Reading Skills for the Social Sciences / Louann Haarman, Patrick Leech, and Janet Murray.
Par : Haarman, Louann.
Collaborateur(s) : Leech, Patrick | Murray, Janet.
Éditeur : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1988Description :x, 132 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN : 0194512304 (pbk).Sujet(s) : Reading| Type de document | Site actuel | Collection | Cote | Numéro de copie | Statut | Date d'échéance | Code à barres |
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CR Julien-Couture RC (Teaching) General Stacks | Non-fiction | L/R HAA (Parcourir l'étagère) | 1 | Disponible | A000605 | |
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CR Julien-Couture RC (Teaching) General Stacks | Non-fiction | L/R HAA (Parcourir l'étagère) | 2 | Disponible | A000604 |
Parcourir CR Julien-Couture RC (Teaching) Étagères , Localisation: General Stacks , Code de collection: Non-fiction Fermer l'étagère
| L/R FRO From Reading to Writing 4 / | L/R FRO From Reading to Writing 3 / | L/R FUR Bonne continuation : | L/R HAA Reading Skills for the Social Sciences / | L/R HAA Reading Skills for the Social Sciences / | L/R HOW Read All About It : Starter / | L/R HOW Read All About It : Starter / |
Includes answer key
SUMMARY:
"The material in this coursebook has been specifically designed to meet the needs of intermediate students of English who require reading skills for social science disciplines at university. The course covers 80 to 100 class hours. It combines the teaching of reading strategies (such as skimming, scanning, intensive reading) with work on text structure and genre (for example, textbooks, research reports, book reviews, articles)."--Back cover
CONTENTS:
Unit 1: Book advertisements
Approaching the text Pre-reading questions
Skimming and scanning
Intensive reading Text structure/language functions
Distinguishing the functions of description and evaluation
Language work Discrimination of adjectives and adjectival suffixes
Lexical inference
Practicing the use of lexis common to expository/evaluative prose
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Unit 2: Research digests
Approaching the text Pre-reading questions
Scanning Skimming for text structure
Intensive reading Checking understanding
Information extraction (Document 2)
Information extraction (Document 3)
Language work Identifying tense patterns
Checking understanding
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Unit 3 Economics
Approaching the text Pre-reading questions
Skimming and scanning for contents
Pre-reading vocabulary work
Intensive reading Previewing text organization/content
Explanations/examples of key terms
Language work Vocabulary work
Modal verbs
Reutilization of key vocabulary
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Unit 4: The Russian Revolution
Approaching the text
Pre-reading questions
Identifying reviewer's evaluation Distinguishing text structure
Intensive reading
Reference Checking understanding
Language work
Reutilization of selected lexis
Topic sentences and paragraph structure
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Unit 5: The Overselling of Candidates on Television
Approaching the text
Pre-reading questions
Guided contact with introductory passage
Skimming for general organisation
Intensive reading
Information extraction
Introduction to note-taking
Language work
The function of linkers
Recognizing logical links in discourse
Practicing the use of selected linkers
Lexical inference/Dictionary work
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Unit 6: Asking the Age Question
Approaching the text Pre-reading questions
Identifying main points
Intensive reading
Annotating Bibliographical references
Information extraction
Checking understanding
Language work
Textual devices and specialized terminology
Lexis common to academic prose
Reutilization of lexis
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Unit 7: The Other Economy
Approaching the text
Pre-reading questions
Skimming for general organization
Pre-reading vocabulary work
Intensive reading
Guided note-taking Reference Checking understanding
Language work
Discriminating examples, contrasts and further information
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Unit 8: Mobilizing the Middle Classes
Approaching the text
Pre-reading questions
Identifying evaluation and description
Distinguishing text structure
Intensive reading
Reference
Note-taking
Language work
Lexis common to academic prose
Distinguishing the function of linkers Practising the use of selected linkers
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Unit 9: Human aggression
Approaching the text
Predicting content
Intensive reading
Identifying author's presentation of theme Discriminating units of information
Language work Revising modal meaning Use and function of modal verbs
Recognizing logical links in discourse
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Unit 10: Inside the Black Box
Approaching the text
Skimming for general organization
Skimming and scanning for chapter headings Pre-reading vocabulary work
Intensive reading
Extracting author's main points
Note-taking: identifying topics and point of view
Checking understanding
Language work
Practice with lexis marking topics and arguments
Vocabulary work and word building
Observations on text type
Appendix 1: Lexis common to academic prose
Appendix 2: Prefixes and suffixes
Key to worksheets and pre-reading questions
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