Author: Blass, L., Block, K., Friesen, H.
Publisher: OUP
Levels: Advanced (C1)
Develops the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills that students will require in content classes.
Key features:
-Writing tasks centred around the major rhetorical modes common in academics, including description, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, argument, and critique.
-Extensive practice with key skills such as paraphrasing, summarizing, comparing information and perspectives, distinguishing fact from opinion, assessing bias, and documenting sources.
-The final chapter teaches students to assemble a research paper with multiple citations.