Rozenberg, Marina
Step Up to Academic Reading / Marina Rozenberg. - Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 252 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Contains bibliographical references (p. 250-251).
"Well-developed reading skills are essential for success in a post-secondary environment. Step Up to Academic Reading teaches you these skills and gives you ample opportunity to put them into practice.
Throughout the book, you will encounter authentic readings from diverse sources that deal with a wide variety of topics. You will learn strategies that you can apply to academic texts as well as practical skills-such as identifying bias-that can be applied to almost any text you encounter inside or outside that classroom. In the final chapter you will applly all the skills you have acquired: you will be asked to get into the topic, react to the text, and read closely to demonstrate your reading proficiency. Skills covered include...
previewing
making predictions
checking predictions while identifying topics
reading for main ideas and supporting details
differentiating between facts opinions
identifying the purpose and the audience of the text
studying the typical research article format
This book can guide you through the complex process of reading and understanding academic material. You just need to answer one question:
Are you ready to Step Up to Academic Reading?" (Book Cover)
TABLE OF CONTENTS : Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: STEPS IN THE READING PROCESS Step 1-Preview and Predict
Anatomy of the News
Step 2-Identify the Topics and Check Your Predictions
The Silk Road
The Five Factors of Supersuasion
Step 3-Read Closely
Reporters and Readers
Step 4-React to the Text
How Worrying Affects Us
Vocabulary Step 1-Use a Dictionary
Vocabulary Step 2-Learn Word Forms
CHAPTER 2: MAIN IDEAS AND SUPPORTING DETAILS
Step 1-Identify Levels of Specificity
Step 2-Distinguish between Organizational Patterns and Identify Irrelevant Information
Titanic verses Lusitania: Two Different Types of Behaviour in Disaster
Step 3-Integrate the Skills
Depression in Young People
The Decline of Studying
Mamma's Boys? Why Most Young Italian Men Live with Their Parents
Vocabulary Step-Guess Words in Context
Step 1-Differentiate between Facts and Opinions
The Place Where You Look into the Future
Embark on a Journey of Discovery in the Mediterranean
Men Are Perceived as More Handsome When They Are in a High-Status Car, Study Finds
Step 2-Identify Techniques of Expressing Opinions
Downtown Bike Routes Are Disastrous
Companies Blamed for Marketing Aimed at Kids
Gendercide
Remains of Ice-Age Child Uncovered in Alaska
Step 3-Integrate the Skills
The Dangers of Workaholism
The Great Work Myth
The Silver Tsunami
Vocabulary Step-Understand Multiple-Meaning Words
CHAPTER 4: PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE OF THE TEXT
Step 1-Identify the Tone of the Writer
If You Want Zero Risk, Why Not Outlaw Hockey?
Face Coverings for Religious and Other Reasons Are Forbidden When Receiving Services
Concern for Bill
Free School Doesn't Work
Step 2-Identify the Purpose of the Text
First Treatment Specifically for African Americans with Heart Failure
Extract from "Race in a Bottle"
Extract from "BiDil: Assessing the Race-Based Pharmaceutical"
Step 3-Identify the Genre and the Audience of the Text
Racial Profiling Must End
Study Finds Job Hunters with Non-Anglo Names Face Hiring Obstacles
I Don't "Speak White"
Step 4-Integrate the Skills
See Baby Discriminate
Vocabulary Step-Learn about Summarizing Phrases
CHAPTER 5-RESEARCH ARTICLES
Step 1-Study the Organization of a Research Article
Japan's "New Homeless"
Captured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers?
Do Children's Cognitive Advertising Defenses Reduce their Desire for Advertised Products?
An Introduction to Foundation and Industry-Sponsored Research: Practical and Ethical Considerations
Medicinal Foods
Obedience and Authority: A Study by Stanley Milgram
Step 2-Study Supporting Information in a Research Article
Fitting In or Standing Out: Trends in American Parents' Choices for Children's Names, 1880-2007
Step 3-Integrate the Skills
I Do Not Feel Your Pain
Vocabulary Step-Learn about Research Vocabulary
CHAPTER 6: STEPS IN PRACTICE
New York is Greener than Vermont
Whose Right to Die?
Letting Go of My Father
Captured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers?
Purdue University Study Confronts Test Critics
Assess Your Reading Progress
Credits
9780195447354 (pbk)
English (Language)--Textbooks for Anglophones.
English (Language)--Learning and Teaching.--Textbooks for Anglophones.
Reading (Higher Education).
PE1128 / .R69 2012
Step Up to Academic Reading / Marina Rozenberg. - Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 252 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Contains bibliographical references (p. 250-251).
"Well-developed reading skills are essential for success in a post-secondary environment. Step Up to Academic Reading teaches you these skills and gives you ample opportunity to put them into practice.
Throughout the book, you will encounter authentic readings from diverse sources that deal with a wide variety of topics. You will learn strategies that you can apply to academic texts as well as practical skills-such as identifying bias-that can be applied to almost any text you encounter inside or outside that classroom. In the final chapter you will applly all the skills you have acquired: you will be asked to get into the topic, react to the text, and read closely to demonstrate your reading proficiency. Skills covered include...
previewing
making predictions
checking predictions while identifying topics
reading for main ideas and supporting details
differentiating between facts opinions
identifying the purpose and the audience of the text
studying the typical research article format
This book can guide you through the complex process of reading and understanding academic material. You just need to answer one question:
Are you ready to Step Up to Academic Reading?" (Book Cover)
TABLE OF CONTENTS : Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: STEPS IN THE READING PROCESS Step 1-Preview and Predict
Anatomy of the News
Step 2-Identify the Topics and Check Your Predictions
The Silk Road
The Five Factors of Supersuasion
Step 3-Read Closely
Reporters and Readers
Step 4-React to the Text
How Worrying Affects Us
Vocabulary Step 1-Use a Dictionary
Vocabulary Step 2-Learn Word Forms
CHAPTER 2: MAIN IDEAS AND SUPPORTING DETAILS
Step 1-Identify Levels of Specificity
Step 2-Distinguish between Organizational Patterns and Identify Irrelevant Information
Titanic verses Lusitania: Two Different Types of Behaviour in Disaster
Step 3-Integrate the Skills
Depression in Young People
The Decline of Studying
Mamma's Boys? Why Most Young Italian Men Live with Their Parents
Vocabulary Step-Guess Words in Context
Step 1-Differentiate between Facts and Opinions
The Place Where You Look into the Future
Embark on a Journey of Discovery in the Mediterranean
Men Are Perceived as More Handsome When They Are in a High-Status Car, Study Finds
Step 2-Identify Techniques of Expressing Opinions
Downtown Bike Routes Are Disastrous
Companies Blamed for Marketing Aimed at Kids
Gendercide
Remains of Ice-Age Child Uncovered in Alaska
Step 3-Integrate the Skills
The Dangers of Workaholism
The Great Work Myth
The Silver Tsunami
Vocabulary Step-Understand Multiple-Meaning Words
CHAPTER 4: PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE OF THE TEXT
Step 1-Identify the Tone of the Writer
If You Want Zero Risk, Why Not Outlaw Hockey?
Face Coverings for Religious and Other Reasons Are Forbidden When Receiving Services
Concern for Bill
Free School Doesn't Work
Step 2-Identify the Purpose of the Text
First Treatment Specifically for African Americans with Heart Failure
Extract from "Race in a Bottle"
Extract from "BiDil: Assessing the Race-Based Pharmaceutical"
Step 3-Identify the Genre and the Audience of the Text
Racial Profiling Must End
Study Finds Job Hunters with Non-Anglo Names Face Hiring Obstacles
I Don't "Speak White"
Step 4-Integrate the Skills
See Baby Discriminate
Vocabulary Step-Learn about Summarizing Phrases
CHAPTER 5-RESEARCH ARTICLES
Step 1-Study the Organization of a Research Article
Japan's "New Homeless"
Captured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers?
Do Children's Cognitive Advertising Defenses Reduce their Desire for Advertised Products?
An Introduction to Foundation and Industry-Sponsored Research: Practical and Ethical Considerations
Medicinal Foods
Obedience and Authority: A Study by Stanley Milgram
Step 2-Study Supporting Information in a Research Article
Fitting In or Standing Out: Trends in American Parents' Choices for Children's Names, 1880-2007
Step 3-Integrate the Skills
I Do Not Feel Your Pain
Vocabulary Step-Learn about Research Vocabulary
CHAPTER 6: STEPS IN PRACTICE
New York is Greener than Vermont
Whose Right to Die?
Letting Go of My Father
Captured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers?
Purdue University Study Confronts Test Critics
Assess Your Reading Progress
Credits
9780195447354 (pbk)
English (Language)--Textbooks for Anglophones.
English (Language)--Learning and Teaching.--Textbooks for Anglophones.
Reading (Higher Education).
PE1128 / .R69 2012