Transcription
PathwaysBringing the world to your classroom.pat h w ay s p r o g r a mPathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical ThinkingPathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking
PathwaysThe pathway to academic success!With Pathways learners will:DEVELOP academic literacy skills.CONNECT to the real world throughcontent from National Geographic.ACHIEVE academic success.Pathways is a new academic skills program from NationalGeographic Learning, with separate Reading and Writing, andListening and Speaking strands. Using powerful content, images,and video from National Geographic, Pathways provides learnerswith the language and critical thinking skills needed to besuccessful in the academic classroom. This innovative programprovides learners with a pathway to academic success!Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Clear connections between reading and writing skills help students masterboth skills naturally. Academic reading skills and strategies, embedded in the unit tasks, preparestudents to comprehend a variety of realistic academic texts. Step-by-step writing instruction with integrated grammar and vocabularyprovides instruction and practice on a variety of rhetorical forms. Consistent integrated critical thinking tasks develop learners’ ability toevaluate, analyze, and synthesize information from a wide range of sources.Coming inSpring2013For a guided tour and interactive technologydemo, visit NGL.Cengage.com/pathwaysPat h ways P r o g r a m O v e r v i e w
“This series is very methodical and logically organized, while also beingmotivating. The content and layout of the early pages in each unit makefor a stimulating start to that unit, followed up by carefully sequenced andexplained steps through the reading, analyzing, responding and writingprocesses, all based on the topic (which is presented in a very interesting,attractive, non-text-bookish style).”Matthew Watterson,Hongik University, KoreaPathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking A clear pathway from formal presentations to student-to-student interactionshelps students become active, informed listeners in lectures and conversations. Communication skills are taught and practiced through realistic contextsdesigned to model the academic classroom. Presentation skills, including organization, preparation, and delivery techniques,are introduced and practiced in every unit, sharpening learners’ ability tointeract in different academic settings.Coming inSpring2013 Consistent integrated critical thinking tasks develop learners’ ability to evaluate,analyze, and synthesize information from a wide range of sources.National Geographic articles, video,maps, and graphs engage studentswith academic content in a varietyof genres and formats.N G L .Cen g ag e. co m/ pat hways1
Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical ThinkingExplore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8)The Academic Pathwayfor each unit is clearlylabeled for learners. Eachunit has three lessons.Lessons A and B developacademic reading skills byfocusing on two aspectsof the unit theme. Thelanguage and content inthese sections provide thestimulus for a final writingtask in Lesson C.“I loved the useof graphics, pagelayout, and relevant,interesting themes;also, the specifictargeting of criticalthinking. It feelsstudent-friendly andattention getting.”Jennie Farnell,Greenwich JapaneseSchool, Japan“Exploring the Theme”sections provide a visualintroduction to the unitand encourage criticalthinking and discussion.2Pat h ways P r o g r a m O v e r v i e w
In “Preparing to Read”,learners are introducedto key vocabularyitems from the readingpassage. Lesson Aand B each presentand practice 10 targetvocabulary items.Reading A is asingle, linear textrelated to theunit theme. Eachreading passageis recorded on theaudio program.Maps and realisticvisuals help todevelop learner’svisual literacy.NGL .Cen g ag e. co m/ pat hways3
Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical ThinkingExplore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8)“I think it’s a solid series. I love all theWord Link inserts. The reading seemedlevel-appropriate and the skills wererelevant and well chosen.”Colin Ward,Lone Star College-North Harris, TexasViewing tasksrelated to anauthentic NationalGeographic videoserve as a contentbridge betweenLessons A and B.Learners use their criticalthinking skills to relate videocontent to information in theprevious reading.“Word Link” and “Word Partners”boxes develop learners’ awarenessof word structure, collocations, andusage.Critical thinking activitiesare integrated in every unitencouraging continuousengagement in developing keyacademic skills.Guided pre-reading tasksand strategy tips encouragelearners to think criticallyabout what they are goingto read.4Pat h ways P r o g r a m O v e r v i e w
Guided Comprehensiontasks and readingstrategy instructionenable learners toimprove their academicliteracy and criticalthinking skills.The reading passage in Lesson Bexpands on the unit theme, usinga variety of text types and graphicformats. Authentic charts andgraphics from National Geographicsupport the main text, helpinglearners comprehend key ideas.NGL .Cen g ag e. co m/ pat hways5
Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical ThinkingExplore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8)Step 1BrainstormingLesson Cprovidespersonalizationopportunitiesthrough aguided writingassignment.Integratedgrammarpractice andwriting skilldevelopmentprovidescaffoldingof the writingassignment.Step 2CriticalThinkingStep 3Drafting6Pat h ways P r o g r a m O v e r v i e w
Step 4RevisingStep 5EditingA guided, processbased approachdevelops learnerconfidence in planning,drafting, revising, andediting written work.The Unit Quizprovides anopportunity forlearners to reviewkey ideas andlanguage fromthe unit.NGL .Cen g ag e. co m/ pat hwaysStep 6Reviewing7
Pathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical ThinkingExplore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8)The Academic Pathwayfor each unit is clearlylabeled for learnersand starts with formallistening and moves tomore informal contexts.“The visual impactis appealing. Thecombination/balance ofpersonal and academicaspects of the topicof memory in the textwould be very helpful forgaining student interest,and encouraging deeperthinking/expandingknowledge of a topic.”Donna Moore,Hawaii Community College,Hawaii“Exploring the Theme”sections provide avisual introduction tothe unit and encouragecritical thinking anddiscussion.8Pat h ways P r o g r a m O v e r v i e w
Key academic and high-frequencyvocabulary is introduced, practiced,and expanded throughout each unit.“Exploring SpokenEnglish” sections allowstudents to examine andpractice specific grammarpoints and languagefunctions from the unit.NGL .Cen g ag e. co m/ pat hways“DevelopingListening Skills”sections follow abefore, during, andafter approach togive learners the toolsnecessary to masterlistening for detail in avariety of formal andinformal situations.9
Pathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical ThinkingExplore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8)“Wonderful content, skills development,academic vocabulary, and related discussion/presentation activities. The layout of the pagesand the progression of the activities is great!An instructor could begin the unit from themiddle as well as the beginning, which allowsfor variety when using the book.”Maria Caratini Prado,Eastfield College, Texas“Viewing” sections inevery unit include twopages of activities basedon fascinating video fromNational Geographic.10Pat h ways P r o g r a m O v e r v i e w
Lesson A closes with a full page ofspeaking activities, including pairand group work to boost learnerconfidence.“Engage” sections challengelearners with an end-of-unitpresentation project and offerspeaking tips for formal andinformal group communication,practicing communication strategiesin a variety of academic contexts.NGL .Cen g ag e. co m/ pat hways11
Teacher and Student Resources forPathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical ThinkingPathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical ThinkingFor The Teacher:A Teacher’s Guide for each level, including teacher’s notes, expansion activities, rubrics forevaluating written assignments, and answer keys for activities in the Student Book.A Video DVD per level withauthentic National Geographicclips relating to each of the tenunits.Audio CDs foreach level with theaudio recordingsof the StudentBook readingpassages.Assessment CD-ROMwith ExamView allows instructors tocreate tests and quizzesquickly and easily.A ClassroomPresentationTool CD-ROMfor each levelfeaturing audioand video clips,and interactiveactivities fromthe StudentBook.12Pat h ways P r o g r a m O v e r v i e w
For the Student:Student BookThe Student Book helps learners achieve academic success in and out of the classroomsupported by content from National Geographic.The Student Handbook at the back of every Student Book provides helpful self-studystrategies for students to become better independent learners.Coming inSpring2013Coming inSpring2013Online Workbook, powered byMyELT, has both teacher-led andself-study options. It containsten National Geographic videoclips supported by interactive,automatically graded activitiescorrelated to the Student Books.NGL .Cen g ag e. co m/ pat hways
Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical ThinkingPathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical ThinkingLevel 1Level 1978-11333-12864Text with Online Access Code978-11333-07679Audio CDs978-11333-17203Audio CDs978-11113-50352Teacher’s Guide978-11333-17340Teacher’s Guide978-11118-32285Presentation Tool CD-ROM978-11333-17197Presentation Tool 3-35044978-11333-17142Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView 978-11118-33183Text with Online Access CodeAssessment CD-ROM with ExamView Level 2Level 2Text with Online Access Code978-11339-42160Text with Online Access Code978-11333-07693Audio CDs978-11333-17289Audio CDs978-11113-98156Teacher’s Guide978-11333-17074Teacher’s Guide978-11113-98613Presentation Tool CD-ROM978-11333-17272Presentation Tool 3-50413Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView 978-11333-17265Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView 978-11113-98620Level 3Level 3Text with Online Access Code978-11333-17098Text with Online Access Code978-11333-07631Audio CDs978-11333-17357Audio CDs978-11113-98644Teacher’s Guide978-11333-17395Teacher’s Guide978-11118-30823Presentation Tool CD-ROM978-11333-17364Presentation Tool 3-50420Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView 978-11333-17388Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView 978-11118-33190Level 4Level 4Text with Online Access Code978-11333-17067Text with Online Access Code978-11333-07662Audio CDs978-11333-17401Audio CDs978-11113-47802Teacher’s Guide978-11333-17418Teacher’s Guide978-11113-47895Presentation Tool CD-ROM978-11333-17425Presentation Tool 3-50437Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView 978-11333-17432Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView 978-11113-47819For additional information please contact your localNational Geographic Learning sales representative.For a guided tour and interactive technologydemo, visit NGL.Cengage.com/pathwaysNGL.Cengage.comAU G/ 1 2For additional vocabulary support, see the Collins COBUILDdictionaries at NGL.Cengage.com/Collins.
Pathways Program overview Pathways The pathway to academic success! With Pathways learners will: DEVELOP academic literacy skills. CONNECT to the real world through content from National Geographic. ACHIEVE academic success. Pathways is a new academic skills program from National Geographic
