Headway Academic Skills Introductory Level. Reading, Writing, and Study Skills. Student's Book

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Headw ay
A cadem ic Skills
Reading, W riting, and Study Skills
IN TRO D U CTO RY LEVEL Student’s Book
Sarah Philpot and Lesley Curnick
O X F O R D
Series Editors: Liz and John Soars
Headway
Academ ic S kills
Reading, Writing, and Study Skills
Student’s Book
I N T R O D U C T O R Y L E V E L
Sarah Philpot and Lesley Curnick
Series Editors: Liz and John Soars
O X FO R D
CONTENTS
1 Meeting people
READING New people p4-5 WRITING Introductions p7
Surveying surveying a text to find out what it is about RULES Articles: a and an
RULES Present Simple (1) the Present Simple with fee and other verbs Punctuation (1) capital letters
KEY LANGUAGE The alphabet p6 Checking your writing (1) checkingfor mistakes with
subject and verb, and articles
The alphabet consonants and vowels
2 Countries
READING Mountains, seas, and rivers pi0-11 WRITING Mycountry pl2-13
Predicting using pictures and the title to predict the subject of a text Linking ideas (1) and and but
RULES there is/ there are Punctuation (2) using commas in lists
3 Your studies
READING Everyday pl6-17 WRITING Your day pl9
Skimming reading a text quickly for general meaning Writing sentences writing sentences with a subject, a verb,
KEY LANGUAGE Time plS and an object
Checking your writing (2) checkingfor spelling mistakes
RULES Prepositions of time ini at Ion
A Where we work
READING Where do they work? p22-23 WRITING A good place to work p24-25
Finding important words using important words in questions to help find Linking ideas (2) because
information in a text
Scanning reading a text quickly to find specific information
5 Signs and instructions
READING Signs-an international language p28-29 WRITING Forms p30-31
Understanding a text REVIEW of Study Skills Completing a form reading instructions carefully,
completing a form correctly
6 Health and medicine
READING Good health p34-35 WRITING Medical discoveries p36-37
Understanding pronouns understanding pronoun referencing in a text Avoiding repetition using pronouns to avoid repetition in
RULES Past Simple regular and irregular past simple forms a text
7 The history of transport
READING Important first flights p40-41 WRITING Trains p43
Making notes (1) looking for important words, names, numbers, and dates W riting from notes ordering notes to include points in a
KEY LANGUAGE Ordinal numbers p42 logical order
Ordinal numbers recognizing ordinal numbers
Dates writing dates in different ways
8 Doing business
READING The business of sport p46-47 WRITING Polite emails p48-49
Making notes (2) making notes under different headings W riting polite emails using polite phrases in emails
9 Water
READING Using water p52-53 WRITING More or less p55-56
Understanding tables and charts (1) using tables and bar charts to help you Describing statistics describing statistics using phrases to
understand a text compare amounts
Understanding tables and charts (2) checking numbers in a table or bar chart
against information in a text
10 Ambition and success
READING Great ideas p58-59 WRITING Success p60-61
Understanding the organization of a text using topic sentences to help understand W riting a paragraph using a topic sentence, organizing
what a text is about information logically in a paragraph
Checking your writing (3) checking grammar, spelling, and
punctuation in a text
WORD LIST p64 PHONETIC SYMBOLS p71
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Instructions p8 REVIEW p9
Following instructions: circle, complete, correct, match, etc. Reading a webpage, writing a paragraph about a
mcmncr of your family
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Alphabetical order pl4 REVIEW pl5
Using a dictionary (1) finding the part of speech, meaning and examples in Reading a text about a country, writing a paragraph
a dictionary about a country
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Words that go together p20 REVIEW p21
Recording vocabulary (1) recording verb + noun collocations Reading about daily routines, writing about someone’s
daily routine
RESEARCH Search engines p26 REVIEW p27
Using a search engine (1) choosing words to search for information Reading about someone’s job, completing a text with
the correct linking words
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Vocabulary records p26
Recording vocabulary (2) creating vocabulary records
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Topic areas p32 REVIEW p33
Recording vocabulary (3) recording vocabulary in topic sets Reading using all study skills, completing a form
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Nounsand verbs p38 REVIEW p39
Recognizing parts of speech recognizing different parts of speech and related nouns Reading a text about chemicals and health, using
and verbs pronouns in a paragraph
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Verbs in the Past Simple p44 REVIEW p45
Using a dictionary (2) using a dictionary to find irregular verb forms Reading a text about some sailing firsts, writing
Recording vocabulary (4) recording verbs with prepositions that follow them a paragraph about some important racing firsts
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Words with more than one meaning p5() REVIEW p51
Using a dictionary (3) looking up words with more than one meaning, finding the Reading a text about sports and television, writing
correct meaning a polite email
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Opposite adjectives p56 REVIEW p57
Recording vocabulary (5) recording opposite adjectives together Reading a text about water, using information in a bar
chart to write a description of water use
RESEARCH Finding the right information p61-62 REVIEW p63
Using a search engine (2) using the Internet to find facts, images, maps, and Reading a text about the well-known clothing brand,
translations of words writing a paragraph about a successful person
Checking information using more than one website to check information
1
Meeting people

READING SKILLS Surveying
KEY LANGUAGE The alphabet
WRITING SKILLS Punctuation (1) • Checking your writing (1)
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Following instructions
READING New people
STUDY SKILL Surveying
Work with a partner. Look at the webpage and
Before you read a text, look at the page quickly. Ask:
the photos. Answer the questions.
Read STUDY SKILL
■ What is the title?
1 What is the club?
■ What do the pictures show?
2 How many photos of people are there?
■ How many paragraphs are there?
3 How many men are there in the photos?
The answers help you understand what a text is about.
4 How many paragraphs are there?
University
Internet Chess Club
H i
ABOUT THE CLUB NEW MEMBERS
k l X
New Members
My name is Miguel Sousa. My name is Mona Patel.
I come from Rio de Janeiro, I come from Delhi, in India.
in Brazil, and I am a lecturer. I’m a medical student. I like
I play chess with my son. chess very much.
I am Jane Day. I come from I am Deniz Osman. I live in
Sydney, in Australia. I am an m Ankara, in Turkey. I am a
English Language teacher. student. I play chess with
I am a beginner. my friends.
2 Read the webpage. Write the names under the photos.
Check your answers with a partner.
3 Read the webpage again. Answer the questions.
1 Which country does Miguel come from?
i
2 What does he do?
3 Which city does Jane come from?
4 What does she do?
5 Which city does Deniz come from?
6 What does he do?
7 Which country does Mona come from?
8 What does she do?
4 Unit 1 • Meeting people
4 Survey the webpage below. Answer the questions.
1 What is the club?
2 How many people are there in the photos?
3 How many paragraphs are there?
www.onlinebookclub.com
O N L IN E Book Club
ABOUT US BOOKS NEW MEMBERS
New Members
Peter Blake comes from New York.
He @ an engineer. He is married and
has one daughter. He likes reading
very much.
Ada and Ninoy Manlapaz come from
Manila, in the Philippines. They are
teachers. They are married and they have
two children. They read a lot of books.
5 Read about the new members. Answer the questions.
1 Which paragraph is about people from the Philippines?
2 Which paragraph is about a person from the USA?
6 Write the names of the people under the photos.
Check your answers with a partner.
7 Read the rules. Work with a partner. Read the webpage again.
1 (^i^lg) forms of the verb be.
2 Underline the other verbs.
RULES Present Simple (1)
Use the Present Simple to give facts (true information).
The verb be
1 am
a teacher.
He/She lit is
We / You / They are students.
Other verbs
1 / You / We / They come
from Delhi.
He / She / It comes
Unitl • Meeting people 5
KEY LANGUAGE The alphabet
1 Write the correct small letter next to the capital letter. Check your answers
with a partner.
c s y e Ic V u p X i d n 0 g b q w t cr t' m f h z j 1
c
A « B D E F G H 1
J Q
K L M N O P R
u V z
S T _ W X Y
2 (^Ird^the five vowels in exercise 1.
Check your answers with a partner.
STUDY SKILL The alphabet
The alphabet has 26 letters. There are 21 consonants, for example, b, c, n, t.
There are five vowels, for example, a. o.
Knowing the alphabet helps you:
■ find words in a dictionary
■ record vocabulary in a notebook or computer file
3 Work with a partner. Write the words in alphabetical order.
1
lecturer
2
student
3 teacher
4 doctor
dentist
5
engineer
6
4 Look at the registration desk
for a conference. Where do
these people go to register?
1 Heinz Ehrhardt E-H
2 Franco Corelli
3 Stella Roberts
4 Gabriella Vancak
5 Abdul Osman
6 Hussein Ibrahim
6 Unit 1 • Meeting people
WRITING Introductions
1 Read the rules. Complete the sentences about you.
RULES Articles a and an
My name is ...
Use a before a word beginning with a consonant;
I come from ...
a doctor a student
(am a(n}...
Use an before a word beginning with a
2 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions. Make notes. vowel sound:
1 What is your name? an engineer an accountant
2 Where do you come from?
3 What do you do?
3 Write a paragraph about your partner.
My partner’s name Is ... She/He ...
letters.
Read STUDY SKILL
STUDY SKILL Punctuation (1}
Use CAPITAL LEHERS for:
1 ■ the start of sentences: He is a doctor.
r m names of people and places: jone, Brazil.
■ m the pronoun /: Jane and 1 come from Australia.
End sentences with a full stop {.).
Adul Suttikul and Boonwat Mookjai come from Bangkok,
in Thailand. They are computer engineering students. Adul is
20 and Boonwat is 21.
5 Read the student’s paragraph about Max. Add six capital letters, three full
stops, and a question mark.
kvcflx cokwes -frokw uia- he ls doctor he
Is m-flrried has three chlidret^
Check your answers with a partner.
Read about the Hussein family.
Read STUDY SKILL
STUDY SKILL Checking your writing (!)
Correct the mistakes.
it is important to check your writing for mistakes. Check:
■ the subject and the verb:
He go to university. / He goes to university, y
■ articles;
She is a engineer X She is an engineer. /
My hw.sboiiA.d I ookvie frokw v>u.bal. I ctkvc a koustwl-fe, flkvd kwy
hixsbcikvol awe a c-om-ptcterprogrAkvckvcer. He worle Iw a office. Wt has
two ohc-ldrew. Akvwed is four awd Lay la ar^zix.. LM^ia go to
a Iwterveatlowai school.
Unitl • Meeting people 7
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Instructions
1 Label the pictures and examples
1-10 with instruction words from the box.
circle complete correct match
1 LrUU
underline write label number add
STUDY SKILL Following instructions
It is necessary to read and follow instructions carefully.
Make sure you know the important words, e.g. underline.
engineer 2
doctor I
2 Work with a partner. Follow the instructions.
teacher 3
1 Underline the verb.
She works at a school. read 2
2 (^irc^ the country.
He comes from New Zealand. Spain
3 Label the picture with the correct words.
She is ^ engineer.
keyboard screen
3 4
My wflkKC ts
come from in
4 Match the capital letters with the small letters,
1 [G h
2 E i teacher, engineer, She Ls ^ t&achtr.
3 IT g doctor,_________ She is a teaclier.
5 Number the countries in alphabetical order.
7 8
□ Japan
n Thailand
1 lAlal b
n India
2 IBI 1 c
She is an engineer
Letters, words, and sentences 3 |C| 1 a
3 Write the words from the box next to examples 1 -7. 9 10
consonants letters- nouns a sentence
verbs vowels a word
1 tetters a, b, c, d
2 ______ a. e,i
3 ________ I, m. n
4 ___ international
5 _____
students, doctors
6 _______ write, read, understand
7 ________ I come from London.
4 Look at exercise 3 again. Add one more example for 1-7.
8 Unit 1 • Meeting people
REVIEW
1 Survey the webpage and answer the questions.
1 What is the club?
2 How many paragraphs are there?
3 How many new members are there?
University
Backgammon Club
My name is Karim Mansour. I come from Rabat, in
Morocco. I study engineering at university. I play
backgammon with my friends.
I am Anna Costa. I live in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. I am
a nurse. I work in a hospital. I am married, and I play
backgammon with my husband.
2 Read the webpage and answer the questions.
1 What country does Karim come from?
2 What city does he come from?
3 What does he study?
4 Where does he study?
5 Where does Anna live?
6 What does she do?
7 Where does she work?
3 Read the webpage again. Circle forms of the verb be and
underline the other verbs. Check your answers with a partner.
4 Read the student’s paragraph below and find;
• three mistakes with verbs
• two mistakes with punctuation
• two mistakes with articles
M y I tokwes -f-roku. L-okvdokv M y -fathtr t-s a architect ar^d
kvcy toother am- a bu.slkvesswokRflkv. I has okve brother, he is, ±s «kvd he
iz av\, stu-dekvt.
5 Write a paragraph about a member of your family. Write about where they
live and their occupation.
My uncle's/father’s/sister’s name is... He/She...
6 Check your writing for:
• Present Simple verbs capital letters and full stops articles (a/an)
Unitl • Meeting people 9