TY - BOOK AU - Bixby,Jennifer AU - McVeigh, Joe TI - Q : Skills for Success Intro : Reading and Writing (3rd ed.) SN - 9780194903912 (Student book with online practice) AV - PE1128 .G6525 2015 U1 - 428.0071 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Reading comprehension KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - A1 (CEFR) KW - Beginner N1 - Cover title; 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 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - What kind of person are you? ; Reading: What kind of person are you? ; Building Vocabulary: Using descriptive adjectives ; Reading Skill: Identifying topics and main ideas ; Work with the Video: Twins ; Critical Thinking Strategy: Generating ideas with listing ; Writing Skill: Writing simple sentences ; Grammar: Present of be; Simple present affirmative statements ; Unit Assignment: Write sentences to describe yourself ; UNIT 2 EDUCATION - Can students learn in different ways? ; Reading : Unusual Schools ; Building Vocabulary: Recognizing word families ; Reading Skill: Scanning for names, dates, and times ; Critical Thinking Strategy: Comparing and contrasting ; Work with the Video: Millfield School ; Writing Skill: Editing for capitalization and punctuation ; Grammar: Simple present ; Unit Assignment: Give information about a school ; UNIT 3 CULTURAL STUDIES - When do we eat special foods? ; Reading: Celebrating with Food ; Reading Skill Review: Scanning for information ; Building Vocabulary: Using the dictionary ; Work with the Video: Chinese New Year ; Grammar: Adjectives and adverbs ; Writing Skill: Writing complete sentences ; Unit Assignment: Describe the people, food, and activities at a celebration ; Critical Thinking Strategy: Choosing a writing topic ; UNIT 4 SOCIOLOGY - How do you have fun? ; Reading: No Money? Have Fun Anyway! ; Critical Thinking Strategy: Classifying ; Building Vocabulary: Using verb + noun collocations ; Reading Skill: Underlining and highlighting ; Work with the Video: How People Have Fun ; Writing Skill: Capitalizing proper nouns ; Grammar: Subject and object pronouns ; Unit Assignment: Write about how you have fun ; UNIT 5 ARCHITECTURE - What is your favorite building? ; Reading 1: My Dorm Is Cool ; Reading 2: A Green House ; Reading Skill Review: Underlining and highlighting ; Critical Thinking Strategy: Restarting ; Work with the Video: Famous Buildings in Amsterdam ; Grammar: Identifying word categories ; Writing Skill: Using subject-verb agreement in different sentence types ; Unit Assignment: Write about your favorite building ; UNIT 6 HEALTH SCIENCES - How can you change an unhealthy habit? ; Reading 1: When Does a Change Become a Habit? ; Reading Skill:Identifying pronoun references ; Reading 2: Dr.Lee on Health ; Work with the Video: A Different Kind of Journey ; Building Vocabulary: Using collocations ; Grammar: Modals ''can'', ''could'', and ''should'' ; Critical Thinking Strategy: Offering solutions ; Writing Skill: Using an editing checklist ; Unit Assignment: Write about how to change an unhealthy habit ; UNIT 7 GLOBAL STUDIES - Is it easy to live in a different country? ; Reading 1: Culture Shock in the City ; Reading Skill: Building a reading fluency ; Reading 2: Life in a New City ; Critical Thinking Strategy: Separating fact and opinion ; Work with the Video: A Different Kind of Journey ; Building Vocabulary: Identifying word families ; Grammar: Past of ''be''; Simple past affirmative statements ; Writing Skill: Identifying fragments and complete sentences ; Unit Assignment: Write about a new place ; UNIT 8 TECHNOLOGY - How can technology help people? ; Reading 1: Be My Eyes ; Reading Skill Review: Building reading fluency ; Critical Thinking Strategy: Summarizing information ; Reading 2: An Extraordinary Scientist ; Work with the Video: Bringing Light ; Building Vocabulary: Using the dictionary ; Grammar: Simple past with regular and irregular verbs ; Writing Skill: Writing sentences with and ; Unit Assignment: Write about how technology helps people ; Vocabulary List and CEFR Correlation; Authors and Consultants UR - https://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780194903912.html ER -