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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.
Analysis: You can discuss your opinion of each listening text and analyze how it changes your perspective on the unit question.

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 - What is a good job?
Reading 1: The Right Job for You
Reading Skill: Previewing
Reading 2: The World of Work
Critical Thinking Strategy: Classifying Work with the Video: Volcano Adventure
Vocabulary Skill: Word forms
Writing Skill: Writing a main idea and supporting sentences
Grammar: Verb + infinitives (like, want, and need)
Unit Assignment: Write about a job that's right for you

UNIT 2 COGNITIVE SCIENCE - What is the best way to study?
Reading 1: The Secret to Good Memory
Critical Thinking Strategy: Restarting
Reading 2: The Brain and Technology
Reading Skill: Skimming
Work with the Video: Neurons as Networks
Vocabulary Skill: Word roots
Writing Skill: Writing Sentences with but and so
Grammar: Simple Past with regular and irregular verbs
Unit Assignment: Write about how you study

UNIT 3 SOCIOLOGY - Is vacation the best way to relax?
Reading 1: Managing Life and Work
Critical Thinking Strategy: Identifying pros and cons
Reading Skill: Reading charts, graphs and tables
Reading 2: Relaxing at Work
Work with the Video: Malaysian Islands
Vocabulary Skill: Modifying nouns
Writing Skill: Using correct paragraph structure
Grammar: Sentences with because
Unit Assignment: Write a paragraph about the best way to relax

UNIT 4 PHYSIOLOGY - What makes you laugh?
Reading 1: No Laughing Matter
Reading Skill: Identifying the topic sentences in a paragraph
Reading 2: Reasons to Laugh
Critical Thinking Strategy: Identifying supporting information
Work with the Video: Laughter Yoga
Vocabulary Skill: Parts of speech
Writing Skill: Writing a topic sentence
Grammar: Sentences with when
Unit Assignment: Write a paragraph about one way laughter is good for you

UNIT 5 SPORTS SCIENCE - What is a sport?
Reading 1: Exercise for Life
Critical Thinking Strategy: Evaluating sources
Reading Skill: Identifying supporting sentences and details
Reading 2: Games or Sports?
Work with the Video: Skate Brothers
Vocabulary Skill: The prefix un-
Writing Skill: Writing supporting sentences and details
Grammar: Prepositions of location
Unit Assignment: Write a paragraph about your favorite sport

UNIT 6 COMMUNICATION - Is choice always a good thing?
Reading 1: Too Much Information, Too Many Choices
Reading Skill: Identifying pronoun referents
Reading 2: Making Medical Decisions
Critical Thinking Strategy: Justifying your opinions
Work with the Video: Internet Shopping
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations
Writing Skill: Writing concluding sentences
Grammar: Infinitives of purpose
Unit Assignment: Write an opinion paragraph

UNIT 7 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE - Is the world changing too fast?
Reading 1: Technology and Change
Reading Skill: Marking the margins
Critical Thinking Strategy: Identifying point of view
Reading 2: Some Things Never Change
Work with the Video: Service for Seniors
Vocabulary Skill: Finding the correct definition
Grammar: Clauses with before/before that or after/after that
Writing Skill: Making a timeline to plan your writing
Unit Assignment: Write a paragraph about important changes in your life

UNIT 8 PSYCHOLOGY - What are you afraid of?
Reading 1: A Dangerous World?
Critical Thinking Strategy: Identifying cause and effect
Reading Skill: Identifying facts and opinions
Reading 2: Can We Trust Our Fears?
Work with the Video: Reproducing Fear
Vocabulary Skill: Word families
Writing Skill: Contrasting ideas with however
Grammar: Comparative adjectives
Unit Assignment: Write one or more paragraphs about a common fear

Vocabulary List and CEFR Correlation

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