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Pathways

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Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Pathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking

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 Learning, with separate Reading and Writing, and Listening and Speaking strands. Using powerful content, images, and video from National Geographic, Pathways provides learners with the language and critical thinking skills needed to be successful in the academic classroom. This innovative program provides learners with a pathway to academic success!

“This series is very methodical and logically organized, while also being motivating. The content and layout of the early pages in each unit make for a stimulating start to that unit, followed up by carefully sequenced and explained steps through the reading, analyzing, responding and writing processes, all based on the topic (which is presented in a very interesting, attractive, non-text-bookish style).” Matthew Watterson, Hongik University, Korea

National Geographic articles, video, maps, and graphs engage students with academic content in a variety of genres and formats.

Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking

Pathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking

• Clear connections between reading and writing skills help students master both skills naturally.

• A clear pathway from formal presentations to student-to-student interactions helps students become active, informed listeners in lectures and conversations.

• Academic reading skills and strategies, embedded in the unit tasks, prepare students to comprehend a variety of realistic academic texts. • Step-by-step writing instruction with integrated grammar and vocabulary provides instruction and practice on a variety of rhetorical forms. • Consistent integrated critical thinking tasks develop learners’ ability to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information from a wide range of sources.

• Communication skills are taught and practiced through realistic contexts designed to model the academic classroom. • Presentation skills, including organization, preparation, and delivery techniques, are introduced and practiced in every unit, sharpening learners’ ability to interact in different academic settings. • Consistent integrated critical thinking tasks develop learners’ ability to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information from a wide range of sources.

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Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Explore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8)

The Academic Pathway for each unit is clearly labeled for learners. Each unit has three lessons. Lessons A and B develop academic reading skills by focusing on two aspects of the unit theme. The language and content in these sections provide the stimulus for a final writing task in Lesson C.

“I loved the use of graphics, page layout, and relevant, interesting themes; also, the specific targeting of critical thinking. It feels student-friendly and attention getting.”

In “Preparing to Read”, learners are introduced to key vocabulary items from the reading age. Lesson A and B each present and practice 10 target vocabulary items.

Jennie Farnell, Greenwich Japanese School, Japan

“Exploring the Theme” sections provide a visual introduction to the unit and encourage critical thinking and discussion. Reading A is a single, linear text related to the unit theme. Each reading age is recorded on the audio program.

Maps and realistic visuals help to develop learner’s visual literacy.

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Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Explore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8) “I think it’s a solid series. I love all the Word Link inserts. The reading seemed level-appropriate and the skills were relevant and well chosen.” Colin Ward, Lone Star College-North Harris, Texas

Viewing tasks related to an authentic National Geographic video serve as a contentbridge between Lessons A and B.

Learners use their critical thinking skills to relate video content to information in the previous reading.

Guided Comprehension tasks and reading strategy instruction enable learners to improve their academic literacy and critical thinking skills.

The reading age in Lesson B expands on the unit theme, using a variety of text types and graphic formats. Authentic charts and graphics from National Geographic the main text, helping learners comprehend key ideas.

“Word Link” and “Word Partners” boxes develop learners’ awareness of word structure, collocations, and usage.

Critical thinking activities are integrated in every unit encouraging continuous engagement in developing key academic skills.

Guided pre-reading tasks and strategy tips encourage learners to think critically about what they are going to read.

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Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Explore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8)

Step 1

Brainstorming

Lesson C provides personalization opportunities through a guided writing assignment.

Step 4

Revising

Integrated grammar practice and writing skill development provide scaffolding of the writing assignment.

Step 2

Critical Thinking

Step 5

Editing

A guided, processbased approach develops learner confidence in planning, drafting, revising, and editing written work.

Step 3

The Unit Quiz provides an opportunity for learners to review key ideas and language from the unit.

Drafting

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Reviewing

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Pathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking Explore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8)

The Academic Pathway for each unit is clearly labeled for learners and starts with formal listening and moves to more informal contexts.

“The visual impact is appealing. The combination/balance of personal and academic aspects of the topic of memory in the text would be very helpful for gaining student interest, and encouraging deeper thinking/expanding knowledge of a topic.”

Key academic and high-frequency vocabulary is introduced, practiced, and expanded throughout each unit.

Donna Moore, Hawaii Community College, Hawaii

“Exploring the Theme” sections provide a visual introduction to the unit and encourage critical thinking and discussion.

“Exploring Spoken English” sections allow students to examine and practice specific grammar points and language functions from the unit.

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“Developing Listening Skills” sections follow a before, during, and after approach to give learners the tools necessary to master listening for detail in a variety of formal and informal situations.

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Pathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking Explore a Unit (Level 2, Unit 8) “Wonderful content, skills development, academic vocabulary, and related discussion/ presentation activities. The layout of the pages and the progression of the activities is great! An instructor could begin the unit from the middle as well as the beginning, which allows for variety when using the book.” Maria Caratini Prado, Eastfield College, Texas

Lesson A closes with a full page of speaking activities, including pair and group work to boost learner confidence.

“Engage” sections challenge learners with an end-of-unit presentation project and offer speaking tips for formal and informal group communication, practicing communication strategies in a variety of academic contexts.

“Viewing” sections in every unit include two pages of activities based on fascinating video from National Geographic.

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Teacher and Student Resources for Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Pathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking For The Teacher: A Teacher’s Guide for each level, including teacher’s notes, expansion activities, rubrics for evaluating written assignments, and answer keys for activities in the Student Book.

A Video DVD per level with authentic National Geographic clips relating to each of the ten units. Audio CDs for each level with the audio recordings of the Student Book reading ages.

For the Student: Student Book The Student Book helps learners achieve academic success in and out of the classroom ed by content from National Geographic. The Student Handbook at the back of every Student Book provides helpful self-study strategies for students to become better independent learners.

Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView® allows instructors to create tests and quizzes quickly and easily.

A Classroom Presentation Tool CD-ROM for each level featuring audio and video clips, and interactive activities from the Student Book.

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Online Workbook, powered by MyELT, has both teacher-led and self-study options. It contains ten National Geographic video clips ed by interactive, automatically graded activities correlated to the Student Books.

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Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking

Pathways: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking

Foundations

Foundations

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Presentation Tool CD-ROM

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DVD

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DVD

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Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView®

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Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView®

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Student eBook

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Student eBook

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Level 1

Level 1

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Audio CDs

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DVD

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Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView®

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Student eBook

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Level 2

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Teacher’s Guide

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Presentation Tool CD-ROM

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DVD

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Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView®

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Student eBook

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Student eBook

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Level 3

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Teacher’s Guide

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Presentation Tool CD-ROM

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DVD

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DVD

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Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView®

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Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView®

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Student eBook

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Level 4

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Teacher’s Guide

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Presentation Tool CD-ROM

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DVD

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Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView®

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Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView®

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Student eBook

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Student eBook

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