Skills in English Level 3, Reading, Teacher's Book

Skills in English Reading Level 3 Teacher's Book The Garnet Education Skills in English series was highly commended in the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2004. This course is part of the Skills in English series from Garnet Education. It is designed to help students to cope with reading research tasks in English. At Level 3, students learn how to: * confirm precise meaning; * find the main point of an article; * understand negative prefixes; * recognise supposition; * find the main information in: an active sentence, a passive sentence, a complex sentence with participles; a complex sentence with embedded that / which / who clauses; * look for evidence in a text; * understand internal definitions; * do research on the Internet using search engines and indexes / FAQs; * use hyperlinks; * understand the writer's attitudes; * make inferences about background knowledge; * and understand tables and figures. In addition, students acquire key vocabulary in the following thematic areas: * Education * Daily Life * Work and Business * Science and Nature * The Physical World * Culture and Civilization * They Made Our World * Art and Literature * Sports and Leisure * Nutrition and Health Key features of this Teacher's Book are: * a facsimile of the related Course Book page, for ease of reference; * an introduction to the approach taken in the course; * lesson-by-lesson notes; * a full answer key, including model answers where appropriate; * language and culture notes, where these will assist the teacher in understanding learning difficulties or confusions of the target students; * methodology notes, where the value of an exercise, or the way to conduct it, may not be self-evident. As well as preparing students for entry into English-medium study, the Skills in English Course is ideal for students who wish to improve their scores in skills-based examinations for university entry requirements, such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Rather than focusing on exam preparation, Skills in English teaches the necessary skills as part of a systematic programme of language development. Skills in English courses are also available in Listening, Speaking and Writing. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help. Key Features * Reading texts a maximum of 700 words * Listening texts a maximum of 1,000 words * Speaking tasks between five and ten paragraphs, with short essay-type writing assignments * Test booklets containing theme tests, a revision test after five units, plus an end-of-course test * Teacher's Book containing full answer keys and methodology notes Accompanying Course Book, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available. 

Contents Book Map Introduction Theme 1: Education, Teaching and Learning Theme 2: Daily Life, Nature ... Or Nurture? Theme 3: Work and Business, SOMething to Live For Theme 4: Science and Nature, Forecasting the Weather Theme 5: The Physical World, Black Gold Theme 6: Culture and Civilization, Twenty-Six Civilizations Theme 7: They Made Our World, Preserving Food Theme 8: Art and Literature, Dickens and David Copperfield Theme 9: Sports and Leisure, Predict and Provide Theme 10: Nutrition and Health, Love Your Heart Word Lists: Thematic Alphabetical