INTRODUCTION appear, because many activities build on answers from previous activities. There is a range of activities, from text-handling exercises to discussion points. Activities appear in a consistent structure throughout each unit. ■ ‘Getting started’ activates existing knowledge about a topic and makes you familiar with relevant vocabulary. ■ ‘Exploring texts’ contains text-handling exercises, vocabulary-building activities and reading/comprehension questions. ■ ‘Form and meaning’ explores grammar and sentence structures from the texts studied, and allows you to apply these structures to new sentences and situations. ■ ‘Discussion’ encourages you to think and talk about the bigger issues that are raised in the texts with classmates. ■ ‘Writing’ presents several assignments, some longer than others, that ask you to apply some of the skills required in assessment. ■ ‘Higher level extension’ includes a range of activities that are built around an additional text on same theme or topic. These texts and activities are more challenging than those that precede them.
Features In this book you will find a variety of features to help support your learning. These are listed below. The features are colour-coded for easy reference, so that you can always find the help you need. ■ Features coloured Green are related to the core IB requirements (for example, Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay). ■ Features coloured Blue are to support your learning as you work through the book (for example, Word banks). ■ Features coloured Orange provide support for exam preparation (for example, Tips).
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Word bank
Word bank
Text and context
Text and context
As you learn about various topics or themes, it is useful to know some subject-specific vocabulary. The words in the word bank, which are presented at the beginning of each unit, give you an indication of what the unit will be about. You can find these words in bold upon their first appearance in the texts and activities in each unit. Activities will help you learn how to use these words in the right context. Definitions of these words are given in the glossary at the back of this coursebook.
After almost every source text you will find a ‘text and context’ feature which gives you background information about the text and explains the context-dependent vocabulary of the text.