Includes an Index of Exam skills and tasks.

"The Pathway to Academic Readiness

Pathways Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking, Second Edition uses National Geographic stories, photos, video, and infographics to bring the world to the classroom. Authentic, relevant content and carefully sequenced lessons engage learners while equipping them with the skills needed for academic success. Each level of the second edition features new and updated content.

Academic skills are clearly labeled at the beginning of each unit.

New and updated reading passages incorporate a variety of text types, charts, and infographics to inform and inspire learners.

Explicit reading skill instruction includes main ideas, details, inference, prediction, note-taking, sequencing, and vocabulary development.

Critical thinking activities are integrated throughout each unit, and help develop learner independence.

New and updated video sections use National Geographic video clips to provide a bridge between Readings 1 and 2, and to give learners ideas and language for the unit's writing task.

An additional reading passage provides integrated skills practice.

Key academic and thematic vocabulary is practiced, and expanded throughout each unit.

Vocabulary extension activities cover word forms, word webs, collocations, affixes, and more, to boost learner's reading and writing fluency.

Pathways' approach to writing guides students through the writing process and develops learners' confidence in planning, drafting, revising, and editing.

Writing Goals and Language for Writing sections provide the focus and scaffolding needed for learners to become successful writers.

An online workbook, powered by MyELT, includes video clips and automatically graded activities for learners to practice the skills taught in the Student Books.

Updated Revising Practice sections incorporate realistic model paragraphs and help learners refine their writing.

New Guided online writing practice provides reinforcement and consolidation of language skills, helping learners to become stronger and more confident writers." (Introduction, p. viii-x)

CONTENTS:

Unit 1: OUR WORLD Academic Track: Sociology/Anthropology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Face of Seven Billion — Video: 7 Billion — Reading 2: A Connected World

Academic Skills
READING: Focus - Scanning - Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Interpreting Visual Data CRITICAL THINKING: Focus - Reflecting
WRITING: Language for Writing: What is a sentence? - Simple present of be and other verbs - Writing Goal: Describe yourself and your communication habits. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms - Superlative adjectives - Word Web - Social media words

Unit 2: CAREER PATHS
Academic Track: Career Studies

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Reaching for the Sky — Video: Cave Scientist — Reading 2: Life in the Ring

Academic Skills
READING: Focus — Skimming — Predicting, Understanding a Sequence, Understanding Details
CRITICAL THINKING: Focus — Inferring — Personalizing, Synthesizing, Guessing Meaning from Context
WRITING: Language for Writing: Using verbs + infinitives — Using verb + noun collocations — Writing Goal: Describe your dreams and plans for the future
VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: Synonyms — Word Web: Time words and phrases

Unit 3: ADVENTURE Academic Track: Geography

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Adventures Anywhere — Video: Hooked on Adventure — Reading 2: A Movie-Goer’s Guide to London

Academic Skills
READING: Focus — Understanding Main Ideas of Paragraphs — Predicting, Understanding Details, Understanding Purpose
CRITICAL THINKING: Focus — Applying Ideas — Synthesizing, Guessing Meaning from Context WRITING: Language for Writing: Using imperative sentences; Using should / shouldn’t — Writing Goal: Write a walking tour of an area you know well VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: Noun + trip — Word Web: Prepositions of place and direction

Unit 4: The Visual Age Academic Track: Technology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Sharing Success —
Video: A Million “Likes” — Reading 2: Is It Real?

Academic Skills
READING: Focus — Identifying Examples — Previewing, Understanding the Gist, Understanding Main Ideas and Details
CRITICAL THINKING: Focus — Applying Advice — Evaluating, Guessing Meaning from Context
WRITING: Language for Writing: Using infinitives of purpose; using and, but, and or — Writing Goal: Write about what you use the Internet for
VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: Verb + photo — Word Forms: Nouns and verbs with the same spelling

Unit 5: TAKING A RISK
Academic Track: Psychology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Living on the Edge —
Video: Killer Crocs — Reading 2: Risk-Takers

Academic Skills
READING: Focus — Guessing Meaning from Context — Predicting, Identifying Examples, Understanding Quotes, Previewing, Understanding Main Ideas and Details
CRITICAL THINKING: Focus — Personalizing — Synthesizing, Reflecting, Guessing Meaning from Context
WRITING: Language for Writing: Using simple present tense (negative) — Using adverbs of frequency — Writing Goal: Write about the risks you take
VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: -ous — Word Partners: Nouns/Adjectives + size

Unit 6: SAVING THE WILD
Academic Track: Environmental Science

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Sea Turtles Feel the Heat — Video: Saving Lemurs — Reading 2: Animals in the Frame

Academic Skills
READING: Focus — Identifying Reasons — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details
CRITICAL THINKING: Focus — Analyzing a Sequence — Synthesizing, Evaluating, Guessing Meaning from Context
WRITING: Language for Writing: Giving reasons, using present continuous tense — Writing Goal: Describe an animal that is in danger
VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Comparative adjectives — Word Partners: Verbs + about

Unit 7: GREAT INVENTORS
Academic Track: History/Engineering

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Father of Engineering — Video: The Golden Age — Reading 2: The Mother of Computing

Academic Skills
READING: Focus — Understanding Pronoun Reference — Predicting, Understanding a Process, Completing a Summary, Understanding Main Ideas
CRITICAL THINKING: Focus — Analyzing an Argument — Evaluating, Synthesizing, Guessing Meaning from Context
WRITING: Language for Writing: Using simple past of be - Using simple past of other verbs — Writing Goal: Explain why we should have a day to celebrate a particular inventor
VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Changing verbs to nouns with –ing — Word Link: Occupation words ending in –er or -or

Unit 8: ALIEN WORLDS
Academic Track: Science / Technology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Other Worlds — Video: Mysterious Waters — Reading 2: Hidden Depths

Academic Skills
READING: Focus — Taking Notes — Previewing, Understanding the Gist, Understanding Main Ideas
CRITICAL THINKING: Focus — Identifying Speculation — Synthesizing, Analyzing an Argument, Guessing Meaning from Context
WRITING: Language for Writing: Introducing your opinion - using modal verbs to make predictions — Writing Goal: Express your opinion about the future of space or ocean exploration
VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: un- — Word Link: -ness

Independent Student Handbook

Index of Exam Skills and Tasks

For learners of English as Second Language at the A1-A2 (Beginner to High-Beginner) level (CEFR).