"With Digibook access" - Cover note.

"Every student needs top class reading and writing skills to succeed at an academic level. Skillful focuses on these two skills to give presentation, instant practice and complete immersion in those language skills. it offers students the opportunity to develop language skills by presenting them with ideas from today's world, while building critical thinking skills that are vital for academic success.

This is taken even further with a focus on study skills, providing students with practical guidance and support, and building confidence for independent learning throughout their university career." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

Unit 1 Self Reading texts: 1. Student profiles — Are you free?
Reading skill: Global - Skimming
Vocabulary skill: Organizing words by topic
Grammar: Present tense of be
Writing skill: Making simple sentences
Writing task: Writing an online profile
Digibook video activity: Campus life
Study skills: Setting goals

Unit 2 Family
Reading texts: 1. It's 5:54 - time for dinner! — 2. Family traditions
Reading skill: Global - Scanning
Vocabulary skill: Finding words quickly in a print dictionary
Grammar: Subject and object pronouns
Writing skill: Using pronouns to avoid repetition
Writing task: Writing about your family
Digibook video activity: Around the dinner table
Study skills: Creating and using flashcards

Unit 3 Stuff
Reading texts: 1. Make it personal! — 2. The White House
Reading skill: Pre-reading - Previewing
Vocabulary skill: Using context to understand new words
Grammar: Articles
Writing skill: Writing paragraphs
Writing task: Describing your bedroom
Digibook video activity: Messy desk, messy mind
Study skills: Organizing space for study

Unit 4 Money
Reading texts: 1. Money types — 2. Rate our products
Reading skill: Global - Identifying topic sentences
Vocabulary skill: Learning antonyms
Grammar: Adjective word order
Writing skill: Using commas with adjectives
Writing task: Creating an online ad
Digibook video activity: At the shops
Study skills: Using an online dictionary

Unit 5 Taste
Reading texts: 1. Food careers — 2. Let's try something different tonight!
Reading skill: Close - Highlighting text
Vocabulary skill: Writing true sentences
Grammar: Simple present tense
Writing skill: Using commas
Writing task: Writing a restaurant review
Digibook video activity: Eat out or eat in?
Study skills: Learning grammar

Unit 6 Play
Reading texts: 1. Fitness survey — 2. Going the extra mile
Reding skill: Close - Annotating
Vocabulary skill: Finding the correct definition of a word
Grammar: Expressing frequency
Writing skill: Combining sentences with and and but
Writing task: Writing about your free-time activities
Digibook video activity: Taking hobbies to the extreme
Study skills: Creative learning

Unit 7 Places
Reading texts: 1. Cool neighborhoods — 2. A greener Seoul
Reading skill: Close - Completing a chart
Vocabulary skill: Labeling
Grammar: Prepositions of place
Writing skill: Capitalizing letters
Writing task: Describing your neighborhood
Digibook video activity: In the city
Study skills: Taking tests

Unit 8 Fun
Reading texts: 1. Traveler types — 2. Tip Top Tours
Reading skill: Global - Identifying text types
Vocabulary skill: Collocating with go
Grammar: Both and neither
Writing skill: Using transition words to add ideas
Writing task: Writing about things you have in common
Digibook video activity: Time for vacation!
Study skills: Using graded readers

Unit 9 Plans
Reading texts: 1. Katie Lee's résumé — 2. Tell me about your job
Reading skill: Close - Identifying examples
Vocabulary skill: Adding the suffix -er or -or
Grammar: Like, would like, be like
Writing skill: Supporting your writing by giving reasons
Writing task: Writing about a job you would like to have
Digibook video activity: Career choices
Study skills: Tricks for getting started

Unit 10 Celebration
Reading texts: 1. Mother's Day — 2. Unusual festivals
Reading skill: Close - Taking notes
Vocabulary skill: Forming nouns from verbs by adding -tion
Grammar: Subject-verb agreement
Writing skill: Using transition words to contrast ideas
Writing task: Writing about a festival
Digibook video activity: In celebration of food
Study skills: Organizing your notes

A1 (CEFR)