Unlock 3 : Reading & Writing Skills /
Carolyn Westbrook and Matt Firth.
- 1st ed.
- 207 p. (Student's book) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. 142 p. (Teacher's book) : col. ill. ; 27 cm + 1 DVD.
- Unlock .
"Unlock is a five-level academic skills course that combines carefully scaffolded exercises, a comprehensive approach to critical thinking and motivating video. Unlock Reading and Writing Skills Level 3 provides 60-90 hours of classroom material. Access to the Online Workbook is provided via a code packaged with the Student's Book. Critical Thinking sections give students frameworks to formulate their own opinions and express themselves effectively in the end-of-unit academic tasks. Unique research into common learner errors (using the Cambridge English Corpus) focuses the language used in Unlock on those areas learners find most challenging. Videos from Discovery Education™ (accessible via the Cambridge Learning Management System and supplied on the Teacher's Book DVD) provide new angles on a range of academic subjects." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS Map of the book / Introduction Introduction / Teaching tips UNIT 1 - Animals Reading 1: Endangered species (zoology) Reading 2: Losing the battle for survival (zoology) VIDEO: Sharks READING - Key reading skill: Reading for main ideas Using your knowledge to predict content Reading for detail Working out meaning from context Using visuals to predict content Skimming Making inferences from the text VOCABULARY: Academic adjectives 1 (e.g. common, healthy, endangered) GRAMMAR: Comparative adjectives Grammar for writing: Word order, using and, but and whereas CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze a diagram for information; Evaluate information from a diagram WRITING - Academic writing skills: Punctuation: capital letters, full stops, commas Writing task type: Write two comparison paragraphs Writing task: Compare and contrast the two sharks in the diagram UNIT 2 - Customs and Traditions Reading 1: Customs around the world (Sociology) Reading 2: A British wedding (Cultural studies) VIDEO: Customs in Dagestan READING - Key reading skill: Reading for detail Scanning to predict content Reading for main ideas Making inferences from the text Understanding key vocabulary Previewing Skimming Understanding discourse VOCABULARY: Academic adjectives 2 (e.g. brief, certain, obvious) GRAMMAR: Avoiding generalizations with can and tend to; Adverbs of frequency Grammar for writing: Adding detail for interest; Prepositional phrases CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze a description; Identify the structure of a description WRITING Academic writing skills: Essay structure Writing task type: Write three descriptive paragraphs. Writing task: Describe the laws and traditions concerning weddings. Have there been any changes in recent years? UNIT 3 - History Reading 1: Museum brochures (History) Reading 2: Should we teach history? (Education) VIDEO: Egyptian archaeology READING - Key reading skill: Identifying purpose and audience Using your knowledge to predict content Understanding key vocabulary Scanning to find information Skimming Reading for detail Making inferences from the text VOCABULARY: Academic vocabulary (e.g. display, document, period) GRAMMAR: Making suggestions Grammar for writing: Stating opinions; Linking contrasting sentences with but, however, although and on the other hand CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze different opinions; Evaluate the importance of information; Organize ideas in a chart WRITING Academic writing skills: Write an introduction Writing task type: Write a balanced opinion essay. Writing task: Should museums be free or should visitors pay for admission? Discuss. UNIT 4 - Transport Reading 1: Masdar: The future of cities? (Transport management) Reading 2: Solving traffic congestion (Urban planning) VIDEO: Indian transport READING - Key reading skill: Using visuals to predict content Understanding key vocabulary Reading for main ideas Reading for detail Making inferences from the text VOCABULARY: Collocation (e.g. traffic congestion, public transport, rush hour); Academic synonyms (e.g. prevent, select, consider) GRAMMAR - Grammar for writing: First conditional; Using if ... not and unless CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze an essay question; Evaluate advantages and disadvantages; Create your own list of advantages and disadvantages WRITING Academic writing skills: Write a conclusion Writing task type: Write a problem-solution essay based on a map. Writing task: Describe the traffic problems in this city and outline the advantages and disadvantages of the suggested solutions. UNIT 5 - Environment Reading 1: Our changing planet (Physical geography) Reading 2: What are the causes of deforestation and what are its effects on the natural environment? (Natural sciences) VIDEO: Alaskan glaciers READING - Key reading skill: Scanning to find information Using your knowledge to predict content Reading for main ideas Reading for detail Identifying purpose Previewing Understanding key vocabulary Making inferences VOCABULARY: Academic vocabulary (e.g. annual, issue, predict); Topic vocabulary (e.g. deforestation, climate change, flood) GRAMMAR - Grammar for writing: Cause and effect; Using because and because of CRITICAL THINKING: Evaluate ideas and examples using an ideas map; Create your own ideas and examples/evidence WRITING Academic writing skills: Write a topic sentence Writing task type: Write two cause-effect paragraphs. Writing task: Outline the human causes of climate change. What effects will these have on the planet? UNIT 6 - Health and Fitness Reading 1: Keep fit (Medicine) Reading 2: Tackling obesity (Nutrition) VIDEO: Cycling READING - Key reading skill: Reading for detail Understanding key vocabulary Using your knowledge to predict content Skimming Reading for main ideas Using key vocabulary Making inferences from the text VOCABULARY: Academic verbs and nouns (e.g. injure, suffer, encourage); Collocation (e.g. life expectancy, serious illness, junk food) GRAMMAR - Grammar for writing: Giving reasons; Giving examples with such as, for instance, for example, especially CRITICAL THINKING: Understand and subdivide arguments; Apply subdivided arguments to the organization of an essay plan WRITING Academic writing skills: Write supporting sentences. Writing task type: Write a problem-solution essay. Writing task: What can people do to live longer? What can a government do to increase the average life expectancy of its country's citizens. UNIT 7 - Discovery and Invention Reading 1: The magic of mimicry (Science and technology) Reading 2: The world of tomorrow (Product design) VIDEO: Robots READING - Key reading skill: Scanning to predict content Using your knowledge to predict content Skimming Reading for detail Making inferences from the text VOCABULARY: Understanding prefixes (e.g. misunderstand, underperform, unsafe) GRAMMAR: Making predictions with will, could and won't Grammar for writing: Relative clauses; Advantages and disadvantages CRITICAL THINKING: Remember ideas clearly by listing advantages and disadvantages; Understand an issue by finding reasons and evidence to support ideas WRITING Academic writing skills: Edit for common errors Writing task type: Write an advantage-disadvantage essay. Writing task: Choose one new era of technology or invention and outline its advantages and disadvantages. UNIT 8 - Fashion Reading 1: Is fast fashion taking over? (Retail management) Reading 2: Offshore production (Human resources) VIDEO: Missoni Italian fashion READING - Key reading skill: Distinguishing fact from opinion Using your knowledge to predict content Reading for main ideas Reading for detail Making inferences from the text Understanding key vocabulary Skimming VOCABULARY: Hyponyms (e.g. fashion and clothing, beauty products and cosmetics); Homonyms (e.g. approach, volume, goal) GRAMMAR - Grammar for writing: Prepositional phrases (e.g. apart from, rather than, along with); Counter-arguments (e.g. argue, claim, insist, state) CRITICAL THINKING: Evaluate arguments and counter-arguments) WRITING Academic writing skills: Cohesion; Coherence Writing task type: Write a balanced opinion essay. Writing task: Fashion is harmful. Discuss. UNIT 9 - Economics Reading 1: How should you invest your money? (Business) Reading 2: How times have changed (Economics) VIDEO: The Russian economy READING - Key reading skill: Skimming Understanding key vocabulary Reading for main ideas Identifying purpose Reading for detail Making inferences from the text Using your knowledge to predict content VOCABULARY: Academic vocabulary (e.g. economy, finance, industry); Synonyms (e.g. purchase and buy, domestic and household) GRAMMAR - Grammar for writing: Describing graphs - noun phrases and verb phrases; Using prepositions and conjunctions to add data; Writing approximations of numerical data (e.g. nearly, more than, approximately) CRITICAL THINKING: Understand and interpret visual information; Analyze a graph WRITING Academic writing skills: Write a description of a graph Writing task type: Write an explanatory paragraph describing a graph Writing task: Describe both graphs and explain the data. UNIT 10 - The Brain Reading 1: Tricks played by the brain (Psychology) Reading 2: Mind control (Neurology) VIDEO: The amazing brain READING - Key reading skill: Previewing Skimming Reading for detail Making inferences from the text Scanning to predict content VOCABULARY: Medical language (e.g. surgery, vaccination, treatment); Academic verbs (e.g. recover, care, confirm) GRAMMAR - Grammar for writing: Passive (in narrative tenses and with modal verbs) CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze a diagram to understand a process WRITING Academic writing skills: Write a description of a process Writing task type: Write a process paragraph Writing task: Explain how the body responds to changes in temperature. Glossary / Review tests answer key Video script / Review tests Acknowledgements / Model answers and additional writing tasks
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Reading. English language--Written English. International English Language Testing System--Study guides. B1 (CEFR). Intermediate.