Includes bibliographical references.

"Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical thinking skills. The series is aimed at low-intermediate to high-intermediate young-adult and adult learners. Each level contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the readings to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources-including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry-exposes learners to a wide range of writing styles.

Strategic Reading 1 is appropriate for low-intermediate to intermediate learners.

Features of the Student's Book:
Preview pages in every unit introduce new vocabulary and ask thought-provoking questions.
Pre-reading activities such as Predicting and Thinking about personal experience stimulate students' interest in the unit theme.
Reading exercises develop crucial skills such as Scanning, Understanding main ideas, and Understanding details, and give learners opportunities for discussion and writing. Vocabulary-building activities serve as a valuable link to the world outside the classroom.
Reading tips in every unit provide strategies to facilitate reading." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Authors' Acknowledgements

Scope and sequence

Introduction

Unit 1: Music
Music & moods
Louis Armstrong
The biology of music

Unit 2: Money
Dangers in shopping
How to be a millionaire
Pity the poor lottery winner

Unit 3: Work
Your first job
Job satisfaction
Are you a workaholic?

Unit 4: Sports
Do pro athletes make too much money?
Extreme sports
Frequently asked questions about the ancient Olympic Games

Unit 5: Weather
Keeping an eye on the weather
Nature's weather forecasters
Could you survive a natural disaster?

Unit 6: Clothes
Dressing for success
Casual dress in the workplace
T-shirts out; uniforms in

Unit 7: Culture
Adventures in India
Body language in the United States
Cross-cultural differences

Unit 8: Outer space
Living in space
The planets
Space tours not so far off

Unit 9: Animals
The terrible toads
Exotic animals - not as pets!
Let's abandon zoos

Unit 10: Travel
Adventure travel
Choosing and ecodestination
Jet lag

Unit 11: The Internet
Love on the Internet
Help on the Internet
Count me out

Unit 12: Friends
The easy ways to make friends
Best friends
The new family

Unit 13: Gifts
Gift giving
Modern day self-sacrifice
Gifts for the hard to please

Unit 14: Emotions
Jokes can't always make you laugh
Envy: Is it hurting or helping you?
The value of tears

Unit 15: Food
Chocolate
What our taste buds say about us
It tastes just like chicken

Unit 16: Sleep & dreams
Power napping is good for the I.Q.
Common questions about dreams
What is a dream?

Acknowledgments