Unit 1 1
Pre-reading Tasks 1
Text:Meet the"Proverbial"Scholar 1
Linguistic Competence 7
Skill Development 13
Supplementary Reading:Diction Slips 16
Further Work 20
Learning to Learn:Overviewing and Linking with Already Known Material 21
Self-Assessment 22
Unit 2 24
Pre-reading Tasks 24
Text:In Sickness,in Health 24
Linguistic Competence 29
Skill Development 34
Supplementary Reading:My Miraculous Family 36
Further Work 40
Learning to Learn:Identifying the Purpose of a Language Task 41
Self-Assessment 42
Unit 3 44
Pre-reading Tasks 44
Text:A Jaunty Thumbs-up Salute 44
Linguistic Competence 49
Skill Development 56
Supplementary Reading:The Pickle Jar 59
Further Work 62
Learning to Learn:Planning for a Language Task 63
Self-Assessment 64
Unit 4 66
Pre-reading Tasks 66
Text:Age Shall Not Wither Her 66
Linguistic Competence 73
Skill Development 79
Supplementary Reading:Betty Friedan,1921—2006 82
Further Work 87
Learning to Learn:Using Your Progressive Relaxation,Deep Breathing,Meditation,laughter,or Music 87
Self-Assessment 88
Unit 5 90
Pre-reading Tasks 90
Text:Dam Break 90
Linguistic Competence 97
Skill Development 105
Supplementary Reading:Friends Interrupted 108
Further Work 112
Learning to Learn:Organizing 113
Self-Assessment 114
Unit 6 115
Pre-reading Tasks 115
Text:Man Writes Dog:Death and Rebirth in the Canine Memoirs 115
Linguistic Competence 122
Skill Development 129
Supplementary Reading:Cher Ami 132
Further Work 138
Learning to Learn:Using Linguistic Clues 139
Self-Assessment 140
Unit 7 141
Pre-reading Tasks 141
Text:Three Hours ofFear and Hope 141
Linguistic Competence 147
Skill Development 154
Supplementary Reading:Emergency Landing Televised on JetBlue Flight 157
Further Work 160
Learning to Learn:Using a Circumlocution or Synonym 161
Self-Assessment 161
Unit 8 163
Pre-reading Tasks 163
Text:Where Marie Antoinette Played,Before the Deluge 163
Linguistic Competence 170
Skill Development 176
Supplementary Reading:Heritage Survives a Complicated Past in Lviv,Ukraine 178
Further Work 184
Learning to Learn:Seeking Practice Opportunities 184
Self-Assessment 186
Unit 9 188
Pre-reading Tasks 188
Text:Contemporary American Graffiti 188
Linguistic Competence 193
Skill Development 199
Supplementary Reading:Style,Technique,and Cultural Piracy:Never Bite the Hand that Feeds You 202
Further Work 207
Learning to Learn:Self-Monitoring 208
Self-Assessment 209
Unit 10 210
Pre-reading Tasks 210
Text:Lifeline 211
Linguistic Competence 220
Skill Development 227
Supplementary Reading:What Pilots can Teach Hospitals about Patient Safety 230
Further Work 234
Learning to Learn:Self-Evaluating 235
Self-Assessment 238