfunding and Angels (602 words)
Reading 2: Youth Entrepreneurs (668 words)
Warm-Up Assignment : Write a Descriptive Paragraph
Reading 3: Crowdfunding: Be Brave (600 words)
Final Assignment: Write Two Descriptive Paragraphs

Chapter 2: The Future of Work
Reading 1: Man vs. Robot (583 words)
Reading 2: Half of all Jobs Today Will Disappear by 2030 (719 words)
Warm-Up Assignment: Conduct a Survey
Reading 3: Old and New Job Skills (718 words)
Final Assignment: Write a Short Report

Chapter 3: Fit For Life
Reading 1: Bicycling: Health Risk or Benefit (739 words)
Reading 2: Body Energy: Spending It and Storing It (619 words)
Warm-Up Assignment: Describe Two Points of View
Reading 3: Living Forever, Living Well (698 words)
Final Assignment: Write Compare and Contrast Paragraphs

Chapter 4: A Happy Life
Reading 1: The Walking Cure (713 words)
Reading 2: Take Control of Stress (662 words)
Warm-Up Assignment: Write Short Definitions
Reading 3: Defining Happiness (770 words)
Final Assignment: Write a Definition Paragraph

Chapter 5: Printing the World
Reading 1: Three Ways 3D Printing Could Revolutionize Health Care (680 words)
Reading 2: How Biomimicry Is Inspiring Human Innovation (655 words)
Warm-Up Assignment: Write a Formal E-mail
Reading 3: The Impact of Inventions (764 words)
Final Assignment: Write an E-mail request for Information

Chapter 6: A View of the Future
Reading 1: Guide to Augmented Reality? (713 words)
Reading 2: Tell Me a Story: Augmented Reality Technology in Museums (651 words)
Warm-Up Assignment: Write a Short Summary
Reading 3: AR + AI = New Life (765 words)
Final Assignment: Write a Summary

Chapter 7: Education for All
Reading 1: To Adapt MOOCs, or Not? That Is No Longer the Question (740 words)
Reading 2: The SOLE of a Student (696 words)
Warm-Up Assignment: Write a Process Paragraph
Reading 3: The Future of Education (681 words)
Final Assignment: Write a Process Paragraph and Give a Presentation

Chapter 8: Rights and Obligations
Reading 1: Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers (648 words)
Reading 2: Finding Truth and Reconciliation (663 words)
Warm-Up Assignment: Write an Introductory Essay Paragraph
Reading 3: Statement of Apology (751 words)
Final Assignment: Write a Compare and Contrast Essay

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Intermediate