Making Connections 1 : Skills and Strategies for Academic Reading /
Jessica Williams.
- 2nd ed..
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 201,.
- x, 278 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. + Teacher's Manual (68 p.)
- Making Connections .
The Teacher's Manual includes teaching suggestions, unit quizzes and answer keys. The electronic version of the Teacher's Manual is available at www.cambridge.org/makingconnections.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Making Connections 1 is a low intermediate academic reading and vocabulary skills book. It is intended for students who need to improve their strategic reading skills and build their academic vocabulary. Each unit begins with an in-depth study of key skills and strategies for reading academic texts, helping students to learn how and when to use them. Students learn strategies for approaching academic texts and skills for consciously applying the strategies. Predicting the content of a text is critical for reading college books, and students practice this skill extensively before beginning each reading. Each unit contains 3 readings, providing students with multiple opportunities to practice applying the skills and strategies. Students learn how to use the skills and strategies by applying them to each text while they read it. Students continually review the skills and strategies, helping them build up a valuable set of tools for reading academic texts. Students expand their vocabularies by studying key words from each reading and academic words from each unit. Each unit develops students' higher level thinking skills, such as evaluating and synthesizing information. Students also learn to read more quickly, a valuable skill for extended academic texts. The units end with a study of academic connectors, helping students learn how to navigate dense academic text." (Introduction, p. vii-ix) CONTENTS: Unit 1: Crossing Borders Skills and Strategies 1: Finding the Meaning of Words Reading 1: Borders on the Land, in the Ocean, and in the Air Reading 2: Walls as Borders Skills and Strategies 2: Finding the Topic of a Paragraph Reading 3: Border Control Making Connections Unit 2: Names Skills and Strategies 3: Noticing Parts of Words Reading 1: Where Does Your Name Come From? Reading 2: Changing Names Skills and Strategies 4: Finding he Main Idea of a Paragraph Reading 3: Names in Business Making Connections Unit 3: Food Skills and Strategies 5: Collocations Reading 1: Food from the Old World and the New World Reading 2: Fast Food Skills and Strategies 6: Finding Supporting Details Reading 3: Table Manners Making Connections Unit 4: Transportation Skills and Strategies 7: Phrases Reading 1: A Short History of Public Transportation Reading 2: Bicycles for City Transportation Skills and Strategies 8: Finding Contrasts Reading 3: The Dangers of Driving Making Connections Unit 5: Sleep Skills and Strategies 9: Finding the Meaning of Words Reading 1: The Importance of Sleep Reading 2: Getting Enough Sleep Skills and Strategies 10: Finding Causes and Effects Reading 3: Your Body Clock Making Connections Unit 6: Music Skills and Strategies 11: Noticing Parts of Words Reading 1: The Power of Music Reading 2: Can Anyone Be a Musician? Skills and Strategies 12: Organizing Notes in Times Lines Reading 3: The Music Industry Making Connections Unit 7: Natural Disasters Skills and Strategies 13: Collocations Reading 1: The Dark Side of Nature Reading 2: The Predicting and Preparing for Natural Disasters Skills and Strategies 14: Organizing Notes in Outlines Reading 3: A Natural Disaster from Outer Space? Making Connections Unit 8: Leisure Skills and Strategies 15: Phrases Reading 1: Work and Leisure Reading 2: Leisure Activities Skills and Strategies 16: Reading Quickly Reading 3: Vacations Making Connections Appendix 1 Key Vocabulary Appendix 2 Index to Key Vocabulary
For low-intermediate students
9781107683808 (Student book) 9781108583688 (Student book with integrated digital learning) 9781107610231 (Teacher's manual)
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Reading comprehension--Problems, exercises, etc. Reading (Higher education)--Problems, exercises, etc. Low-intermediate.