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020 _a9781107683808 (Student book)
020 _a9781108583688 (Student book with integrated digital learning)
020 _a9781107610231 (Teacher's manual)
035 _aocn887968032
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_cJCRC
_dOCLCO
_dYDXCP
_dBTCTA
_dAEVC
100 1 _aWilliams, Jessica
_d1957-
245 1 0 _aMaking Connections 1 :
_bSkills and Strategies for Academic Reading /
_cJessica Williams.
250 _a2nd ed..
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c201,.
300 _ax, 278 p. :
_bcol. ill. ;
_c26 cm.
_e+ Teacher's Manual (68 p.)
440 _aMaking Connections
500 _aThe 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _a"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.
505 _aEach 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.
505 _aStudents learn strategies for approaching academic texts and skills for consciously applying the strategies.
505 _aPredicting the content of a text is critical for reading college books, and students practice this skill extensively before beginning each reading.
505 _aEach unit contains 3 readings, providing students with multiple opportunities to practice applying the skills and strategies.
505 _aStudents learn how to use the skills and strategies by applying them to each text while they read it.
505 _aStudents continually review the skills and strategies, helping them build up a valuable set of tools for reading academic texts.
505 _aStudents expand their vocabularies by studying key words from each reading and academic words from each unit.
505 _aEach unit develops students' higher level thinking skills, such as evaluating and synthesizing information.
505 _aStudents also learn to read more quickly, a valuable skill for extended academic texts.
505 _aThe units end with a study of academic connectors, helping students learn how to navigate dense academic text." (Introduction, p. vii-ix)
505 _aCONTENTS:
505 _aUnit 1: Crossing Borders
505 _aSkills and Strategies 1: Finding the Meaning of Words
_tReading 1: Borders on the Land, in the Ocean, and in the Air
_tReading 2: Walls as Borders
505 _aSkills and Strategies 2: Finding the Topic of a Paragraph
_tReading 3: Border Control
505 _aMaking Connections
505 _aUnit 2: Names
505 _aSkills and Strategies 3: Noticing Parts of Words
_tReading 1: Where Does Your Name Come From?
_tReading 2: Changing Names
505 _aSkills and Strategies 4: Finding he Main Idea of a Paragraph
_tReading 3: Names in Business
505 _aMaking Connections
505 _aUnit 3: Food
505 _aSkills and Strategies 5: Collocations
_tReading 1: Food from the Old World and the New World
_tReading 2: Fast Food
505 _aSkills and Strategies 6: Finding Supporting Details
_tReading 3: Table Manners
505 _aMaking Connections
505 _aUnit 4: Transportation
505 _aSkills and Strategies 7: Phrases
_tReading 1: A Short History of Public Transportation
_tReading 2: Bicycles for City Transportation
505 _aSkills and Strategies 8: Finding Contrasts
_tReading 3: The Dangers of Driving
505 _aMaking Connections
505 _aUnit 5: Sleep
505 _aSkills and Strategies 9: Finding the Meaning of Words
_tReading 1: The Importance of Sleep
_tReading 2: Getting Enough Sleep
505 _aSkills and Strategies 10: Finding Causes and Effects
_tReading 3: Your Body Clock
505 _aMaking Connections
505 _aUnit 6: Music
505 _aSkills and Strategies 11: Noticing Parts of Words
_tReading 1: The Power of Music
_tReading 2: Can Anyone Be a Musician?
505 _aSkills and Strategies 12: Organizing Notes in Times Lines
_tReading 3: The Music Industry
505 _aMaking Connections
505 _aUnit 7: Natural Disasters
505 _aSkills and Strategies 13: Collocations
_tReading 1: The Dark Side of Nature
_tReading 2: The Predicting and Preparing for Natural Disasters
505 _aSkills and Strategies 14: Organizing Notes in Outlines
_tReading 3: A Natural Disaster from Outer Space?
505 _aMaking Connections
505 _aUnit 8: Leisure
505 _aSkills and Strategies 15: Phrases
_tReading 1: Work and Leisure
_tReading 2: Leisure Activities
505 _aSkills and Strategies 16: Reading Quickly
_tReading 3: Vacations
505 _aMaking Connections
505 _aAppendix 1 Key Vocabulary
505 _aAppendix 2 Index to Key Vocabulary
521 _aFor low-intermediate students
650 0 _aEnglish language
_vTextbooks for foreign speakers.
650 0 _aReading comprehension
_vProblems, exercises, etc.
650 0 _aReading (Higher education)
_vProblems, exercises, etc.
650 0 _aLow-intermediate.
856 _uhttp://www.cambridge.org/ca/cambridgeenglish/catalog/skills/making-connections-2nd-edition/making-connections-level-1-skills-and-strategies-academic-reading-2nd-edition-students-book-integrated-digital-learning?localeText=Canada&locale=en_CA&format=DO&remember_me=on
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