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020 _a9782761385688 (Student Book + eText + MyeLab)
035 _a(OCoLC)926666264
040 _aTOH
_cJCRC
100 1 _aWilliams, Julia
245 1 0 _aLEAP 3 :
_bReading and Writing /
_cJulia Williams.
246 3 0 _aLEAP High-Intermediate
246 3 _aLearning English for Academic Purposes High-Intermediate :
_bReading and Writing
250 _aNew ed.
260 1 _aMontreal :
_bPearson ERPI,
_c2018.
300 _aviii, 264 p. :
_cill. ;
_c28 cm.
440 _aLEAP
500 _aIncludes a chapter providing models for the written assignments in this volume.
505 _a“Welcome to the new edition of LEAP 3: Reading and Writing. In this new edition, you’ll recognize many of the characteristics of the earlier editions:
_tengaging chapter topics about technology, science, and education;
_treadings in a variety of genres that reflect interesting and often divergent perspectives;
_tWarm-Up Assignments positioned mid-chapter that help you develop the skills you need to succeed in the final assignments;
_texplicit attention to vocabulary, in particular AWL words, with multiple exercises that allow for lots of practice;
_treading and writing instruction that support the development of essential academic skills like citing, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
505 _aYou’ll also discover new features that will help you achieve your academic objectives:
_tFocus on Critical Thinking sections to encourage you to develop you own opinions about the readings;
_tFocus on Accuracy sections to draw your attention to language details.
505 _aSeveral chapter topics are completely new while other topics have been significantly revised based on reviewer feedback.” (Introduction, p. iii)
505 _aSCOPE AND SEQUENCE:
505 _aChapter 1 ROBOT FUTURES
_tSubject Areas: engineering, robotics, technology
505 _aReading: Learn strategies to understand new words in context
_tReading 1: Robot Futures (963 words)
_tReading 2: Press Release from Aeryon Labs (360 words)
_tReading 3: Here Come the Robots (1163 words)
505 _aCritical Thinking: Identify key words in questions; Scan for answers while reading
505 _aWriting: Improve your writing with specific vocabulary
505 _aAccuracy: Use word forms accurately
505 _aAcademic Survival Skill: Identify and understand academic citations and references
505 _aAssignments:
_tWarm-up Assignment: Write short answers
_tFinal Assignment: Write a short answer test
505 _aChapter 2 INTERNATIONALIZATION OF EDUCATION
_tSubject Areas: education, psychology
505 _aReading: Skim a text to gather information
_tReading 1: Profile of an International Student (867 words)
_tReading 2: The Contemporary Landscape of University Internationalization (1219 words)
_tReading 3: The Internationalization of Higher Education (1262 words)
505 _aCritical Thinking: Consider characteristics of a text for efficient reading
505 _aWriting: Vary sentence structures to create interest
505 _aAccuracy: Introduce statistics in your writing
505 _aAcademic Survival Skill: Ask questions using correct word order; Survey other students and collect data
505 _aAssignments:
_tWarm-up Assignment: Write a short report
_tFinal Assignment: Design a survey and write an extended report
505 _aChapter 3 BUYING AND SELLING INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS
_tSubject Areas: marketing, business
505 _aReading: Understand writer and reader responsibility; Learn tips to make your writing easy to understand
_tReading 1: Introduction to Innovation (829 words)
_tReading 2: The Buyer Decision Process for New Products (973 words)
_tReading 3: Adoption of Innovation (921 words)
505 _aCritical Thinking: Apply knowledge to new contexts; Generate unique thoughts
505 _aWriting: Write definitions; recognize typical sentence patterns for definitions
505 _aAccuracy: Use parallelism when writing; help readers understand content quickly
505 _aAcademic Survival Skill: Learn to read smart; read quickly, understand the main points, and think critically about what you read
505 _aAssignments:
_tWarm-up Assignment: Write a short process essay
_tFinal Assignment: Write a longer process essay
505 _aChapter 4 THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF MARKETING
_tSubject Areas: marketing, social psychology
505 _aReading: Understand how authors introduce examples into an academic text
_tReading 1: What Is Marketing? (560 words)
_tReading 2: Social Criticisms of Marketing (2431 words)
_tReading 3: Culture Jam (1017 words)
505 _aCritical Thinking: Predict an author’s opinion; consider the author, the audience, and the type of text
505 _aWriting: Present your views by conceding and refuting
505 _aAccuracy: Represent cause and effect accurately
505 _aAcademic Survival Skill: Learn strategies to become an independent learner; improve your English language learning
505 _aAssignments:
_tWarm-up Assignment: Write a short cause and effect essay
_tFinal Assignment: Write a longer cause and effect essay
505 _aChapter 5 THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION
_tSubject Areas: biology, health, nutrition
505 _aReading: Recognize a compare and contrast text; Identify purpose/topic statements
_tReading 1: Understanding Healthy Body Weight (1480 words)
_tReading 2: Of Bananas and Cavemen (2063 words)
_tReading 3: Losing Weight, Gaining Life (997 words)
505 _aCritical Thinking: Evaluate information based on prior knowledge
505 _aWriting: Consider the academic perspective; adopt an objective perspective
505 _aAccuracy: Use conjunctions to compare and contrast
505 _aAcademic Survival Skill: Quote and reference to avoid plagiarism; write in-text citations and references accurately
505 _aAssignments:
_tWarm-up Assignment: Write a short compare and contrast essay
_tFinal Assignment: Write a longer compare and contrast essay
505 _aChapter 6 DIGITAL CURRENCIES
_tSubject Areas: business, economics, mathematics
505 _aReading: Learn how to annotate texts to remember information
_tReading 1: Digital Cash for a Digital Age (1218 words)
_tReading 2: Frequently Asked Questions from the Bitcoin Website (1814 words)
_tReading 3: The Rise of Bitcoin (1143 words)
505 _aCritical Thinking: Contextualize information; place new information in a larger context to understand it better
505 _aWriting: Write in the third person; Explore problems and solutions
505 _aAccuracy: Write conditional sentences; Understand the first, second, and third conditionals
505 _aAcademic Survival Skill: Paraphrase to avoid plagiarism; Learn paraphrasing techniques
505 _aAssignments:
_tWarm-up Assignment: Paraphrase a paragraph
_tFinal Assignment: Write a cause and effect essay that includes paraphrases of two paragraphs
505 _aChapter 7 THE INTERNET OF THINGS
_tSubject Areas: business, computer science, technology
505 _aReading: Recognize the differences between academic and popular texts
_tReading 1: Introduction to the Internet of Things (871 words)
_tReading 2: Too Clever for Comfort (792 words)
_tReading 3: Researchers Hack the Mitsubishi Outlander SUV (807 words)
505 _aCritical Thinking: Weigh advantages and disadvantages to develop a unique opinion
505 _aWriting: Summarize and reference to avoid plagiarism
505 _aAccuracy: Use the passive voice; learn how and when to use the passive voice
505 _aAcademic Survival Skill: Edit your own writing; identify your top three challenges needing improvement
505 _aAssignments:
_tWarm-up Assignment: Write a short summary
_tFinal Assignment: Integrate a summary into a persuasive essay
505 _aChapter 8 THE SLOW FOOD MOVEMENT
_tSubject Areas: agriculture, political science
505 _aReading: Read multi-clause, multi-phrase sentences; identify the start and end points of clauses and phrases
_tReading 1: In Praise of Slowness: Turning the Tables on Speed (1088 words)
_tReading 2: Restoring Food to Its Central Place (1389 words)
_tReading 3: The Ideology of Slow Food (1775 words)
505 _aCritical Thinking: Find an academic source; learn how to research your topic
505 _aWriting: Choose effective vocabulary to express opinions
505 _aAccuracy: Clarify the subject of a sentence
505 _aAcademic Survival Skill: Express opposing ideas; learn sentence frames to help you express opposing thoughts
505 _aAssignments:
_tWarm-up Assignment: Write a short persuasive essay
_tFinal Assignment: Write an extended persuasive essay
505 _aMy eLab: Online practice for each chapter
_tMore comprehension exercises for the readings
_tVocabulary review
_tAccuracy review
_tWriting focus review
_tChapter test
505 _aAdditional online reading texts:
_tExtra reading with comprehension and critical thinking questions
505 _aStudy resources in Documents including:
_tReferencing
_tIrregular Verbs List
505 _aModels Chapter
505 _aPhoto Credits
505 _aText Credits
521 _aB2 (CEFR) High-Intermediate
650 6 _aEnglish language
_xStudy and teaching
_xForeign speakers.
650 6 _aEnglish language
_xWritten English
_xStudy and teaching.
650 6 _aEnglish language
_xWritten English
_xProblems, exercises, etc
650 6 _aReading comprehension
_xStudy and teaching.
650 6 _aEnglish language
_xTextbooks for foreign speakers.
650 6 _aHigh-intermediate.
650 6 _aB2 (CEFR).
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