適合程度:Intermediate, 藝術大學、大學大一及大二〈廣電系〉英語課程、及公職考試「新聞行政」的課程
級數:CEF B1-B2
配備:Teacher’s file (Teaching notes, answer key), Audio MP3
提升學生ESP/主題閱讀與字彙能力,並引導學生活用網路英語資源,有效提升溝通技巧!
重點特色:
擺脫一成不變的枯燥課文,本書內含20篇與專業主修相關的趣味短文,包含媒體界的新聞自由、扒糞運動(muckraker)、媒介鏡子理論等,以及行銷學討論的商標、廣告文案、網路購物、消費者心理等。
閱讀理解及語法練習,強化學生核心閱讀技巧 (skimming, scanning, reference),厚實語法基礎。
以有趣又富挑戰性的字彙練習活動,讓學生熟記字彙的Spelling, Meaning, Referencing, Writing, Word Forms。亦可靈活結合網路資源 (Macmillan Online Dictionary, thefreedictionary等),幫助學生熟悉網路查找技巧。
配合課文及活動精心繪製插圖,圖像與文字雙重刺激,增進學習成效。
附錄介紹十個重點文法〈名詞子句、形容詞子句、副詞子句、連接詞、不定詞動名詞等〉,並額外整理67個專業核心詞條和定義。
字彙學習研究(Stahl & Nagy, 2005)發現學習者要對一個單詞有完整的瞭解需要7-10個不同的語境,可能是閱讀到或聽到這個新單詞,反覆幾次之後才會真正學的起來。Unique系列強調提供多重情境來反覆學習字彙。
本系列共有四本,分別為:
Unique Science and Technology (Grammar Level 1)
Unique Everyday Living (Grammar Level 1)
Unique Workplace and Career (Grammar Level 2)
Unique Media and Marketplace (Grammar Level 2)
Welcome to Unique—an English Reading and Vocabulary Program!
Raising communication skills to a higher, more fluent level is the overarching goal of the Unique series. To this end, each of the worktexts has been carefully designed to
review the fundamental skills that enhance reading comprehension
reinforce the fundamental concepts that boost vocabulary development
There are four thematic books in the series:
Unique Science and Technology (Grammar Level 1)
Unique Everyday Living (Grammar Level 1)
Unique Workplace and Career (Grammar Level 2)
Unique Media and Marketplace (Grammar Level 2)
All books include:
20-24 high-interesting and unique texts from various media and academic sources
a full range of activities to reinforce reading skills and word power
creative text-related cartoons add humor and reinforce memory
essential rules of grammar illustrated in Grammar appendix