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"University Success is an academic course designed for English language learners preparing for mainstream academic environments. Authentic content is woven through reading, writing, and oral communication strands. The course - level by level - carefully scaffolds skills development to help students become autonomous learners, thereby closing the skills gap.

University Success Writing, Advanced Level provides writing instruction and assignments that align with the way writing is taught at the university level and across disciplines. The focus is on inquiry-based research writing and on critical and creative thinking. Students learn how to execute writing assignments and construct essays that are academically appropriate. The Writing stand moves away from the production of highly structured essays and supports students through the writing process by focusing on systematic skill development tied to specific learning outcomes.

FEATURES:
Parts 1 and 2 presentations and controlled writing practice, guiding students through the writing process while building essential writing and critical-thinking skills. Topics are aligned around five main subject areas: Linguistics, Business Ethics, Earth Science, Medieval Culture, and Materials Engineering.
Part 3 features interviews with professors discussing their own writing processes as well as essays authored by the professors and built around the same five academic disciplines. Assignments allow students to apply and expand the skills acquired in Parts 1 and 2.

Integration of the Student Book and MyEnglishLab provides a blended approach for a flexible program that adjusts to the needs of students and teachers." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

Welcome to University Success

Key Features

Scope and Sequence

Acknowledgements

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

PART 1 Fundamental Writing Skills

U1 LINGUISTICS: The Research Writing Process
Fundamental Skills: The Research Writing Process
Supporting Skills: Brainstorm topics — Create an outline
Integrated Skills: Annotate research
Language Skills: Identify phrases in academic text
Vocabulary Strategy: Use a dictionary to expand vocabulary
Apply Your Skills: Plan a paper analyzing how and why words borrowed from other languages enter the English language

U2 BUSINESS ETHICS: Idea Development
Fundamental Skills: Idea development
Supporting Skills: Develop and organize ideas — Identify reliable sources of information
Integrated Skills: Paraphrase
Language Skills: Use direct quotations and reported speech
Vocabulary Strategy: Recognize in-text definitions
Apply Your Skills: Plan a paper comparing the advantages and disadvantages of putting the interests of shareholders or stakeholders first

U3 EARTH SCIENCE: Extended Writing
Fundamental Skills: Extended Writing
Supporting Skills: Use organizational patterns — Select examples
Integrated Skills: Summarize
Language Skills: Use adverbials of cause and effect
Vocabulary Strategy: Learn root words
Apply Your Skills: Plan an extended paper examining two different theories on the possible causes of the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) mass extinction

U4 MEDIEVAL CULTURE: Rhetorical Context
Fundamental Skills: Rhetorical Context
Supporting Skills: Make stylistic choices — Revise text
Integrated Skills: Analyze text for style and tone
Language Skills: Use cohesive devices for reference and agreement
Vocabulary Strategy: Understand connotations
Apply Your Skills: Write an essay of 800-1000 words that analyzes the role of poetry in medieval times and the role of modern music today

U5 MATERIALS ENGINEERING: Publishing
Fundamental Skills: Publishing
Supporting Skills: Edit text — Proofread text
Integrated Skills: Analyze text
Language Skills: Identify and edit run-on sentences and fragments
Vocabulary Strategy: Understand prefixes
Apply Your Skills: Write a discussion post of 500-600 words about the use of regenerative treatment for one specific injury or illness

PART 2 Critical Thinking Skills

U1 LINGUISTICS: Fact and Opinion
Fundamental Skills: Fact and Opinion
Supporting Skills: Use expressions of fact and opinion — Present a counterargument
Integrated Skills: Recognize author bias
Language Skills: Use language of disagreement
Vocabulary Strategy: Use a dictionary to learn collocations
Apply Your Skills: Write an argumentative essay of 500-800 words taking a position on whether learning a second language has impacted or changed your identity

U3 EARTH SCIENCE: Processes Writing
Fundamental Skills: Process writing
Supporting Skills: Organize a process — Support a process with visuals
Integrated Skills: Synthesize information from sources
Language Skills: Use passive voice in scientific writing
Vocabulary Strategy: Build discipline-specific vocabulary
Apply Your Skills: Write a process paper of 800-1000 words explaining one way to lessen food insecurity

U4 MEDIEVAL STUDIES: Style and Genre
Fundamental Skills: Style and genre
Supporting Skills: Use figurative language — Appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos
Integrated Skills: Analyze descriptive writing
Language Skills: Vary description
Vocabulary Strategy: Use a corpus to expand word knowledge
Apply Your Skills: Research a folklore story that ends with a moral or lesson. Identify the genre, briefly summarize the story, and write an essay of 500-800 words analyzing the style and appeal.

U5 MATERIALS ENGINEERING: Research Writing
Critical Thinking Skills: Research writing
Supporting Skills: Develop a research summary — Develop a strong conclusion.
Integrated Skills: Present a research paper.
Language Skills: Use parallel structure
Vocabulary Strategy: Understand suffixes
Apply Your Skills: Write a 1000-2000 word section of a Materials Engineering research paper on polymeric materials.

PART 3 Extended Writing

U1 LINGUISTICS

Interviews and Readings:
Writing as a Linguist: Fact or Fiction: Evaluating Media Coverage of the Vocal Fry Phenomenon

Research / Assignment:
Write an academic paper of 4-6 pages about the way a particular social group uses language.

U2 BUSINESS ETHICS

Interviews and Readings:
Writing as a Business Ethicist: Frameworks of Intercultural Understanding in Global Business

Research / Assignment:
Write an academic paper of 4-6 pages comparing global business practices of two different countries.

U3 EARTH SCIENCE: Climate and Environmentalism

Interviews and Readings:
Writing as an Earth Scientist: Environmentalism in the 21st Century

Research / Assignment:
Write an academic paper of 4-6 pages on an environmental issue that is of concern to a region of the world, a specific country, or a particular community.

U4 MEDIEVAL SCIENCE

Interviews and Readings:
Writing as a Literary Expert: Medieval Feast as Artistic Production

Research / Assignment:
Write an academic paper of 4-6 pages describing a celebration in a local community you are familiar with.

U5 MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Interviews and Readings:
Writing as a Materials Engineer: Why Do Polymers Behave Differently Depending on Their Conditions?

Research / Assignment: Write research summaries of 250-500 words each for two peer-reviewed articles based on your research on an innovative technology that uses polymers to address a particular need or problem.

Credits

Index