1 A Campus of Readers SKILLS FOCUS Expressing the main ideas in readings to others Asking questions before you read in order to focus your reading Using an ESL learner’s dictionary Predicting your audience’s reaction to your writing Budgeting your time efficiently when writing an essay Learning how to make classification in your writing Learning useful expressions for classification LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES Express the main ideas in readings to determine whether you have un-derstood the passage Ask questions before you read in order to focus your reading Use an ESL learner’s dictionary Predict your audience’s reaction to your writing ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES Set goals to break down your learning into smaller, more manageable parts Budget your time efficiently when writing an essay CNN VIDEO CLIP “Adult Illiteracy” English learners depict the challenges and benefits of learning to read and write as adults. READING Reading 1: Reading for Pleasure Versus Reading for Learning Reading 2: Ten tips for Reading College Textbooks WRITING Learn how to classify factors Learn useful expressions for classification TRANSLATION Cohesion and coherence 2 The Road Ahead SKILLS FOCUS Identifying a writer’s audience & purpose Learning to use figurative language Keeping a vocabulary log Using topic sentence outlines to check the organization and content of your essay Editing your writing one line at a time Writing on computers carefully Learning how to write comparisons (1) Learning useful expressions for comparison LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES Identify a writer’s audience and purpose to help you enjoy, understand and remember what you read Learn to use figurative language to help you to recognize a writer’s meaning and feel eager to read on Use topic sentence outlines to check the organization and content of your essay Edit your writing one line at a time ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES Keep a vocabulary notebook in order to enlarge your vocabulary and to handle college-level reading and writing Write on computers carefully CNN VIDEO CLIP “Wireless Trends” Experts demonstrate a range of new products that use wireless tech-nology, from hand-held computers to eye recognition software. READING Reading 1: Site Seeing on the Internet Reading 2: Mapping Cyberspace WRITING Learn how to write comparisons (1) Learn useful expressions for comparison TRANSLATION Free from the original text 3 Tales of the Sea SKILLS FOCUS Building up your reading rate Creating a study schedule Synthesizing material from different sources Using directed freewriting to help develop ideas for writing Writing summaries of what you read to remember information Managing a large amount of information by making a chart that sum-marizes the information Learning how to write comparisons (2) Using adjective clauses (1) LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES Build up your reading rate in order to handle a heavy a cadmic reading load Synthesize ideas from different sources and draw conclusions sup-ported by different events and viewpoints Use directed freewriting to help develop ideas for writing Write summaries of what you read to remember information ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES Create a study schedule in order to handle a heavy academic load Manage a large amount of information by making a chart that summa-rizes the information CNN VIDEO CLIP “Dog at Sea” A dog endures the challenges of the sea after he is left alone aboard his owners’ motorboat. READING Reading 1: The story of the Titanic: “A Night to Remember” Reading 2: The story of the Titanic: “Abandon Ship” WRITING Learn how to write comparisons (2) Use adjective clauses (1) TRANSLATION Limits of a translator’s freedom 4 Is Your Food Safe? SKILLS FOCUS Utilizing visual features in readings Using word part clues for word meanings Making a list or diagram of your essay’s organization to help you write Finding problems in your writing by reading the writing aloud Participating in study groups to get different perspectives and to help you remember information better Learning how to write comparisons (3) Using adjective clauses (2) LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES Utilize visual features in reading as they identify, repeat, or summarize important information Use word part clues for word meanings in readings Make a list or diagram of your essay’s organization to help you write Find problems in your writing by reading the writing aloud ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES Use government online and print resources to get more information Participate in study groups to get different perspectives and to help you remember information better CNN VIDEO CLIP “Anatomy of a Breakout” A description of an incident which was caused by food poisoning in a small town. READING Reading 1: Microbes and Food Safety Reading 2: Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test? WRITING Learn how to write comparisons (3) Use adjective clauses (2) TRANSLATION The value of dictionaries 5 The Gender-role Revolution SKILLS FOCUS Identifying causes and effects in reading Creating graphic organizers Recognizing and use bibliographic citations Reading your essay aloud to revise Editing your nemesis errors separately Finding ways to overcome “writer’s block” Learning how to write definitions Using adjective clauses (3) LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES Identify causes and effects in readings Create graphic organizers to help visualize and remember important ideas Recognize bibliographic citations and make similar uses Read your essay aloud to revise Edit your nemesis errors separately ACADEMIC POWER STRATEGIES Identify cause and effect in readings and apply them in your writing Use graphic organizers to present relationships between ideas, etc. Use bibliographic citations appropriately Find ways to overcome “writer’s block” CNN VIDEO CLIP “Working Women” About the worldwide situation of working women. READING Reading 1: Traditional Sex-Role Expectations Reading 2: The Sex-Role Revolution WRITING Learn how to write definitions Use adjective clauses TRANSLATION About the shortcomings of dictionaries Use English-English dictionaries for meanings 6 Media and Culture …… 7 Affluenza 8 Ancient Americans 9 Ethnic Identity 10 The Job Puzzle
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