Williams, Julia <br/><br/>
LEAP 3 :  Reading and Writing / 
 LEAP High-Intermediate  Learning English for Academic Purposes High-Intermediate :  Reading and Writing 
Julia Williams. 
 - New ed. 
 - Montreal :  Pearson ERPI,  2018. 
 - viii, 264 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. 
 - LEAP .
<br/><br/> Includes a chapter providing models for the written assignments in this volume. 
<br/><br/>“Welcome to the new edition of LEAP 3: Reading and Writing. In this new edition, you’ll recognize many of the characteristics of the earlier editions:<br/>  engaging chapter topics about technology, science, and education;<br/>  readings in a variety of genres that reflect interesting and often divergent perspectives;<br/>  Warm-Up Assignments positioned mid-chapter that help you develop the skills you need to succeed in the final assignments;<br/>  explicit attention to vocabulary, in particular AWL words, with multiple exercises that allow for lots of practice;<br/>  reading and writing instruction that support the development of essential academic skills like citing, paraphrasing, and summarizing. You’ll also discover new features that will help you achieve your academic objectives:<br/>  Focus on Critical Thinking sections to encourage you to develop you own opinions about the readings;<br/>  Focus on Accuracy sections to draw your attention to language details. Several chapter topics are completely new while other topics have been significantly revised based on reviewer feedback.” (Introduction, p. iii) SCOPE AND SEQUENCE: Chapter 1 ROBOT FUTURES<br/>  Subject Areas: engineering, robotics, technology Reading: Learn strategies to understand new words in context<br/>  Reading 1: Robot Futures (963 words)<br/>  Reading 2: Press Release from Aeryon Labs (360 words)<br/>  Reading 3: Here Come the Robots (1163 words) Critical Thinking: Identify key words in questions; Scan for answers while reading<br/> Writing: Improve your writing with specific vocabulary Accuracy: Use word forms accurately Academic Survival Skill: Identify and understand academic citations and references Assignments:<br/>  Warm-up Assignment: Write short answers<br/>  Final Assignment: Write a short answer test Chapter 2 INTERNATIONALIZATION OF EDUCATION<br/>  Subject Areas: education, psychology Reading: Skim a text to gather information<br/>  Reading 1: Profile of an International Student (867 words)<br/>  Reading 2: The Contemporary Landscape of University Internationalization (1219 words)<br/>  Reading 3: The Internationalization of Higher Education (1262 words) Critical Thinking: Consider characteristics of a text for efficient reading Writing: Vary sentence structures to create interest Accuracy: Introduce statistics in your writing Academic Survival Skill: Ask questions using correct word order; Survey other students and collect data Assignments:<br/>  Warm-up Assignment: Write a short report<br/>  Final Assignment: Design a survey and write an extended report Chapter 3 BUYING AND SELLING INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS<br/>  Subject Areas: marketing, business Reading: Understand writer and reader responsibility; Learn tips to make your writing easy to understand<br/>  Reading 1: Introduction to Innovation (829 words)<br/>  Reading 2: The Buyer Decision Process for New Products (973 words)<br/>  Reading 3: Adoption of Innovation (921 words) Critical Thinking: Apply knowledge to new contexts; Generate unique thoughts Writing: Write definitions; recognize typical sentence patterns for definitions Accuracy: Use parallelism when writing; help readers understand content quickly Academic Survival Skill: Learn to read smart; read quickly, understand the main points, and think critically about what you read Assignments:<br/>  Warm-up Assignment: Write a short process essay<br/>  Final Assignment: Write a longer process essay Chapter 4 THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF MARKETING<br/>  Subject Areas: marketing, social psychology Reading: Understand how authors introduce examples into an academic text<br/>  Reading 1: What Is Marketing? (560 words)<br/>  Reading 2: Social Criticisms of Marketing (2431 words)<br/>  Reading 3: Culture Jam (1017 words) Critical Thinking: Predict an author’s opinion; consider the author, the audience, and the type of text Writing: Present your views by conceding and refuting Accuracy: Represent cause and effect accurately Academic Survival Skill: Learn strategies to become an independent learner; improve your English language learning Assignments:<br/>  Warm-up Assignment: Write a short cause and effect essay<br/>  Final Assignment: Write a longer cause and effect essay Chapter 5 THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION<br/>  Subject Areas: biology, health, nutrition Reading: Recognize a compare and contrast text; Identify purpose/topic statements<br/>  Reading 1: Understanding Healthy Body Weight (1480 words)<br/>  Reading 2: Of Bananas and Cavemen (2063 words)<br/>  Reading 3: Losing Weight, Gaining Life (997 words) Critical Thinking: Evaluate information based on prior knowledge Writing: Consider the academic perspective; adopt an objective perspective Accuracy: Use conjunctions to compare and contrast Academic Survival Skill: Quote and reference to avoid plagiarism; write in-text citations and references accurately Assignments:<br/>  Warm-up Assignment: Write a short compare and contrast essay<br/>  Final Assignment: Write a longer compare and contrast essay Chapter 6 DIGITAL CURRENCIES<br/>  Subject Areas: business, economics, mathematics Reading: Learn how to annotate texts to remember information<br/>  Reading 1: Digital Cash for a Digital Age (1218 words)<br/>  Reading 2: Frequently Asked Questions from the Bitcoin Website (1814 words)<br/>  Reading 3: The Rise of Bitcoin (1143 words) Critical Thinking: Contextualize information; place new information in a larger context to understand it better Writing: Write in the third person; Explore problems and solutions Accuracy: Write conditional sentences; Understand the first, second, and third conditionals Academic Survival Skill: Paraphrase to avoid plagiarism; Learn paraphrasing techniques Assignments:<br/>  Warm-up Assignment: Paraphrase a paragraph<br/>  Final Assignment: Write a cause and effect essay that includes paraphrases of two paragraphs Chapter 7 THE INTERNET OF THINGS<br/>  Subject Areas: business, computer science, technology Reading: Recognize the differences between academic and popular texts<br/>  Reading 1: Introduction to the Internet of Things (871 words)<br/>  Reading 2: Too Clever for Comfort (792 words)<br/>  Reading 3: Researchers Hack the Mitsubishi Outlander SUV (807 words) Critical Thinking: Weigh advantages and disadvantages to develop a unique opinion Writing: Summarize and reference to avoid plagiarism Accuracy: Use the passive voice; learn how and when to use the passive voice Academic Survival Skill: Edit your own writing; identify your top three challenges needing improvement Assignments:<br/>  Warm-up Assignment: Write a short summary<br/>  Final Assignment: Integrate a summary into a persuasive essay Chapter 8 THE SLOW FOOD MOVEMENT<br/>  Subject Areas: agriculture, political science Reading: Read multi-clause, multi-phrase sentences; identify the start and end points of clauses and phrases<br/>  Reading 1: In Praise of Slowness: Turning the Tables on Speed (1088 words)<br/>  Reading 2: Restoring Food to Its Central Place (1389 words)<br/>  Reading 3: The Ideology of Slow Food (1775 words) Critical Thinking: Find an academic source; learn how to research your topic Writing: Choose effective vocabulary to express opinions Accuracy: Clarify the subject of a sentence Academic Survival Skill: Express opposing ideas; learn sentence frames to help you express opposing thoughts Assignments:<br/>  Warm-up Assignment: Write a short persuasive essay<br/>  Final Assignment: Write an extended persuasive essay My eLab: Online practice for each chapter<br/>  More comprehension exercises for the readings<br/>  Vocabulary review<br/>  Accuracy review<br/>  Writing focus review<br/>  Chapter test<br/> Additional online reading texts:<br/>  Extra reading with comprehension and critical thinking questions Study resources in Documents including:<br/>  Referencing<br/>  Irregular Verbs List Models Chapter Photo Credits Text Credits 
<br/><br/> B2 (CEFR)<br/>High-Intermediate 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9782761385688 (Student Book + eText + MyeLab) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Written English--Study and teaching.<br/>English language--Written English--Problems, exercises, etc<br/>Reading comprehension--Study and teaching.<br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>High-intermediate.<br/>B2 (CEFR).