Creating the Academic Commons: Guidelines for Learning, Teaching, and Research
Today's library is still at the heart of all university activities, helping students and faculty become better learners, teachers, and researchers. In recent years there has emerged the formalizing of one or more of these activities into an Academic Commons. These centers of information have been labeled variously but they all share a commonality: the empowerment of students and teachers.
Daily Academic Vocabulary features: 36 weeks of systematic vocabulary instruction and direct instruction of key vocabulary words that students will encounter in many different academic contexts and learning experiences. Students will practice words through speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Daily Academic Vocabulary provides 36 weeks of direct instruction and reproducible practice on key vocabulary words that students will encounter in many different academic contexts and learning experiences.
Daily Academic Vocabulary features: 36 weeks of systematic vocabulary instruction and direct instruction of key vocabulary words that students will encounter in many different academic contexts and learning experiences.
Welcome to P a n o r a m a 1, a reading skills text for beginning level students. P a n o r a m a 1 combines high-interest reading passages from the content areas with a strong vocabulary strand and extensive reading skills practice to prepare students for the challenges of academic reading. Each of the eight main units consists of three chapters, and each chapter has a them atically-linked reading passage. The first passage is about a person, the second about a related place, and the third about a related concept or event. The book begins with an introductory unit, Essential Reading Skills, th at presents and practices the core reading skills needed for academic success.
