Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press
Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press
Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
IntroductionThe <strong>Skills</strong> and Language <strong>for</strong> <strong>Study</strong> course makes communicative activities central,with a view to helping students locate, understand, use and produce authenticwritten or spoken texts. Certain common features of generic study skills books arethere<strong>for</strong>e not included here. There is, <strong>for</strong> instance, no specific treatment of skillssubjects like organizing one’s study space, or time management; no advice is givenon how to boost memory or cope with exam stress. Rather, close attention is paidto functional per<strong>for</strong>mance in assessed academic contexts such as writing essays andreports, participating effectively in discussions, and giving presentations.Organization of the courseThe course is organized into three levels, with one <strong>Skills</strong> and one correspondingLanguage book at each level. There are four themed units in each level, withidentical themes uniting each <strong>Skills</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Study</strong> and accompanying Language <strong>for</strong> <strong>Study</strong>book. Source texts on the unit theme are provided in the <strong>Skills</strong> book, and languageitems are initially drawn from these texts and then analyzed and explored inadditional contexts in the Language books, there<strong>for</strong>e helping students to understandand use the language they are studying in an authentic academic context. Each unithas 5 Parts (A–E) based on different academic skill and language areas.For instance, in <strong>Level</strong> 1, Unit 1:Theme: Approaches to LearningPart <strong>Skills</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Study</strong> Language <strong>for</strong> <strong>Study</strong>A Understanding: speaking Understand types of listeningUsing note-taking techniquesUnderstanding strategies <strong>for</strong>effective listeningUnderstanding the purpose oflecturesFollowing lectures effectivelyB Understanding: writing Understanding differencesbetween academic text typesChoosing appropriate readingstrategiesUsing skimming, scanning andintensive readingTaking notes while readingUnderstanding the use of stressin sentencesDeveloping strategies <strong>for</strong>learning vocabularyUnderstanding modalsRecognizing different word<strong>for</strong>msUnderstanding the language ofcomparisonForming and using comparativesand superlativesTeacher’s Notes <strong>Skills</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Study</strong> 2 ∙ Introduction 3