Unit 1
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: Meet the "Proverbial" Scholar
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: Diction Slips
Further Work
Learning to Learn: Overviewing and Linking with Already Known Material
Self-Assessment
Unit 2
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: In Sickness, in Health
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: My Miraculous Family
Further Work
Learning to Learn: Identifying the Purpose of a Language Task
Self-Assessment
Unit 3
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: A ]aunty Thumbs-up Salute
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: The Pickle Jar
Further Work
Learning to Learn: Planning for a Language Task
Self-Assessment
Unit4
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: Age Shall Not Wither Her
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: Betty Friedan, 1921-2006
Further Work
Leaming to Learn: Using Your Progressive Relaxation, Deep Breathing,Meditation, laughter, or Music
Self-Assessment
~Unit 5
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: Dam Break
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: Friends Interrupted
Further Work
Learning to Learn: Organizing
Self-Assessment
Unit 6
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: Man Writes Dog: Death and Rebirth in the Canine Memoirs
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: Cher Ami
Further Work
Learning to Learn: Using Linguistic Clues
Self-Assessment
Unit 7
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: Three Hours of Fear and Hope
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: Emergency Landing Televised on ]etBlue Flight
Further Work
Leaming to Leam: Using a Circumlocution or Synonym
Self-Assessment
Unit 8
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: Where Marie Antoinette Played, Before the Deluge
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: Heritage Survives a Complicated Past in Lviv,Ukraine
Further Work
Learning to Learn: Seeking Practice Opportunities
Self-Assessment
Unit 9
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: Contemporary American Graffiti
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: Style, Technique, and Cultural Piracy: Never Bite the Hand that Feeds You
Further Work
Learning to Learn: Self-Monitoring
Self-Assessment
Unit 10
Pre-reading Tasks
Text: Lifeline
Linguistic Competence
Skill Development
Supplementary Reading: What Pilots can Teach Hospitals about Patient Safety
Further Work
Learning to Learn: Self-Evaluating
Self-Assessment