unit 1  pre-reading tasks  text: meet the "proverbial" scholar  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: diction slips  further work  learning to learn: overviewing and linking with already known material  self-assessmentunit 2  pre-reading tasks  text: in sickness, in health  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: my miraculous family  further work  learning to learn: identifying the purpose of a language task  self-assessmentunit 3  pre-reading tasks  text: a ]aunty thumbs-up salute  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: the pickle jar  further work  learning to learn: planning for a language task  self-assessmentunit4   pre-reading tasks  text: age shall not wither her  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: betty friedan, 1921-2006  further work  leaming to learn: using your progressive relaxation, deep breathing,meditation, laughter, or music  self-assessment  ~unit 5  pre-reading tasks  text: dam break  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: friends interrupted  further work  learning to learn: organizing  self-assessmentunit 6  pre-reading tasks  text: man writes dog: death and rebirth in the canine memoirs  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: cher ami  further work  learning to learn: using linguistic clues  self-assessmentunit 7  pre-reading tasks  text: three hours of fear and hope  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: emergency landing televised on ]etblue flight  further work  leaming to leam: using a circumlocution or synonym  self-assessmentunit 8  pre-reading tasks  text: where marie antoinette played, before the deluge  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: heritage survives a complicated past in lviv,ukraine  further work  learning to learn: seeking practice opportunities  self-assessmentunit 9  pre-reading tasks  text: contemporary american graffiti  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: style, technique, and cultural piracy: never bite the hand that feeds you  further work  learning to learn: self-monitoring  self-assessmentunit 10  pre-reading tasks  text: lifeline  linguistic competence  skill development  supplementary reading: what pilots can teach hospitals about patient safety  further work  learning to learn: self-evaluating  self-assessment