Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press

Unit 3ProgressUnit OverviewPartAThis unit will helpyou to …Follow sequencesof ideasIn SS2 by improving yourability to …• follow descriptions of processesand sequences• follow an account of thedevelopment of ideas over time• follow a description of amanufacturing process• follow a description of a labprocedure.B Read critically • follow written processes• interpret process diagrams andflow charts• evaluate processes• critically analyze reportedstatistics.CDEDevelop and expressyour own position ona topicExplain events andtheir implicationsCompare literatureon a topic• draw conclusions from data• deal with sources of uncertainty• avoid absolute terms• protect your position throughcitation• use cautious language for yourown claims.• explain the possible implicationsof events• give an oral progress report.• explain, compare and interpretsources• synthesize sources andviewpoints• write a progress report.In LS2 by improving yourability to …• recognize and use timeexpressions to show sequence• understand the use of repetition,reformulation and rhetoricalquestions• use context to understand themeaning of new vocabulary.• use definite and indefinitearticles• recognize and use conditionalsin descriptions of a process• recognize and use prepositionswith common verbs in academicwriting.• recognize how writers useconnotation to shape opinion• recognize and use vocabulary fordescribing research methods.• use tenses to describe pastactions and experiences• use tenses to describe futureactions• use language to show a contrastbetween reality and expectation• use pausing to show attitude.• understand the use of the firstperson in academic writing• recognize and use synonyms andparallel expressions to compareand contrast other writers’ ideas.Unit 3 Progress ∙ Overview 75