headway Academic Skills Reading, Writing, and Study Skills LEVEL 2 Student’s Book Sarah Philpot Series Editors: John and Liz SoarsCONTENTS 1 International student [READING Going abroadto study ps6 Following instructions: filling in forms Reading methods: skim: scar: intensive reading: extensive reading 2 Where in the world..? READING Three counties p 10-11 ‘Skimming and scanning: reading for the general en, and for particular information 3 Newspaper articles TREADING Anunexpectedjumey 16-17 Predicting content asin the il and the pictures “Meaning from context guesing the meaning of nove words 4 Modern technology READING lrcvation: dentifying the main message: using topic sentences to identify ‘paragraph content 5 Conferences and visits WRITING Abost family p7 Checking your writing error correction — punctuation and spelling Writing an informal email WRITING My country p 12-13 Brainstorming ideas: topic areas und examples: completing a paragraph Linking ideas (1): bins however alos Writing « description of my country [WRITING Mistaken identity p 18-19 Sentonces/Paragraphs: hoping your writing flow Veevin tharcteesre nealine iting tern, Writing an article p21 (WRITING Technology -goodor bad? p21 ‘Organizing ideas (1): planning the arguments for and against Linking ies (2) firs, for instance colon Writing a discursive essay TREADING A conference in stanbul _p 25-30 Purpose and audience (1 and 2): using visual and writen clues 6 Science and our world READING Aipoltion p 34-35 Making notes: nguning recording, and remembering important information Interpreting meaning: recognising fact and speculation 7 People: past and present READING Thee fanouswites, p11 Using original sources: dealing with difficult language and unknown voeabulary 8 The world of IT READING Computers p-lo—a7 Rephrasing and explaining: dealing with difficult scientific and technological words Avoiding repetition (2): pronouns and what they reer to 9 Inventions, discoveries, and processes WAITING Fnvtations ps Using formal expressions: writing academic emails and letters Writing formal email WRITING Trends p36-37 Paraphrasing and summarizing: using ther sources Writing a summary ~ RESEARCH norman onthe Net pila 4 ig the Interne: search engines; online encyclopacdias: subject directories Developing a search plan: making «search efficent anu reliable WRITING iT benefits and drawbacks pa Linking ideas (3): cause and result ‘Coherent writing: writing up notes ‘Writing from notes TREADING How things wrk 52-53 Intensive reading: strategies for focusing your reading Linking ideas (4): sequencing words to describe a process 10 Travel and tourism WRITING How tings aremade pst The passive voice: writing ina neutral style Clarifying a sequences describing a process Writing a description of a process READING International tourism Interpreting data: statistical information in graphs, charts, and texts pse59 ‘VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Varying vocabulary) p50 Avoiding repetition (3): lescribing graphs using synonyms, adjectives + nouns, verbs + adverbsVOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Dictionary work p= REVIEW po) ‘A dictionary entry: annderstanding information about a word Recording vocabulary (1): word cards REVIEW p15 - Synonyms and antonyms: recognizing spony arid antonys Recording vocabulary (2): diagrams; a scale: symonym and antonyms; labelling a penure VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Word-bulding (p20 Antonyms from prefives: making at opposite word using ua, ~~ VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Varying vocabulary () p26 Avoiding repetition (1): using symonyms to vary your writing VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Word-buldng 2)» Sulfixes:dentifving parts of speech Prefixes: changing the meaning of words VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Words that go together p38 ‘Noun/Verb + preposition: asoeiated words Using numbers: umber in writing (WRITING Blopaphies p13 4 Adding extra information: non defining relauve clauses Organizing ideas (2): structuring your ideas logically, eg, chronologically ‘Writing from research ‘VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT eguetc. p19 Abbreviations (1 and 2): how to write and say common abbreviations RESEARCH Cretng sources p50 Acknowledgements: acknowledging book and website sources Using indexes: idenreymg keywords and categories for w search, ana fining then in reference baok WRITING Graphs and bar chars p61-62 Imustrating daca usta graph or bar hart Describing a graph or chart: transforming data into text ‘Writing about data “The definite atile ~ the REVIEW Oring vocabulary) pS Topic vocabulary REVIEW Word buldng 0) p57 Compound nouns Compound adjectives REVIEW pos WORD LIST poi-70 PHONETIC SYMBOLS p71