"Online Workbook Included" (Front Cover).

"Prism Reading Intro Level has 8 units to develop vocabulary, academic, and critical thinking skills. Students experience topics through fascinating readings in a wide variety of genres and formats to become familiar with material they might face in or outside the college classroom. Each book includes a single-use code to access the Online Workbook that has one new reading per unit, extra practice to further improve reading, vocabulary, and language development. Other resources include videos and recordings of readings. Activities have automated feedback to help with learner autonomy, and for teachers to spend less time grading and more time teaching." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS:

Scope and Sequence

How Prism Reading Works

What Makes Prism Reading Special

Unit 1 PEOPLE (Academic Disciplines: Communications / Sociology)

Reading Passages:
1. My Profile: Jeremy Lin (social media profile)
2. A Very Tall Man! (article)

Key Reading Skills:
Previewing

Additional Reading Skills:
Understanding key vocabulary
Skimming
Scanning to find information
Reading for details
Taking notes
Synthesizing

Language Development:
Family vocabulary
Nouns and verbs
Singular and plural nouns

Watch and Listen:
Thailand's Moken Fishermen

Special Features: Critical Thinking
Collaboration

Unit 2 CLIMATE (Academic Disciplines: Meteorology / Geography)

Reading Passages:
1. The Coldest City in the World (article)
2. Cuba Weather (website)

Key Reading Skills:
Scanning to find information
Taking notes in a chart

Additional Reading Skills:
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge
Previewing
Reading for details
Synthesizing

Language Development:
Nouns and adjectives
Noun phrases

Watch and Listen:
The Growing Ice Cap

Special Features:
Critical Thinking
Collaboration

Unit 3 LIFESTYLE (Academic Disciplines: Anthropology / Education)

Reading Passages:
1. Meet the Kembai (book review)
2. Class schedule and email (mixed text types)

Key Reading Skills:
Annotating

Additional Reading Skills:
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge
Predicting content using visuals
Scanning to find information
Reading for main ideas
Previewing
Reading fo details Synthesizing

Language Development:
Collocations for free-time activities
Time expressions

Watch and Listen:
Panama's Kuna People

Special Features:
Critical Thinking
Collaboration

Unit 4 PLACES (Academic Disciplines: Geography / History)

Reading Passages:
1. A World History of Maps: Muhammad al-Idrisi's World Map (book excerpts)
2. The Maldives: An Overview (country profile)

Key Reading Skills:
Reading for main ideas

Additional Reading Skills:
Understanding key vocabulary
Previewing
Annotating
Scanning to find information Reading for details
Using your knowledge
Taking notes
Synthesizing

Language Development:
Superlative adjectives
Noun phrases with of
Vocabulary for places

Watch and Listen:
The Cenotes of Mexico

Special Features:
Critical Thinking
Collaboration

Unit 5 JOBS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Career Services)

Reading Passages:
1. Find_my-job.com (website)
2. Emails about jobs (emails)

Key Reading Skills:
Reading for details

Additional Reading Skills:
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge
Previewing
Scanning to find information
Taking notes
Reading for main ideas
Synthesizing

Language Development:
Vocabulary for jobs
Adjective phrases

Watch and Listen:
Utah's Bingham Mine

Special Features:
Critical Thinking
Collaboration

Unit 6 HOMES AND BUILDINGS (Academic Disciplines: Architecture / Engineering)

Reading Passages:
1. Architect's World: Expert Interview (printed interview)
2. Skyscrapers: Buildings that Touch the Sky (report)

Key Reading Skills:
Predicting content using visuals

Additional Reading Skills:
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge
Scanning to find information
Reading for main ideas
Reading for details
Annotating
Synthesizing

Language Development:
Pronouns
Vocabulary for buildings
Adjectives for buildings

Watch and Listen:
To Build the Tallest

Special Features:
Critical Thinking
Collaboration

Unit 7 FOOD AND CULTURE (Academic Disciplines: History / Sociology)

Reading Passages:
1. Tea: A World History (article)
2. 10 of the Best by Cuisine (travel guide)

Key Reading Skills:
Taking notes

Additional Reading Skills:
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge
Previewing
Reading for main ideas
Scanning to find information
Reading for details
Synthesizing

Language Development:
Vocabulary about food
Count and noncount nouns

Watch and Listen:
Goat Cheese

Special Features:
Critical Thinking
Collaboration

Unit 8 TRANSPORTATION (Academic Disciplines: Engineering / Urban Planning)

Reading Passages:
1. Transportation Survey (survey)
2. Transportation in Bangkok (report)

Key Reading Skills:
Skimming

Additional Reading Skills:
Understanding key vocabulary
Previewing
Scanning to find information
Reading for details
Using your knowledge
Reading for main ideas
Annotating
Synthesizing

Language Development:
Quantifiers
Transportation collocations

Watch and Listen:
Modern Subways

Special Features:
Critical Thinking
Collaboration

Glossary of Key Vocabulary

Video Scripts

Credits

Advisory Panel

For ESL learners at the A1 (CEFR) level.