McVeigh, Joe <br/><br/>
Q : Skills for Success 2 :  Reading and Writing (2nd ed.) / 
Joe McVeigh and Jennifer Bixby. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2015. 
 - vii, 202 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. v, 97 p. (Student book 2A) :  ill. ;  26 cm. v, 102 p. (Student Book 2B) :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
 - Q : Skills for Success .
<br/><br/>"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: MARKETING<br/>  Q: Why does something become popular?<br/>  Unit Video: Colors in Business<br/>  Reading 1: Unusual Ideas to Make a Buzz<br/>  Reading Skill: Identifying the main idea of a paragraph<br/>  Reading 2: How do you decide?<br/>  Vocabulary Skill: Word families<br/>  Writing Skill: Writing a descriptive paragraph<br/>  Grammar: Present continuous<br/>  Unit Assignment: Write a descriptive paragraph Unit 2: PSYCHOLOGY<br/>  Q: How do colors affect the way we feel?<br/>  Reading 1: How colors make us think and fell<br/>  Reading Skill: Getting meaning from context<br/>  Reading 2: The importance of color in business<br/>  Unit Video: Pantone Color Company<br/>  Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes<br/>  Writing Skill: Brainstorming<br/>  Grammar: Future with will<br/>  Unit Assignment: Write a proposal for business Unit 3: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY<br/>  Q: What does it mean to be polite?<br/>  Reading 1: Being polite from culture to culture<br/>  Reading Skill: Identifying supporting details<br/>  Reading 2: Answers to all your travel questions<br/>  Unit Video: Cell Phone Politeness in Japan<br/>  Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes<br/>  Writing Skill: Supporting your main idea with examples<br/>  Grammar: Subject-verb agreement<br/>  Unit Assignment: Write a paragraph with supporting examples Unit 4: SOCIOLOGY<br/>  Q: What makes a competition unfair?<br/>  Reading 1: Money and sports<br/><br/>  Reading Skill: Taking notes<br/>  Reading 2: The fastest man on no legs<br/>  Unit Video: Under Armour Speed Skating Uniforms<br/>  Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary<br/>  Writing Skill: Writing an opinion paragraph<br/>  Grammar: Modals<br/>  Unit Assignment: Write an opinion paragraph Unit 5: BUSINESS<br/>  Q: What makes a family business successful<br/>  Unit Video: Zippers<br/>  Reading 1: Family unity builds success<br/>  Reading Skill: Skimming<br/>  Reading 2: The challenge of running a family business<br/>  Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary<br/>  Writing Skill: Unity in a paragraph<br/>  Grammar: Comparative and superlative adjectives<br/>  Unit Assignment: Write a plan for a family business<br/> Unit 6: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY<br/>  Q: Do you prefer to get help from a person or machine?<br/>  Unit Video: Robot Waiters<br/>  Reading 1: Memo to restaurant servers<br/>  Reading Skill: Identifying the author's purpose<br/>  Reading 2: I hate machines!<br/>  Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary<br/>  Writing Skill: Describing a process<br/>  Grammar: Infinitives of purpose<br/>  Unit Assignment: Write a paragraph describing a process Unit 7: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES<br/>  Q: Is it better to save what you have or buy new things?<br/>  Reading 1: Think before you toss<br/>  Reading Skill: Identifying fact and opinion<br/>  Reading 2: In praise of a throwaway society<br/>  Unit Video: One Man's Thrash, Another's Treasure<br/>  Vocabulary Skill: Phrasal Verbs<br/>  Writing Skill: Using sentence variety<br/>  Grammar: Simple past and past continuous<br/>  Unit Assignment: Write an opinion paragraph Unit 8: PUBLIC HEALTH<br/>  Q: How can we prevent diseases?<br/>  Reading 1: Flu FAQ<br/>  Reading Skill: Synthesizing information<br/>  Reading 2: Watching Over the Health of Millions<br/>  Unit Video: Avian Bird Flu Fears<br/>  Vocabulary Skill: Collocations<br/>  Writing Skill: Writing an explanatory paragraph<br/>  Grammar: Adverbs of manner and degree<br/>  Unit Assignment: Create an FAQ page 
<br/><br/> High-Beginner to Low-Intermediate (A2-B1) ESL students. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780194818704 (Student book) 9780194818742 (Student book 2A) 9780194818766 (Student book 2B) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014397293 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Conversation and phrase books.<br/>English language--Rhetoric.<br/>A2-B1 (CEFR).<br/>High-beginner to intermediate.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>A2 (CEFR). High-Beginner. Low-Intermediate. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1128  / .S33 2015