Inside Reading 4 : The Academic Word List in Context / Kent Richmond; Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman (Series Director).
By: Richmond, Kent.
Contributor(s): Zimmerman, Cheryl Boyd.
Series: Inside Reading. Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: xii, 164 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM.ISBN: 9780194416153 (Student Book).Subject(s): English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | Vocabulary | ReadingOnline resources: GoodReads.com| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and indices.
''With a dual focus of better equipping students to interact with academic texts while helping them fully acquire both active and passive knowledge of vital academic vocabulary, Inside Reading gives students the tools they need to succeed in their academic courses.'' (Book Cover)
CONTENTS:
Unit 1: The Strength to Survive
Content Area: Physiology Text 1: Animal Olympics Text 2: Were Humans Born to Run
Reading strategy: Skimming and scanning; outlining
Vocabulary activities
Unit 2: Your Attention, Please
Content Area: Psychology Text 1: "May I Have 30% of Your Attention, Please?" Text 2: You're Getting Very Sleepy
Reading strategy: Finding the main ideas; isolating causes and effects Vocabulary activities
Unit 3: Movie Magic
Content Area: Film Studies Text 1: From Gimmicks to FX Text 2: A Big Gorilla Started It All
Reading strategy: Annotating and highlighting; uses of the present tense
Vocabulary activities
Unit 4: The Power of Music
Content Area: Music Text 1: Why Does Music Move Us? Text 2: Guitars: The Quest for Volume
Reading strategy: Finding the perpetrator; point of view
Vocabulary activities
Unit 5: Sensory Perception
Content Area: Neuroscience Text 1: Virtual Odors? Text 2: Pitch and Timbre
Reading strategy: Categorizing; interpreting charts, tables, and graphs
Vocabulary activities
Unit 6: Boom and Bust
Content Area: Economics Text 1: Economic Bubbles Text 2: Tulipomania
Reading strategy: Describing trends; summarizing
Vocabulary activities
Unit 7: Decisions, Decisions
Content Area: Sociology Text 1: Blink Text 2: The wisdom of Crowds
Reading strategy: Evaluating generalizations; understanding analogies
Vocabulary activities
Unit 8: Searching for Succes
Content Area: Business Text 1: Google: A Brief History Text 2: Google Controversies
Reading strategy: Analyzing criteria; determining degree
Vocabulary activities
Unit 9: Modeling Nature
Unit 9: Modeling Nature
Content Area: Robotics
Text 1: The Swarm Bots Are Coming; Bye Swarm Bots, Hello Swarmanoids
Text 2: Robots 'R' Us
Reading strategy: Analyzing advantages and disadvantages; identifying ethics and values
Vocabulary activities
Unit 10: The Mystery of Easter Island
Content Area: Anthropology Text 1: Easter's End Text 2: A Monumental Collapse?
Reading strategy: Identifying multiple causes; synthesizing information
Vocabulary activities
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