teachingcriticalthinkinginacademicreading

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ation to the right workers and deciding what kinds of worker training would be most valuable. argue 6 Although the economy will always have some unemployment, its natural rate is not immutable. 7 But how we choose to anize our society can profoundly influence how prevalent a problem it is. deeply / greatly Language buildingup Text A Suggested answers Unit 3 Unemployment Task 2 Signpost language 2 Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words and expressions in the above box. There may be more than one correct answer. 1 You should talk to your teacher _________ just plaining to me about it. 2 Analysts believe that the healthy results can be attributed to an increase in _____________ trade interest rate fluctuations. 3 I read a lot as a child, but my daughter, __________, just seems interested in television. 4 The son followed his father’s example and, ________, the daughter modeled herself on her mother. instead of as opposed to by contrast similarly Language buildingup Text A Suggested answers Unit 3 Unemployment Task 2 Signpost language 2 Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words and expressions in the above box. There may be more than one correct answer. 5 The philosopher Scott Buchanan once observed in conversation that science _________ theater. 6 The heat in Arizona is ____________ the heat here. It’s very dry. 7 Some paradigms have achieved limited success in some areas。 _____others do better in yet other areas. 8 You want to help your kids as much as you can, but _______________, you’ve got to be careful to help them learn on their own. resembles different from while on the other hand Text A Critical reading and thinking – the global picture Unit 3 Unemployment Summary of Text A： Text A Critical reading and thinking – detailed reading Unit 3 Unemployment The key word to describe frictional unemployment Mismatch Causes Textbook examples / Chinese examples 1. 2. 3. Solutions Two different ideas: • Text B –Language focus Difficult Sentences Collocations Formal English –Critical reading and thinking Unit 3 Unemployment Text B Unit 3 Unemployment Understanding argument Understanding arguments is an important skill for critical reading. Text B of this unit offers a chance to develop this aspect of critical reading. The author presents the two sides of the argument. Leadin Text B Difficult sentences Unit 3 Unemployment • The bigger issue is mismatch. (Para. 3) → What is more important is the mismatch between job vacancies and qualified workers for the jobs. Text B Difficult sentences Unit 3 Unemployment • Only 22% said they could find few or no qualified job applicants, about half the level reported before the recession. (Para. 13) → It was hard for 22% of small businesses to find qualified job applicants. In contrast more than 40% of small business could not find qualified job applicants before the recession. Text B Difficult sentences Unit 3 Unemployment • While the housing crisis is keeping people in place, Shierholz doubts that a lack of mobility is the problem. (Para. 14) → Although the housing crisis is limiting people’s freedom to move in order to search job opportunities, Shierholz does not think this is the main cause of the problem of unemployment.。