LEAP 2, new edition Reading & Writing | Coursebook with My eLab and eText

Zusammenfassung

LEAP 2 - Reading and Writing (CEFR Level B1) is a task-based textbook for students preparing for college or university studies in English. It offers interesting, challenging and varied content with strong vocabulary work, emphasising Academic Word List items, and solid text-based skills development, including academic skills and critical thinking. At the same time LEAP 2 is adapted for learners at a lower level of language proficiency, with vocabulary activities preceding each reading text, one grammar focus per chapter and more basic comprehension checks. Students apply critical-thinking skills as they engage in academic reading and writing tasks across a range of disciplines. Contemporary texts prepare students for college reading requirements, with activities that develop reading comprehension.

With focuses on reading, writing, grammar and academic survival skills, LEAP 2 - Reading and Writing empowers students to thrive in their academic studies.

Features and benefits:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• Key words and vocabulary from the Academic Word List are highlighted in three Vocabulary Build sections in every chapter, giving students ample opportunity to expand their vocabulary. My eLab includes:

• 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:
• Vocabulary lists by chapter and AWL master list
• Helpful documents, including Writing Checklist, Parts of Speech, Irregular Verbs List

Inhalt

• CHAPTER 1 • SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
• READING 1 Looking for Money
• READING 2 Youth Entrepreneurs
• WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT Write a Descriptive Paragraph
• READING 3 Crowdfunding: History and Future
• FINAL ASSIGNMENT Write Two Descriptive Paragraphs
• CHAPTER 2 • THE FUTURE OF WORK
• READING 1 Will Robots Bring about the End of Work?
• READING 2 Half of All Jobs Today Will Disappear by 2030
• WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT Write a Topic Sentence for a Cause and Effect Paragraph
• READING 3 Old and New Job Skills
• FINAL ASSIGNMENT Write a Cause and Effect Paragraph
• CHAPTER 3 • FIT FOR LIFE
• READING 1 This Is How Important Sleep Is for Your Mental Health
• READING 2 Body Energy: Spending It and Storing It
• WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT Compare and Contrast Two Ways to Keep Fit
• READING 3 Living Forever, Living Well
• CHAPTER 4 • A HAPPY LIFE
• READING 1 Eleven Ways to Walk Away Stress
• READING 2 Take Control of Stress
• WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT Write Short Definitions
• READING 3 Defining Happiness
• FINAL ASSIGNMENT Write a Definition Paragraph
• CHAPTER 5 • THINKING DIFFERENTLY
• READING 1 Avoiding Innovation
• READING 2 The Quirky Secrets of the World’s Greatest Innovators
• WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT Write a Formal Email
• READING 3 Anyone Can Be an Innovator
• FINAL ASSIGNMENT Write an Email Request for Information
• CHAPTER 6 • A VIEW OF THE FUTURE
• READING 1 Guide to Augmented Reality
• READING 2 How Can Augmented Reality Be Used for Social Good?
• WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT Write a Short Summary
• READING 3 AR + AI = New Life
• FINAL ASSIGNMENT Write a Summary
• CHAPTER 7 • EDUCATION FOR ALL
• READING 1 To Adapt MOOCs, or Not? That Is No Longer the Question
• READING 2 The SOLE of a Student
• WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT Write a Process Paragraph
• READING 3 A Personal Education
• FINAL ASSIGNMENT Write a Process Paragraph and Give a Presentation
• CHAPTER 8 • RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
• READING 1 How Are Today’s Biggest Tech Trends Affecting Our Human Rights?
• READING 2 What Is Google’s “Right to Be Forgotten”?
• WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT Write an Introductory Essay Paragraph
• READING 3 Private Lives: We Need New Laws
• FINAL ASSIGNMENT Write a Persuasive Essay