Insights 1: A Content-based Approach to Academic Preparation (Longman Academic Preparation Series) - Softcover

Brinton, Donna; Jensen, Linda; Repath-Martos, Lyn; Frodesen, Jan; Holton, Christine

 
9780201898545: Insights 1: A Content-based Approach to Academic Preparation (Longman Academic Preparation Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0201898543 ISBN 13: 9780201898545
Publisher: Pearson Education, 1997

Synopsis

Insights: A Content-based Approach to Academic Preparation, by Donna Brinton, Linda Jensen, Lyn Repath-Martos, Jan Frodesen, and Christine Holten, helps pre-college and college-level ESL students develop the crucial academic skills they need to meet the demands of academic English. By exploring four high-interest academic content areas, students learn to synthesize information from a variety of sources and apply their knowledge in stimulating discussion and writing assignments. Features *Students work with a variety of authentic source materials, including selections from college texts, real college lectures, visual materials, and literary passages. *An integrated skills approach weaves together reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities with context-related grammar and vocabulary exercises. *Videos of real university lectures accustom students to typical North American lecture style and natural language. *A wide variety of academic strategies includes listening for emphasis cues, finding the appropriate definition for a word, using examples with generalizations, and more.

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From the Back Cover

Insights: A Content-based Approach to Academic Preparation, by Donna Brinton, Linda Jensen, Lyn Repath-Martos, Jan Frodesen, and Christine Holten, helps pre-college and college-level ESL students develop the crucial academic skills they need to meet the demands of academic English. By exploring four high-interest academic content areas, students learn to synthesize information from a variety of sources and apply their knowledge in stimulating discussion and writing assignments.

Features

  • Students work with a variety of authentic source materials, including selections from college texts, real college lectures, visual materials, and literary passages.
  • An integrated skills approach weaves together reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities with context-related grammar and vocabulary exercises.
  • Videos of real university lectures accustom students to typical North American lecture style and natural language.
  • A wide variety of academic strategies includes listening for emphasis cues, finding the appropriate definition for a word, using examples with generalizations, and more.

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Publisher
Pearson Education
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0201898543
ISBN 13 
9780201898545
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
191