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020 _a9780230431980 (Student Book)
024 3 0 _a9780230495777 (Student's Book Pack)
035 _a(OCoLC)1015220578
040 _aABES
_cJCRC
100 1 _aBoyle, Mike
245 1 0 _aSkillful Reading and Writing 4 /
_cMike Boyle and Lindsay Warwick.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aLondon :
_bMacMillan,
_c2014.
300 _a110 p. :
_bcol. ill. ;
_c28 cm.
440 _aMacMillan academic skills
500 _aIncludes an access code to a comprehensive digital component, Digibook.
505 _a''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.
505 _aThis 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)
505 _aCONTENTS:
505 _aU1 GATHERING
_tReading text: Are online “friends” a threat to development? (Am. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Identifying the writer’s position -- What exactly is an argument?
_tLanguage development: Synonyms -- Simple and progressive verb forms
_tWriting skill: Formality
_tWriting task: A formal email to a college professor
_tDigibook video activity: No man is an island
_tStudy skills: Process writing and peer checking
505 _aU2 GAMES
_tReading text: After the Games end: Risks and rewards of hosting the Olympics (Br. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Identify contrasts -- Identifying references to things outside the text
_tLanguage development: Guessing meaning from context -- Expressing contrast
_tWriting skill: Creating an outline
_tWriting task: A report on hosting a major sports event
_tDigibook video activity: Reality TV: The harsh reality
_tStudy skills: Finding an idea to write about
505 _aU3 NOSTALGIA
_tReading text: The shifting sands of memory (Am. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Understanding analogies in a text -- Identifying sources of information
_tLanguage development: Reporting information -- Condensing information with compound adjectives
_t Writing skill: Transition sentences
_tWriting task: An essay on the accuracy of memories
_tDigibook video activity: Retro-volution
_tCritical thinking skills: Eyewitness testimony /
_rStella Cottrell
505 _aU4 RISK
_tReading text: Risk-takers: Who are they? (Br. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Summarizing -- Assessing whether research supports an argument
_tLanguage development: Adjective + preposition collocations -- Infinitive phrases
_tWriting skill: Avoiding plagiarism
_tWriting task: A summary of a research paper
_tDigibook video activity: Risky business
_tStudy skills: Evaluating online sources
505 _aU5 SPRAWL
_tReading text: Solving the problem of informal settlements (Br. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Identifying different perspectives -- Recognizing trends and patterns
_tLanguage development: Prepositional phrases -- Impersonal report structures
_tWriting skill: Hedging
_tWriting task: An argumentative essay
_tDigibook video activity: The urban footprint
_tCritical thinking skills: Internal consistency /
_r Stella Cottrell
505 _aU6 LEGACY
_tReading text: Endangered languages: Strategies for preservation and revitalization (Am. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Using headings to understand the main ideas -- Identifying fact, speculation, and opinion
_tLanguage development: Words with more than one affix -- Relative pronouns with prepositions
_tWriting skill: Writing definitions
_tWriting task: A comparison essay about overpopulation
_tDigibook video activity: Tracing the family line
_tStudy skills: Academic referencing
505 _aU7 EXPANSE
_tReading text: Overpopulation: A problem or a myth (Am. & Br. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Identifying persuasion techniques -- Assessing the logic of an argument
_tLanguage development: Adjective + noun collocations -- Noun (nominal) clauses
_tWriting skill: Emphasizing your point
_tWriting task: A persuasive essay about overpopulation
_tDigibook video activity: Infinite boundaries
_tCritical thinking skills: Argument: Persuasion through reasons /
_rStella Cottrell
505 _aU8 CHANGE
_tReading text: Leadership and change management (Br. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Identifying concepts and theories -- Inferring criticism
_tLanguage development: Idiomatic language -- Participle clauses
_tWriting skill: Report writing
_tWriting task: A business report for a supermarket
_tDigibook video activity: Shock to the system
_tStudy skills: Editing your work
505 _aU9 FLOW
_tReading text: How rivers made civilization (Br. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Identifying links -- Identifying logical fallacies
_tLanguage development: Verbs and expressions with prepositions -- Expressing causality
_tWriting skill: Writing effective conclusions
_tWriting task: A cause and effect essay
_tDigibook video activity: Volcanic flow
_tCritical thinking skills: Assuming a causal link /
_rStella Cottrell
505 _aU10 CONFLICT
_tReading text: Culture and conflict (Am. Eng.)
_tReading & critical thinking skills: Identifying causes -- Identifying humor
_tLanguage development: Phrasal verbs -- Verb patterns
_tWriting skill: The writer’s voice
_tWriting task: An academic essay using an appropriate voice
_tDigibook video activity: The warrior gene
_tCritical thinking skills: Relevant and irrelevant evidence /
_rStella Cottrell
650 7 _aEnglish language
_xStudy and teaching (Higher).
650 7 _aEnglish language
_xWriting
_vProblems, exercises, etc.
650 7 _aEnglish language
_vTextbooks for foreign speakers.
650 7 _aReading
_xProblems, exercises, etc.
650 7 _aAdvanced.
650 7 _aC1 (CEFR).
700 1 _aWarwick, Lindsay
856 _uhttp://www.macmillanenglish.com/products/skillful-level-4-reading-and-writing-students-book-pack/
_zPublisher's Website.
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