Provoke a Response!
―Critical Thinking through Data Analysis
| Author | Stuart Gale 著 Shunpei Fukuhara 著 |
|---|---|
| Category |
Reading |
| Level |
Intermediate |
| TOEIC Level |
400~500 500~600  |
| Release Date | 2016/04/01 |
| ISBN | 9784523178224 |
| Book Size・Number of Pages | B5・96 pages |
| Price | 2,090 yen (incl. tax) |
| Number of Units | 15 |
| Materials | Downloadable Audio Files |
| Teacher’s Materials | ●Teacher's Manual（including Japanese translation) 〈Others〉 Teacher's Manual Data（Word/PDF),Text Data (Word) |
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This innovative new text has been specially researched and designed to facilitate students’ critical thinking―to develop their ability to analyze survey and other data to arrive at informed, reasoned opinions. Moving away from the social constraints adhered to by other texts, Provoke a Response puts a new spin on the presentation of meaningful data and poses questions in thought-provoking, but sensitive and fun ways. Students learn to look more deeply at and challenge conventional wisdom, as well as their own biases and unexamined notions, and to articulate contrary views backed up by solid evidence and sound reasoning. Provoke a Response is ideal for the creation of an enlightening, progressive learning environment.
◆Key Features and Functions:
*15 units featuring a broad range of thought-provoking topics, including “How mobile phones affect our relationships,” “How Japan can avoid becoming a junk-food nation,” “How we turn boys into boys and girls into girls,” “Cosmetic surgery and physical appearance”
*Clear, concise, compelling reading passages are broken down into accessible parts, each with follow-up Pause for Thought activities to facilitate close reading and real understanding
*Authentic survey, government, and other data form the basis for critical- analysis and critical-reading activities and writing/discussion assignments
*Develops all the essential language-acquisition skills, with special TOEIC extra activities and supplementary grammar and usage exercises
*Bilingual Teacher’s Manual offers a wealth of advice, information, and suggestions for promoting a stimulating, rewarding learning experience
Why is the crime rate so low in Japan?
Unit 2 Mobile phones
How mobile phones affect us and our relationships
Unit 3 Smoking
The smoker’s paradise
Unit 4 Junk food
How can Japan avoid becoming a junk-food nation?
Unit 5 Celebrity marriage
Why is the celebrity divorce rate so high?
Unit 6 Sport
Just because sport is an international language doesn’t mean it’s easy
Unit 7 Driving
How to make Japan’s roads safer still
Unit 8 Bullying
The scariest bullies wear skirts
Unit 9 Japan’s LGBTs
Japan’s gay geinoujin
Unit 10 Sexism and gender roles
How we turn boys into boys and girls into girls
Unit 11 Sleeping
Should Japanese mothers sleep with their school-age children?
Unit 12 Japan’s population crisis
How can Japan avoid a demographic meltdown?
Unit 13 Parasite singles
Get smart and live with your parents!
Unit 14 J-pop
Why I have to switch off when the idols are on
Unit 15 Cosmetic surgery and physical appearance
The feminization of men
