Skills in English: Reading Level 3 - Terry Phillips

Skills in English Reading Level 3 Course Book and Reading Resources Booklet

The Garnet Education Skills in English series was highly commended in the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2004.

Do you have to read texts in English as part of your studies?

Then you need Skills in English Reading.

This course builds the skills that help you do reading research in English.

At Level 3, you learn how to:

• confirm precise meaning;
• find the main point of an article;
• understand negative prefixes;
• recognise information;
• find the main information in: an active sentence, a passive sentence, a complex sentence with participles;
• a complex sentence with embedded that / which / who clauses;
• look for evidence in a text;
• understand internal definitions;
• research on the Internet using search engines and indexes / FAQs;
• use hyperlinks;
• understand the writer's attitude;
• make inferences about background knowledge;
• and understand tables and figures.

As well as preparing students for entry into English-medium study, the Skills in English Course is ideal for students who wish to improve their scores in skills-based examinations for university entry requirements, such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Rather than focusing on exam preparation, Skills in English teaches the necessary skills as part of a systematic programme of language development.

Skills in English courses are also available in Listening, Speaking and Writing. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help.

Key Features

• Reading texts a maximum of 700 words
• Listening texts a maximum of 1,000 words
• Speaking tasks between five and ten paragraphs, with short essay-type writing assignments
• Test booklets containing theme tests, a revision test after five units, plus an end-of-course test
• Teacher's Book containing full answer keys and methodology notes

Accompanying Teacher's Book, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.