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Summary of how this subskill is practiced in each resource |
| Academic Encounters: Human Behavior |
paraphrasing causality, using synonyms and antonyms, understanding statistical terms and subtechnical vocabulary |
| Academic Encounters: Life in Society |
learning words related to topics in sociology |
| Academic Vocabulary in Use: |
confirming the meaning of vocabulary for different academic situations, talking about different types of information |
| Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary: |
confirming the meaning of content-area vocabulary items as well as general academic words and phrases |
| Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: |
confirming the meaning of words with clear guidewords and example sentences |
| Creating Meaning: |
recognizing synonyms, understanding suffixes and prefixes, understanding idioms in context |
Inside Reading 1,
Inside Reading 2,
Inside Reading 3: |
practicing vocabulary in a range of academic subject areas
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| Inside Reading 4: |
practicing vocabulary to categorize information, practicing vocabulary in a range of academic subject areas |
| Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: |
confirming the meaning of words with example sentences to clarify usage |
| Macmillan English Dictionary: |
highlighting the most commonly used words |
| New Headway Academic Skills 2: |
understanding difficult technical and scientific words |
| NorthStar Reading and Writing 3: |
finding synonyms and antonyms |
| NorthStar Reading and Writing 4: |
identifying word roots |
| NorthStar Reading and Writing 5: |
understanding prefixes and suffixes, categorizing words, using synonyms, analyzing descriptive language |
| Select Readings Pre-Intermediate: |
learning words in context, learning synonyms, compound nouns and verbs, understanding prefixes and suffixes, grouping words and phrases, recognizing word forms |
| Select Readings Intermediate: |
understanding phrasal verbs and compound nouns, recognizing word forms, understanding how words are grouped to communicate meaning, recognizing synonyms, understanding prefixes |
| Select Readings Upper-Intermediate: |
understanding phrasal verbs, adverbs and intensifiers, using modifiers, using idiomatic expressions and compound words |
| Strategic Reading 1: |
recognizing words with similar meanings, distinguishing between words that sound the same, using adjectives, understanding prefixes, recognizing word formation and word families |
| Strategic Reading 2: |
recognizing words with similar meanings, distinguishing between words that sound the same, remembering phrasal verbs, understanding compound adjectives, recognizing word formation, understanding prefixes and suffixes |
| Well Read 2: |
understanding vocabulary in context, including synonyms, definitions, examples, and words used in apposition |
| Well Read 3: |
understanding vocabulary in context, including synonyms, definitions, phrasal verbs, contrasts, and collocations |
| Well Read 4: |
understanding vocabulary in context including synonyms, phrasal verbs, examples, collocations, and contrasts |