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"With iQ online: integrated digital content".

"Critical Thinking: The unique central approach of the Q: Skills for Success series has been further enhanced in the Third Edition. New features help you analyze, synthesize, and develop your ideas.
Unit question: The thought-provoking unit questions engage you with the topic and provide a critical thinking framework for the unit.
Critical Thinking Strategy with video: Each unit includes a Critical Thinking Strategy with activities to give you step-by-step guidance in critical analysis of texts. An accompanying instructional video [...] provides extra support and examples.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Blue activity headings integrate verbs from Bloom's Taxonomy to help you see how each activity develops critical thinking skills.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Blue activity headings integrate verbs from Bloom's Taxonomy to help you see how each activity develops critical thinking skills.

Three types of Video:
Unit Video: The unit videos include high-interest documentaries and reports on a wide variety of subjects, all linked to the unit topic and question. "Work with Video" pages guide you in watching, understanding, and discussing the unit videos. The activities help you see the connection to the Unit Question and the other texts in the unit. In some units, one of the main listening texts is a video.
Critical Thinking Video: Narrated by the Q series authors, these short videos give you further instruction on the Critical Thinking Strategy of each unit using engaging images and graphics. You can use them to gain a deeper understanding of the Critical Thinking Strategy.
Skills Video: These instructional videos provide illustrated explanations of skills and grammar points in the Student Book. They can be viewed in class or assigned for a flipped classroom, for homework, or for review. One skill video is available for every unit.

Vocabulary: A research-based vocabulary program focuses on the words you need to know academically and professionally. The vocabulary syllabus in Q: Skills for Success is correlated to the CEFR and linked to two word lists: the Oxford 5000 and the OPAL (Oxford Phrasal Academic Lexicon)
The Oxford 5000 is an expanded core word list for advanced learners of English. As well as the Oxford 3000 core list, the Oxford 5000 includes an additional 2,000 words, guiding learners at B2-C1 level on the most useful, high-level words to learn.
The OPAL is a collection of four word lists that provide an essential guide to the most important words and phrases to know for academic English. The word lists are based on the Oxford Corpus of Academic English and the British Academic Spoken English corpus. The OPAL includes both spoken and written academic English and both individual words and longer phrases. Academic Language tips in the Student Book give information about how words and phrases from the OPAL are used and offer help with features such as collocations and phrases.

Extensive Reading is a program of reading for pleasure at a level that matches your language ability. There are many benefits to Extensive Reading:
It helps you to become a better reader in general; it helps to increase your reading speed; it can improve your reading comprehension; it increases your vocabulary range; it can help you improve your grammar and writing skills; it's great for motivation to read something that is interesting for its own sake.

Each unit if Q: Skills for Success Third Edition has been aligned to an Oxford Graded Reader based on the appropriate topic and level of language proficiency. The first chapter of each recommended graded reader can be downloaded from IQ Online Resources." (Introduction, pp. iv-vii)

CONTENTS

Welcome to Q: Skills for Success Third Edition

What is iQ Online?

UNIT 1 BUSINESS AND MARKETING - How important is it to keep up with current trends?
Note-taking Skill: Identifying key words
Listening 1: They Said It Was Just a Fad
Listening Skill: Listening for main ideas
Critical Thinking Strategy: Analyzing supporting details
Listening 2: Bucking the Trend Work with the Video: Our Clothes
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations: nouns and verbs
Grammar: The present continuous
Pronunciation: Interjections and intonation
Speaking Skill: Drawing attention to main ideas
Unit Assignment: An experiment with trend spotting

UNIT 2 PSYCHOLOGY - How can colors be useful?
Note-taking Skill: Using visual elements
Listening 1: The Colors of Nature
Listening Skill: Understanding cause and effect
Critical Thinking Strategy: Evaluating cause-and-effect statements
Listening 2: Colorful Homes
Work with the Video: Color Branding
Vocabulary Skill: Word families: nouns and verbs
Grammar: There's and it's
Pronunciation: Schwa /ə/ in unstressed syllables Speaking Skill: Asking for and giving examples
Unit Assignment: Present a building design

UNIT 3 PSYCHOLOGY - Why are social skills important?
Listening 1: Be Polite
Listening Skill: Predicting
Critical Thinking Strategy: Applying what you learn
Note-taking Skill: Organizing notes
Listening 2: Classroom Etiquette
Work with the Video: Making Small Talk
Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms
Grammar: Modal verbs should and shouldn't
Pronunciation: Final /s/ or /z/ sounds
Speaking Skill: Giving advice and making recommendations
Unit Assignment: Give a presentation on manners

UNIT 4 TECHNOLOGY - How does technology affect our relationships?
Note-taking Skill: Using symbols and abbreviations
Listening 1: Online Friendships
Critical Thinking Strategy: Curiosity
Listening Skill: Listening for specific information
Listening 2: Who are you talking to?
Work with the Video: Living in 1927
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary
Grammar: Comparatives
Pronunciation: Final /s/ or /z/ sounds
Speaking Skill: Asking for and giving clarification
Unit Assignment: Have a panel if discussion about social media

UNIT 5 SOCIOLOGY - What does it mean to be part of a family?
Note-taking Skill: Using a simple outline
Listening 1: Twins in the family
Listening Skill: Listening for reasons and explanations
Listening 2: Family History
Critical Thinking Strategy: Ranking
Work with the Video: Nadiya's Family
Vocabulary Skill: Word families: verbs, nouns and adjectives
Grammar: Auxiliary verbs in question
Pronunciation: Intonation in questions with or
Speaking Skill: Expressing opinions
Unit Assignment: Give a short speech

UNIT 6 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE - How can playing games be good for you?
Note-taking Skill: Reviewing and editing notes
Listening Skill: Listening for dates and other numbers

Listening 1: Why should adults play video games? Listening 2: Chess Champions
Critical Thinking Strategy: Identifying "false" inferences
Work with the Video: Is gaming the future of education?
Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes
Grammar: Imperative verbs
Pronunciation: Word stress
Speaking Skill: Giving instructions
Unit Assignment: Develop and present an idea for a new game

UNIT 7 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE - How do people survive in extreme environments? Note-taking Skill: Preparing to take notes in class
Listening 1 (Video): The nomads of outer Mongolia
Critical Thinking Strategy: Categorizing
Listening Skill: Recognizing a speaker 's attitude
Listening 2: High-rise living
Vocabulary Skill: Compound nouns
Grammar: Future with will
Pronunciation: Word stress in compound nouns
Speaking Skill: Summarizing
Unit Assignment: Role-play an interview

UNIT 8 PUBLIC HEALTH - How important is cleanliness?
Listening 1 (Video): Water for life?
Listening Skill: Recognizing facts and opinions
Note-taking Skill: Using notes to write a summary
Listening 2: Is it possible to be too clean?
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary
Grammar: If clauses for future possibility
Pronunciation: Function words and stress
Critical Thinking Strategy: Appraising solutions to problems
Speaking Skill: Participating in a group discussion
Unit Assignment: Give a persuasive presentation

Vocabulary List and CEFR Correlation

Authors and consultants

This series that helps students to think critically and succeed academically. With new note-taking skills, an extended writing syllabus and authentic video in every unit, this book equips students for academic success better than ever. This book helps students to measure their progress, with clearly stated unit objectives that motivate students to achieve their language learning goals. Seamlessly integrated online content allows teachers to truly implement blended learning into the classroom.