| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction: About this book |
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| How to use this book: Notes to Teachers and Students |
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SECTION 1 DEVELOPING ACADEMIC READING SKILLS IN ENGLISH FOR THEOLOGY |
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Introduction to Reading Theology |
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1 | (6) |
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Types of Publications: Theological Texts in English |
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7 | (6) |
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Meaning in Text: Modes of Discourse |
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13 | (10) |
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Meaning in Text: Genre and Organisation of Ideas |
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23 | (7) |
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Prediction as an Aid to Comprehension |
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30 | (4) |
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Reading for Specific Information: Scanning |
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34 | (6) |
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Reading for the General Idea: Skimming |
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40 | (4) |
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Paragraph Structure and Comprehension |
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44 | (5) |
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Sentence and Clause Structure and Comprehension |
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49 | (7) |
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Cohesive Devices and Comprehension |
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56 | (4) |
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Levels of Meaning and Authorial Voice |
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60 | (13) |
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SECTION 2 APPLYING READING SKILLS AND DEVELOPING SPEAKING, LISTENING AND WRITING SKILLS |
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Focus on Asia and the Pacific; grammar focus---present simple, present continuous tense |
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73 | (11) |
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Theology and Spirituality; grammar focus---passive voice, present and continuous tense |
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84 | (9) |
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Theology and Language; grammar focus---articles |
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93 | (10) |
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Religion and Culture; grammar focus---simple past, past continuous tense |
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103 | (10) |
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Revelation and Theologising; grammar focus---prepositions |
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113 | (9) |
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Christology; grammar focus---relative clauses |
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122 | (11) |
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The Problem of Suffering; grammar focus---nominal or noun clauses |
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133 | (11) |
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Grace; grammar focus---modal verbs and present perfect tense |
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144 | (10) |
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Justice, Development and Good News; grammar focus---adverbial clauses |
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154 | (10) |
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Understanding Scripture: grammar focus---gerunds and gerund phrases |
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164 | (9) |
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Ecological Theology; grammar focus---conditional clauses |
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173 | (11) |
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Genes, Ethics and Theology; grammar focus---participles and participial phrases |
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184 | (10) |
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Christianity and Religious Pluralism; grammar focus---apposition |
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194 | (10) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (34) |
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208 | (8) |
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216 | (19) |
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C List of Sources of Theological Texts used |
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235 | (4) |
| Evaluation Form |
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