Unlock 2 : Reading & Writing Skills /
Richard O'Neill and Jeremy Day.
- 1st ed.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- 207 p. (Student's book) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. 138 p. (Teacher's book) : col. ill. ; 27 cm + 1 DVD.
- Unlock .
"Unlock is a five-level academic skills course that combines carefully scaffolded exercises, a comprehensive approach to critical thinking and motivating video. Unlock Reading and Writing Skills Level 2 provides 60-90 hours of classroom material. Access to the Online Workbook is provided via a code packaged with the Student's Book. Critical Thinking sections give students frameworks to formulate their own opinions and express themselves effectively in the end-of-unit academic tasks. Unique research into common learner errors (using the Cambridge English Corpus) focuses the language used in Unlock on those areas learners find most challenging. Videos from Discovery Education™ (accessible via the Cambridge Learning Management System and supplied on the Teacher's Book DVD) provide new angles on a range of academic subjects." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS Map of the book / Introduction Introduction / Teaching tips Unit 1 - PLACES READING 1: Rise of the megacities (Geography) READING 2: Homestay holidays (Travel and Tourism) VIDEO: Life in faraway places READING - Key reading skill: Scanning for numbers Understanding key vocabulary Making predictions Reading for main ideas Reading for detail Scanning to find information Working out meaning Scanning to predict content Making inferences VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe places (e.g. exciting, interesting, polluted, noisy, boring) GRAMMAR: Nouns, verbs and adjectives GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Sentence structure 1: subject + verb; There is / There are CRITICAL THINKING: Understand the differences between two texts Evaluate information using a T-chart Analyze positives and negatives using a T-chart Create your own T-chart to organize your ideas WRITING Academic writing skills: Capital letters and full stops Writing task type: Write descriptive sentences Writing task: Describe the place where you live. Write about the positives and negatives. Unit 2 - FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS READING 1: Celebrate! (Sociology) READING 2: Muscat Festival (Cultural Studies) VIDEO: Festivals: Mongolia READING - Key reading skill: Previewing Understanding key vocabulary Reading for main ideas Reading for detail Recognizing text type Scanning to predict content VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe festivals (e.g. lucky, culture, traditional, history, highlights) GRAMMAR: Prepositions of time and place: on, in, at; Adverbs of frequency GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Sentence structure 2: subject and verb order; Prepositional phrases CRITICAL THINKING: Apply your knowledge to a calendar Evaluate events in your country from an outsider's point of view Create a spider diagram to organize ideas WRITING Academic writing skills: Paragraph organization 1: organizing sentences into a paragraph Writing task type: Write a descriptive paragraph Writing task: Describe a festival or special event Unit 3 - SCHOOL AND EDUCATION READING 1: La Masia: the best footballers in the world (Education) READING 2: My Princeford experience (Education) VIDEO: A reading class READING - Key reading skill: Skimming Understanding key vocabulary Using visuals to predict content Reading for main ideas Reading for detail Understanding discourse Making inferences Previewing Using your knowledge VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe education (e.g. a principal, a lecturer, a lab, a graduate, an office) GRAMMAR: Education nouns; Plural nouns GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Subject pronouns; Because and so CRITICAL THINKING: Remember information from texts Analyze information in your notes Create a wh- chart to organize information WRITING Academic writing skills: Paragraph organization 2: topic and supporting sentences Writing task type: Write a descriptive paragraph Writing task: Describe your education Unit 4 - THE INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY READING 1: Someone's always watching you online... (Information technology) READING 2: Video games (Information technology) VIDEO: The rise of social media READING - Key reading skill: Making inferences Scanning to predict content Reading for main ideas Reading for detail Understanding key vocabulary Identifying type VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe the internet and technology (e.g. an online game, a computer program, a chat room, internet banking, a smartphone) GRAMMAR: Compound nouns; Giving opinions GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: And, also and too; But and however CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze an essay question Evaluate advantages and disadvantages Create your own list of advantages and disadvantages WRITING Academic writing skills: Topic sentences Writing task type: Write a one-sided opinion paragraph Writing task: The internet has made our lives better. Do you agree or disagree? Unit 5 - LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION READING 1: Writing systems (Linguistics) READING 2: Language change: a study guide (Linguistics) VIDEO: The importance of codes READING - Key reading skill: Reading for main ideas Understanding key vocabulary Using your knowledge Reading for detail Recognizing text type Scanning to predict content Making inferences VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe language and communication (e.g. sign, symbol, information, money, word) GRAMMAR: Countable and uncountable nouns; Articles, a, an or no article GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Quantifiers: some, many, a lot of, a few, a little CRITICAL THINKING: Evaluate ideas and examples using an ideas map; Create your own ideas and examples/evidence WRITING Academic writing skills: Supporting sentences Giving examples: like, such as and for example Writing task type: Write a descriptive paragraph Writing task: How is your language different from 50 years ago? Describe the way that people speak and write your language has changed. Unit 6 - WEATHER AND CLIMATE READING 1: Extreme weather (Geography) READING 2: Surviving the Sea of Sand (Environmental Science) VIDEO: Stormchasers READING - Key reading skill: Using your knowledge to predict content Understanding key vocabulary Reading for main ideas Reading for detail Recognizing text type VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe temperatures and graphs (e.g. high, low, rise, drop, an increase, a decrease) GRAMMAR: Collocations with temperature; Describing a graph GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Comparative and superlative adjectives CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze a graph; Evaluate a table and a graph WRITING Academic writing skills: Introductory sentences for descriptive paragraphs about a graph Writing task type: Write sentences to describe a graph Writing task: Describe a graph Unit 7 - SPORTS AND COMPETITION READING 1: Five strange sports (Sports Science) READING 2: Tough man: a race to the limit (Sports Science) VIDEO: Sports and competition READING - Key reading skill: Scanning to predict content Understanding key vocabulary Skimming Reading for detail Recognizing text type Previewing Reading for main ideas Understanding discourse Working out meaning VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe prepositions of movements (e.g. past, through, across, along, over) GRAMMAR: Prepositions of movement GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Subject and verb agreement CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze a diagram; Apply information to a description and a diagram WRITING Academic writing skills: Ordering events in a process; Eliminating irrelevancies Writing task type: Write a process paragraph Writing task: Write a narrative paragraph about the business history of Google Unit 8 - BUSINESS READING 1: Are you ready for the world of work? (Human Resources) READING 2: You can choose your grandma! (Business) VIDEO: The changing world of business READING - Key reading skill: Working out meaning from context Scanning to predict content Reading for main ideas Reading for detail Working out meaning Identifying the audience Understanding key vocabulary Making inferences VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe business (e.g. set up, a business partner, an employee, employ, a product) GRAMMAR: Collocations with business; Business vocabulary GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Past and present tenses; Clauses with when CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze a spider diagram; Create a timeline to organize events WRITING Academic writing skills: Adding detail Unit 9 - PEOPLE READING 1: Respect! (Sociology) READING 2: People I admire (Sociology) VIDEO: Mine rescue READING - Key reading skill: Reading for detail Understanding key vocabulary Scanning to predict content Reading for main ideas Identifying purpose Making inferences VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe people (e.g. reliable, talented, patient, sensible, selfish) GRAMMAR: Noun phrases with of; Adjectives to describe people GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Subject and object pronouns; Possessive adjectives CRITICAL THINKING: Apply information to a category Analyze photographs Create an idea wheel to categorize information WRITING Academic writing skills: Concluding sentences Writing task type: Write an explanatory paragraph Writing task: Describe a person you admire and explain why UNIT 10 - Space and the universe READING 1: Alien Planet (Space Science) READING 2: Life on other planets (Space Science) VIDEO: Our journey into space READING - Key reading skill: Scanning to find information Previewing Understanding key vocabulary Reading for main ideas Working out meaning Scanning to predict content Making inferences VOCABULARY: Vocabulary to describe giving evidence and supporting an argument (e.g. studies, reports, research, an expert) GRAMMAR: Giving evidence and supporting an argument; should and it is important to GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Developing sentence structure; Infinitive of purpose CRITICAL THINKING: Analyze an essay question Evaluate arguments for and against Create evidence and examples for arguments WRITING: Writing task type: Write a balanced opinion essay. Academic writing skills: Essay organization Writing task: Exploring space is very expensive. Some people think that it is too expensive. However, other people think it is a good way for governments to spend our money. Discuss both points of view and give your opinion. Glossary / Review tests answer key Video script / Review tests Acknowledgements / Model answers and additional writing tasks Acknowledgements
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. English language--Problems, exercises, etc. Reading. English language--Written English. International English Language Testing System--Study guides. A2 (CEFR). High Beginner.