Boyle, Mike <br/><br/>
Skillful Reading and Writing 4 / 
Mike Boyle and Lindsay Warwick. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - London :  MacMillan,  2014. 
 - 110 p. :  col. ill. ;  28 cm. 
 - MacMillan academic skills .
<br/><br/> Includes an access code to a comprehensive digital component, Digibook. 
<br/><br/>''Every student needs top class reading and writing skills to succeed at an academic level. Skillful focuses on theses 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: U1 GATHERING  Reading text: Are online “friends” a threat to development? (Am. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Identifying the writer’s position -- What exactly is an argument?<br/>  Language development: Synonyms -- Simple and progressive verb forms<br/>  Writing skill: Formality<br/>  Writing task: A formal email to a college professor<br/>  Digibook video activity: No man is an island<br/>  Study skills: Process writing and peer checking  U2 GAMES<br/>  Reading text: After the Games end: Risks and rewards of hosting the Olympics (Br. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Identify contrasts -- Identifying references to things outside the text<br/>  Language development: Guessing meaning from context -- Expressing contrast<br/>  Writing skill: Creating an outline<br/>  Writing task: A report on hosting a major sports event<br/>  Digibook video activity: Reality TV: The harsh reality<br/>  Study skills: Finding an idea to write about  U3 NOSTALGIA  Reading text: The shifting sands of memory (Am. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Understanding analogies in a text -- Identifying sources of information<br/>  Language development: Reporting information -- Condensing information with compound adjectives<br/>   Writing skill: Transition sentences<br/>  Writing task: An essay on the accuracy of memories<br/>  Digibook video activity: Retro-volution<br/>  Critical thinking skills: Eyewitness testimony /  Stella Cottrell U4 RISK<br/>  Reading text: Risk-takers: Who are they? (Br. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Summarizing -- Assessing whether research supports an argument<br/>  Language development: Adjective + preposition collocations -- Infinitive phrases<br/>  Writing skill: Avoiding plagiarism<br/>  Writing task: A summary of a research paper<br/>  Digibook video activity: Risky business<br/>  Study skills: Evaluating online sources  U5 SPRAWL<br/>  Reading text: Solving the problem of informal settlements (Br. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Identifying different perspectives -- Recognizing trends and patterns<br/>  Language development: Prepositional phrases -- Impersonal report structures<br/>  Writing skill: Hedging<br/>  Writing task: An argumentative essay<br/>  Digibook video activity: The urban footprint<br/>  Critical thinking skills: Internal consistency /   Stella Cottrell U6 LEGACY<br/>  Reading text: Endangered languages: Strategies for preservation and revitalization (Am. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Using headings to understand the main ideas -- Identifying fact, speculation, and opinion<br/>  Language development: Words with more than one affix -- Relative pronouns with prepositions<br/>  Writing skill: Writing definitions<br/>  Writing task: A comparison essay about overpopulation<br/>  Digibook video activity: Tracing the family line<br/>  Study skills: Academic referencing U7 EXPANSE<br/>  Reading text: Overpopulation: A problem or a myth (Am. & Br. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Identifying persuasion techniques -- Assessing the logic of an argument<br/>  Language development: Adjective + noun collocations -- Noun (nominal) clauses<br/>  Writing skill: Emphasizing your point<br/>  Writing task: A persuasive essay about overpopulation<br/>  Digibook video activity: Infinite boundaries<br/>  Critical thinking skills: Argument: Persuasion through reasons /   Stella Cottrell U8 CHANGE<br/>  Reading text: Leadership and change management (Br. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Identifying concepts and theories -- Inferring criticism<br/>  Language development: Idiomatic language -- Participle clauses<br/>  Writing skill: Report writing<br/>  Writing task: A business report for a supermarket<br/>  Digibook video activity: Shock to the system<br/>  Study skills: Editing your work  U9 FLOW<br/>  Reading text: How rivers made civilization (Br. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Identifying links --  Identifying logical fallacies<br/>  Language development: Verbs and expressions with prepositions -- Expressing causality<br/>  Writing skill: Writing effective conclusions<br/>  Writing task: A cause and effect essay<br/>  Digibook video activity: Volcanic flow<br/>  Critical thinking skills: Assuming a causal link /   Stella Cottrell U10 CONFLICT<br/>  Reading text: Culture and conflict (Am. Eng.)<br/>  Reading & critical thinking skills: Identifying causes -- Identifying humor<br/>  Language development: Phrasal verbs -- Verb patterns<br/>  Writing skill: The writer’s voice<br/>  Writing task: An academic essay using an appropriate voice<br/>  Digibook video activity: The warrior gene<br/>  Critical thinking skills: Relevant and irrelevant evidence /  Stella Cottrell 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230431980 (Student Book) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780230495777 (Student's Book Pack) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Study and teaching (Higher).<br/>English language--Writing--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>Reading--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>Advanced.<br/>C1 (CEFR).