Features and benefits:
- Interesting and academic reading texts Three authentic reading texts per chapter from a variety of mostly Canadian textbooks, journals, magazines or web reports prepare students for the text length and genres they will encounter in academic courses.
- Varied and challenging activities Focus on Reading sections provide explanations of reading skills and strategies, accompanied by well-structured and challenging activities to help students improve their ability to deal with university-level texts.
- Linear and guided writing tasks Warm-Up and Final Assignments integrate a process approach to writing, as well as a genre approach, to guide students with the various writing tasks. Focus on Writing activities develop more specific writing skills, which students reinvest in the assignments.
- Academic vocabulary development Key words and vocabulary from the Academic Word List are highlighted in two Vocabulary Build sections in every chapter, giving students ample opportunity to expand their vocabulary.
- Vocabulary review exercises
- Additional focuses: skills practice based on texts from the book
- New content in four sections related in theme to the four chapter pairs in the book
- A new reading text
- Comprehension questions
- Vocabulary questions
- Vocabulary lists by chapter and AWL master list,/ul>