Thinking Critically: World Issues for Reading, Writing, and Research

Thinking Critically helps students improve English skills while exploring major issues in the world through news articles.
Topics range from the conflict between India and Pakistan, the use of palm pilots, the AIDS crisis, and gender equality, to research into the benefits of sleep.
Each chapter contains two to three articles, a vocabulary review, discussion questions, research and writing activities, debates/role plays, exercises designed to provoke critical thinking, and a list of suggested websites and books to enhance student understanding.
Students will improve their skills in reading and discussing authentic news articles conducting research on the Internet writing academic papers debating issues making oral presentations analyzing and writing about complex issues.

This workbook is designed to help students to improve their general fluency in English while expanding their knowledge of current events in the U.S. and abroad. Each of 14 chapters contains two or three recent news articles followed by a glossary, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, writing activities, a role-playing exercise, a critical thinking task, and suggestions for further reading. Topics examined range from human rights for women to the ethics of global corporations. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR