Pathways Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking 3 with the Spark Platform

Pathways is a best-selling, five-level academic skills series that combines highly visual, real-world content and rigorous language instruction to help students develop the skills, language, and critical thinking they need for academic success. Exploring academic topics through authentic videos, photos, and infographics, students connect to ideas while building academic competence skills through collaboration, communication, and problem-solving. Pathways helps students to improve the academic and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in and out of the classroom.

Laurie Blass is a writer and editor specializing in print and digital English Language Teaching materials. She has an M.A. in Linguistics and a TESL certificate from the University of Pittsburgh and has taught ESL in the United States and France. She is the author/co-author of over 40 ELT titles representing a wide range of audiences, from adult education to English for academic purposes.

Kristin Sherman has been an ELT teacher, teacher trainer, consultant, and course book author for more than 15 years. She regularly conducts teacher training workshops throughout Latin America and Asia. Kristin is co-author of several ELT series and has written print materials and online content for many other publications. She holds an M.Ed. in TESL from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.