Pathways Listening Speaking And Critical Thinking 2

Features "listening, speaking, reading and writing strands to help learners develop the language skills needed to achieve academic success. Learners develop academic literacy skills through content, images, and video from National Geographic Digital Media.

Features "listening, speaking, reading and writing strands to help learners develop the language skills needed to achieve academic success. Learners develop academic literacy skills through content, images, and video from National Geographic Digital Media." -- back cover.

Pathways, Second Edition, is a global, five-level academic English program. Carefully-guided lessons develop the language skills, critical thinking, and learning strategies required for academic success. Using authentic and relevant content from National Geographic, including video, charts, and other infographics, Pathways prepares students to work effectively and confidently in an academic environment.

"Pathways, Second Edition, is a global, five-level academic English program. Carefully-guided lessons develop the language skills, critical thinking, and learning strategies required for academic success. Using authentic and relevant content from National Geographic, including video, charts, and other infographics, Pathways prepares students to work effectively and confidently in an academic environment." --

Pathways is available in split editions that is suitable for shorter courses. Each split edition consists of 5 units, and includes full front and back matter, as well as access codes to the complete ten unit online workbook.

Pathways is a dual skills course that can be taught in parallel or as individual strands - Reading and Writing, and Listening and Speaking - and topics and language complement and mirror each other. Students benefit from a targeted skills syllabus where they can really develop, not just practice, the skills they will need for effective use of language. Pathways particularly lends itself to academic learners of English, with the topics and language input texts taken from a more academic context. In addition, the strong critical thinking element present in both strands encourages and stimulates the 'higher order' thinking skills and the students' ability to evaluate, analyse, and synthesise information from a wide range of sources. Meaningful and authentic content from National Geographic stimulates creates the perfect environment for this and stimulates learners' curiosity and participation.