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Reading Critically 1 Map of the Book Communicative Unit Texts Reading Skills Critical Thinking Intercultural Competence Competence Text A The Complexity of Language • Scan for main ideas • Illustrate your points with • Make inferences and • Identify and articulate similarities by David Crystal • Identify topic sentences appropriate examples interpretations based on and differences between P. 2 • Identify supporting details • Use topic sentences and linguistic facts different languages and cultures Unit 1 supporting sentences to • Evaluate the credibility of • Be aware of the links The Nature of Language Text B Taking Stock of Language organize your presentation/ statements between cultural differences P. 1 by Vyvyan Evans essay • Note and reflect on significant and language differences P.17 • Be aware of different styles similarities and differences • Devalue discriminations in communication between two languages against a language or culture Text A What Is Language for? • Distinguish between general • Illustrate your points with • Evaluate the logical • Appreciate linguistic and by Jean Aitchison and specific statements appropriate examples strengths of the author’s cultural diversity P.26 • Scan for a global • Use figures of speech to evidence and arguments • Interpret language Unit 2 understanding of the text help illustrate your points • Organize and present your differences culturally Functions of Language Text B The Form and Function of • Read charts, graphs and • Differentiate informative and reasoning using diagrams • Have curiosity in and be P.25 Language tables to organize and affective uses of language • Identify and critique assumptions ready to explore other by Thomas E. Payne interpret information behind statements languages and cultures P.41 Text A The Pragmatics of Cross- • Use context to understand a • Develop a coherent and • Evaluate the strengths and • Identify similarities and cultural Communication new word cohesive oral/written discourse weaknesses of personal differences in non-verbal by Deborah Tannen • Identify cohesive devices • Use topic sentences, experience as evidence in communication across cultures Unit 3 P.50 • Predict the content of supporting sentences and argumentation • Be aware of multiple Verbal and Non-verbal an upcoming sentence/ concluding sentences in • Organize your arguments levels of differences on Communication Text B Body Language and Other paragraph your presentation/essay using an outline which cross-cultural P.49 Cultures • Communicate constructively • Note and reflect on the communication can falter by Kevin Hogan in team work differences between • Interpret communication P.68 academic writing and behaviors from cultural and everyday writing historical perspectives Text A How Do We Acquire Language? • Summarize the main idea of • Illustrate your points with • Use different examples to • Be aware of the differences by Donna Jo Napoli each paragraph appropriate examples support different aspects of and similarities between English P.76 • Identify topic sentences and • Use topic sentences and an idea and Chinese euphemisms Unit 4 key words supporting sentences to • Use observation and literature • Compare the Chinese language Language Learning Text B Second Language Acquisition • Identify supporting details organize your presentation/ to collect first-hand and and the English language in P.75 by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman essay second-hand evidence terms of L1 and L2 learning and Nina Hyams • Use euphemisms for • Critique a “popular” folk • Understand the effects of cultural P.96 possibly impolite expressions theory with exemplification differences on communication and reasoning and language learning Map of the Book Communicative Unit Texts Reading Skills Critical Thinking Intercultural Competence Competence Text A The Complexity of Language • Scan for main ideas • Illustrate your points with • Make inferences and • Identify and articulate similarities by David Crystal • Identify topic sentences appropriate examples interpretations based on and differences between P. 2 • Identify supporting details • Use topic sentences and linguistic facts different languages and cultures Unit 1 supporting sentences to • Evaluate the credibility of • Be aware of the links The Nature of Language Text B Taking Stock of Language organize your presentation/ statements between cultural differences P. 1 by Vyvyan Evans essay • Note and reflect on significant and language differences P.17 • Be aware of different styles similarities and differences • Devalue discriminations in communication between two languages against a language or culture Text A What Is Language for? • Distinguish between general • Illustrate your points with • Evaluate the logical • Appreciate linguistic and by Jean Aitchison and specific statements appropriate examples strengths of the author’s cultural diversity P.26 • Scan for a global • Use figures of speech to evidence and arguments • Interpret language Unit 2 understanding of the text help illustrate your points • Organize and present your differences culturally Functions of Language Text B The Form and Function of • Read charts, graphs and • Differentiate informative and reasoning using diagrams • Have curiosity in and be P.25 Language tables to organize and affective uses of language • Identify and critique assumptions ready to explore other by Thomas E. Payne interpret information behind statements languages and cultures P.41 Text A The Pragmatics of Cross- • Use context to understand a • Develop a coherent and • Evaluate the strengths and • Identify similarities and cultural Communication new word cohesive oral/written discourse weaknesses of personal differences in non-verbal by Deborah Tannen • Identify cohesive devices • Use topic sentences, experience as evidence in communication across cultures Unit 3 P.50 • Predict the content of supporting sentences and argumentation • Be aware of multiple Verbal and Non-verbal an upcoming sentence/ concluding sentences in • Organize your arguments levels of differences on Communication Text B Body Language and Other paragraph your presentation/essay using an outline which cross-cultural P.49 Cultures • Communicate constructively • Note and reflect on the communication can falter by Kevin Hogan in team work differences between • Interpret communication P.68 academic writing and behaviors from cultural and everyday writing historical perspectives Text A How Do We Acquire Language? • Summarize the main idea of • Illustrate your points with • Use different examples to • Be aware of the differences by Donna Jo Napoli each paragraph appropriate examples support different aspects of and similarities between English P.76 • Identify topic sentences and • Use topic sentences and an idea and Chinese euphemisms Unit 4 key words supporting sentences to • Use observation and literature • Compare the Chinese language Language Learning Text B Second Language Acquisition • Identify supporting details organize your presentation/ to collect first-hand and and the English language in P.75 by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman essay second-hand evidence terms of L1 and L2 learning and Nina Hyams • Use euphemisms for • Critique a “popular” folk • Understand the effects of cultural P.96 possibly impolite expressions theory with exemplification differences on communication and reasoning and language learning Reading Critically 1 Communicative Unit Texts Reading Skills Critical Thinking Intercultural Competence Competence Text A Powerful Mental Blocks • Identify the structure of the • Illustrate your points with • Question the author’s • Understand the different by Richard D. Lewis text appropriate examples interpretation of a fact and ways of thinking as reflected P.104 • Use sub-titles to facilitate • Adopt and argue for a reinterpret the fact in different languages reading perspective in a pro-con • Critique opinions with pro • Be aware of possible different Unit 5 Text B Does Language Equal Thought? • Analyze multiple meanings debate and con examples connotations of seemingly Language and Thinking by Donna Jo Napoli and usages of a word in • Interpret diagrams • Examine an issue from equivalent concepts in P.103 P.120 context different/contradicting different languages perspectives • Understand the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis about language- thought relationship Text A Jeaning of America • Identify topic sentences • Develop a coherent and • Clarify the meanings of the • Understand the meaning of by John Fiske • Identify supporting details cohesive discourse key concepts in an article popular culture across cultures P.132 • Interpret the author’s • Be aware of meanings • Analyze and improve a • Be able to interpret Unit 6 intention expressed by non-verbal research design American cultural products Cultural Values Text B Individualism communication • Anticipate and address such as jeans P.131 by Gary Althen • Organize a group discussion counter arguments that • Be able to evaluate critically P.147 readers may have American and Chinese core values Text A Japanese Emotionality • Identify cohesive devices • Present a written/oral report • Understand designs of • Understand the concept by David Matsumoto • Read tables and diagrams professionally comparative studies of cultural stereotype and P.156 • Scan a book for required • Use cohesive devices and • Reflect on the use of differentiate it from prejudice information hedges appropriately personal thoughts, and cultural generalization Unit 7 Text B The Language of Discretion • Be aware of the features