Studying Strategies - Students' Book

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Brian Abbs

Ingrid Freebairn

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Harlow

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Kiadó:	Longman Group Ltd.
Kiadás helye:	Harlow
Kiadás éve:	1982
Kötés típusa:	Fűzött papírkötés
Oldalszám:	127 oldal
Sorozatcím:	Strategies
Kötetszám:	4
Nyelv:	Angol
Méret:	25 cm x 19 cm
ISBN:	0-582-51681-1
Megjegyzés:	Színes és fekete-fehér fotókkal, ábrákkal illusztrált könyv. további kapcsolód személyek a kötetben.

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Studying Strategies is the fourth book in the Strategies series.
Students and teachers who have used Starting Strategies,
filding Strategies and Developing Strategies will be familiar
Yith the approach, in which a communicative syllabus and
methodology is linked to the integration of the four skills.
Studying Strategies is designed for intermediate students aged
16 or over. It will be of special relevance to those students who
need general practice at a level leading to the Cambridge First
Certificate in English. It is also highly suitable for students who
wish to continue their academic studies of English.
Studying Strategies revises important functions and structures in
new contexts, and gives practice in communicative tasks, both
spoken and written, at appropriate points in integrated sequences
of work. The book emphasises the importance of good study
habits, the building of vocabulary in word fields, dictionary work,
strategies for reading challenging texts, and... Tovább

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Contents
UNITS
1 Takeoff!
Travel and holidays in the USA; shopping;
complaints in service situations; things going wrong
2 It could happen to anyone!
Personal possessions and lost property; theft and
burglary; vandalism
3 People in our lives
Physical features and clothes; personal characteristics
4 Accident on the A24
Narrative chain of events; cars and driving; road and
weather conditions; directions; accidents and
consequences
KEY LANGUAGE POINTS
Precaution: in case + present tense
Regret: I wish/If only + past perfect tense
Polite complaints: seems to .!we've been
given/charged. . .
Reported incidents: present perfect, past simple
Conclusions: might/must have
Description: passive tenses
Definition: the one with/the one who .
whom, whose, which
Adjectives with negative prefixes: un- in- dis-
Nouns with suffixes: -ness, -ity, -ce
Contrast: in spite of, although
Direction: prepositional phrases
Narrative: past simple and continuous; past
participle phrases
Polite requests: Do you think I could ?
5 Consolidation
Description of personal possessions; description of
damage; personal qualities; formal letter writing;
discussion skills; choosing a holiday; range of writing
tasks
6 A question of taste
Tastes in art; critical reviews of theatre, cinema,
books and concerts; comparison of the media
Opinion: too + adjective + forme; worth + verb -ing;
Description: adverbs of manner
Comparison and contrast: whereas/however/
on the other hand
7 Explorer
Famous explorers: Mary Kingsley, Marco Polo;
equipment; natural hazards; ancient civilisation
Narrative: by the time+past perfect
Speculation: wouldn't! mightn't have . . . if.
I'd be afraid of + verb -ing
Purpose: in case I for I to
Exemplification: for instance !example
8 A case for treatment
Health symptoms and diseases; hospital routines and
regulations; microsurgery; issues in medicine
Description of treatment: have something done
Rules and restrictions: (not) allowed/supposed to!
should
Habits: to be used to + verb -ing
9 Celebration Festivals around the world; Christmas in England: its origin and celebration: two texts from literature: Dylan Thomas on his memories of Christmas and an extract from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Order of events: time phrases and clauses Distributive pronouns and quantifiers: each, every, all, both etc. Definition: present and past participles Recall: I remember + object pronoun + verb -ing
10 Consolidation Describe and compare two plots: Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story; symptoms and treatment; rules and restrictions; exploration: Sir Alexander Mackenzie; range of writing tasks
11 Mind over matter Personality training; ghost stories; Sigmund Freud and the interpretation of dreams Habitual actions: Whenever/If ever Conditions: If/unless + present tense Addition: not only + inversion; as well as +verb -ing Definition: or/that is to say/in other words
12 Wonderful world Geographical description: landscape, climate and natural resources; environmental pollution and conservation Ob jective statements: is said/thought to be. Linking participles: present and past Conditions: unless/pravided that/as long as Argument: It's all very well + verb -ing. but
13 Market factors Business and commerce; marketing in the firework industry; Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night; formal meetings; the recession and its effects Cause and effect: as a result of/because of/ owing to/as/since Result: consequently/therefore Reported suggestions: he suggested/proposed + past tense/+ should + verb/+ -ing
14 Future perfect? Future predictions; technological innovations in different areas: environment, work, leisure, life styles and education; description of function, purpose and process of machines and gadgets Prediction: future continuous, future perfect active and passive Prepositions of time: by 1989/in the next few years Purpose: in order (not) to/so as (not) to Process: present passive
15 Consolidation Interview with a woman who crossed the Australian desert by camel; jigsaw reading text about cigarette advertisement; 'Marston Hall': a description of an English Language study centre in Britain; Strategies Magazine: review of the writing tasks and topics from the whole course
Functional index
Grammatical summary
Index of writing tasks