Unit 1Text: Alienation and the InternetLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading: Technology Rewrites the BookFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Reasoning and Analyzing ( I ) : Analyze Compound WordsSelf-AssessmentUnit 2Text: Do You Speak Body LanguageLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading :The \"Eyes\" Have It: The Fundamentals of Eye ContactFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Reasoning and Analyzing ( II ) : TranslatingSelf-AssessmentUnit 3Text: The Battle against Beauty and TruthLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading : For the Pennsylvania Dutch, a Long Tradition FadesFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Creating Structure for Input and Output ( I ) : SummarizingSelf-AssessmentUnit 4Text: The Design of Your LifeLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading: Design -- the Next FrontierFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Creating Structure for Input and Output ( II ) : HighlightingSelf-AssessmentUnit 5Text: Using a Discipline System to Promote LearningLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading: Teacher and Students Scale the HeightsFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Creating Structure for Input and Output ( III ) : Taking NotesSelf-AssessmentUnit 6Text: The Bloody Crossroads of Grammar and PoliticsLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading: People Who Become WordsFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( I ) : Using Mime and GestureSelf-AssessmentUnit 7Text: Reconsidering LearLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading : Denise Mina and the Rise of Scottish Detective FictionFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( II ) : Getting HelpSelf-AssessmentUnit 8Text: Three Hours of Fear and HopeLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading : Emergency Landing Televised on JetBlue FlightFurther WorkLearning to Learn : Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( III ) : Selecting the TopicSelf-AssessmentUnit 9Text: Where Marie Antoinette Played, Before the DelugeLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading : Heritage Survives a Complicated Past in Lviv, UkraineFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( IV ) : Switching to ChineseSelf-AssessmentUnit 10Text: In Sickness, in HealthLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading: My Miraculous FamilyFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( V ) : Coining WordsSelf-AssessmentUnit 11Text: Contemporary American GraffitiLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading: Style, Technique, and Cultural Piracy: Never Bite the Hand that Feeds YouFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( VI ) : Adjusting or Approximating the MessageSelf-AssessmentUnit 12Text: LifelineLinguistic CompetenceSkill DevelopmentSupplementary Reading : What Pilots can Teach Hospitals about Patient SafetyFurther WorkLearning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( VII ) : Using a Circumlocution or SynonymSelf-AssessmentWORD LIST