Academic Encounters: Life in Society is an intermediate to high-intermediate text that uses a sustained-content approach to help students develop the reading, study, and writing skills they need to meet the demands of academic courses. The academic content focus in this text is sociology.

Intermediate to High Intermediate

•   Authentic readings include high-interest topics such as alternative lifestyles, gender roles, propaganda, and cults. • Academic readings expose students to academic discourse while engaging them with content. • Photographs, illustrations, graphs, and charts support the academic texts. • Students develop reading skills by practicing skimming, reading for the main idea, reading to increase their speed, and understanding vocabulary in context. • "Language Focus" tasks give students practice in using grammar relevant to academic discourse. • Study skills taught include summarizing, note-taking, highlighting key points, and test preparation. • Students respond to the readings and incorporate what they have learned in writing assignments of different lengths.

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Student's Book, Chapter 1

Academic Encounters: Life in Society Table of Contents

The skills taught and practiced in Academic Encounters: Life in Society and all Academic Encounters books help prepare students for the TOEFL^® iBT test.

Academic Encounters: Life in Society Task Index

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Student's Book     978-0-521-66616-9