Thinking Critically: World Issues for Reading, Writing, and Research - Softcover

Shulman, Myra Ann

 
9780472089536: Thinking Critically: World Issues for Reading, Writing, and Research
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0472089536 ISBN 13: 9780472089536
Verlag: The University of Michigan Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Thinking Critically helps students improve English skills while exploring major issues in the world through news articles.
Topics range from the conflict between India and Pakistan, the use of palm pilots, the AIDS crisis, and gender equality, to research into the benefits of sleep.
Each chapter contains two to three articles, a vocabulary review, discussion questions, research and writing activities, debates/role plays, exercises designed to provoke critical thinking, and a list of suggested websites and books to enhance student understanding.
Students will improve their skills in
reading and discussing authentic news articles
conducting research on the Internet
writing academic papers
debating issues
making oral presentations
analyzing and writing about complex issues.

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Reseña del editor

This workbook is designed to help students to improve their general fluency in English while expanding their knowledge of current events in the U.S. and abroad. Each of 14 chapters contains two or three recent news articles followed by a glossary, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, writing activities, a role-playing exercise, a critical thi

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Verlag
The University of Michigan Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0472089536
ISBN 13 
9780472089536
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
248
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