Interactions 2 : Reading /
Elaine Kirn Pamela Hartmann.
- 6th ed.
- New York : McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT, 2014.
- xvii, 247 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
- Interactions/Mosaic .
"Interactions/Mosaic prepares students for university classes by fully integrating every aspect of student life. Based on 28 years of classroom-tested best practices, the new and revised content, fresh modern look, and new online component make this the perfect series for contemporary classrooms." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS: Chapter 1 - Education and Student Life Reading Selections: The Secrets of Success in School Challenges of the First Year of College Reading Skills and Strategies: Previewing the topics and vocabulary Identifying the main ideas Understanding reading structure Skimming for the topic and main idea Critical-Thinking Skills: Organizing information using a T-chart and Venn diagram Summarizing a paragraph Finding information about schools online Vocabulary Building: Getting meaning from context: punctuation, other sentences, logic Focusing on the Academic Word List Recognizing word meanings Identifying words and phrases that work together Language Skills: Understanding pronoun reference Discussing educational systems in different cultures Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Focusing on question types Chapter 2 - City Life Reading Selections: A City That's Doing Something Right Sick-Building Syndrome Reading Skills and Strategies: Previewing the topic and vocabulary Identifying the main idea Identifying supporting details Predicting the content of a reading Skimming for the topic and the main idea Scanning Critical-Thinking Skills: Organizing details using a graphic organizer Making inferences Summarizing a paragraph Understanding contrast Vocabulary Building: Getting meaning from context: examples, opposites, and connecting words Understanding the meaning of italics in readings Focusing on the Academic Word List Understanding and looking up parts of speech in a dictionary Language Skills: Understanding pronoun reference Interviewing students about city life Discussing some problems and solutions in big cities Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Getting meaning of vocabulary from context Chapter 3 - Business and Money Reading Selections: Banking on Poor Women Consumerism and the Human Brain Reading Skills and Strategies: Previewing the topic and vocabulary Identifying the main idea and details Understanding conclusions Skimming for the topic and the main ideas Paying attention to phrases Critical-Thinking Skills: Identifying problems and solutions Organizing ideas using a Venn diagram Comparing and contrasting Making inferences Understanding irony Analyzing advertisements Summarizing a paragraph Vocabulary Building: Getting meaning from context (e.g. and i.e.) Using parts of speech to understand vocabulary Using suffixes to identify parts of speech Recognizing synonyms Focusing on the Academic Word List Language Skills: Understanding pronoun reference Discussing social problems and solutions Analyzing advertisements Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Focusing on implications and inferences Chapter 4 - Jobs and Professions Reading Selections: Changing Career Trends Looking for Work in the 21st Century Reading Skills and Strategies: Previewing the topic and vocabulary Critical-Thinking Skills: Identifying cause and effect Organizing cause and effect using a graphic organizer Summarizing a paragraph Understanding proverbs and quotations Vocabulary Building: Using the prefix over- Focusing on the Academic Word List Understanding adjective and noun phrases Understanding and creating compound words Language Skills: Understanding pronoun reference Discussing proverbs and quotations Identifying challenges and changes within today’s work world Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Increasing reading speed: left-to-right eye movement Chapter 5 - Lifestyles Around the World Reading Selections: The Science of Happiness Happiness and the Home Reading Skills and Strategies: Previewing the topic and vocabulary Previewing the reading Identifying the main idea Identifying acronyms Getting meaning from context Marking text when you read Critical-Thinking Skills: Interpreting source material from the Internet Studying for exams: organizing information Understanding italics Summarizing a paragraph Vocabulary Building: Focusing on the Academic Word List Analyzing prefixes and suffixes Understanding dictionary entries: words with single and multiple meanings Language Skills: Discussing happiness and how it is measured Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Focusing on vocabulary questions Chapter 6 - Global Connections Reading Selections: Globalization and Food Life in a Fishbowl: Globalization and Reality TV Reading Skills and Strategies: Previewing the topic and vocabulary Previewing the reading Identifying main ideas Skimming for main ideas Critical-Thinking Skills: Understanding the literal and figurative meanings of words Organizing information using an outline Summarizing in writing Understanding inferences Vocabulary Building: Understanding idioms and figurative language Focusing on the Academic Word List Focusing on expressions and idioms Using participles as adjectives Language Skills: Stating and explaining opinions Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Identifying inferences Chapter 7 - Language and Communication Reading Selections: If We Could Talk with Animals... “Parentese” Reading Skills and Strategies: Previewing the topic and vocabulary Previewing the reading Identifying the main ideas Identifying details Getting meaning from context Understanding italics and quotation marks Skimming for main ideas Critical-Thinking Skills: Categorizing Interpreting a photograph Identifying details and analyzing material using graphic organizers Identifying inferences Distinguishing facts from assumptions Summarizing a paragraph Vocabulary Building: Understanding words with multiple meanings Focusing on the Academic Word List Working with prefixes and suffixes Understanding words in phrases Making a vocabulary log Language Skills: Discussing the nature/nurture question Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Focusing on comprehension questions about details Chapter 8 - Tastes and Preferences Reading Selections: The Silk Road: Art and Archaeology Fashion: The Art of the Body Reading Skills and Strategies:
Previewing the topic and vocabulary Previewing the reading Getting meaning from context Recognizing summaries in a reading Identifying main ideas by analyzing details Critical-Thinking Skills: Organizing information using an outline Identifying and making inferences Summarizing a paragraph Vocabulary Building: Recognizing words with similar meanings Understanding general and specific words Understanding connotations Focusing on the Academic Word List Language Skills: Discussing ideas on art and beauty Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Focusing on basic comprehension questions Chapter 9 - New Frontiers Reading Selections: The Human Brain – New Discoveries Personality: Nature or Nurture? Reading Skills and Strategies: Previewing the topic and vocabulary Previewing the reading Identifying the main ideas by analyzing details Skimming for main ideas Critical-Thinking Skills: Analyzing diagrams and photographs Distinguishing facts from assumptions Synthesizing and applying information from a reading Categorizing Making inferences Summarizing a paragraph Vocabulary Building: Matching words with similar meanings Putting words into categories Analyzing word roots and affixes Focusing on the Academic Word List Language Skills: Expressing opinions based on facts Identifying similarities and differences among family members Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Getting meaning from context Chapter 10 - Ceremonies Reading Selections: Rites of Passage New Days, New Ways: Changing Rites of Passage Reading Skills and Strategies: Previewing the topic and vocabulary Previewing the reading Identifying the main ideas and writing summaries of each paragraph in a reading Understanding chronology: scanning for time words Understanding symbols Critical-Thinking Skills: Making inferences Comparing and contrasting Using a graphic organizer to organize and analyze information Distinguishing facts from opinions Summarizing a whole reading Vocabulary Building: Determining categories Analyzing word roots and affixes Focusing on the Academic Word List Language Skills: Applying information in the reading to personal situations Conducting a survey on traditional and non-traditional weddings Writing a paragraph Focus on Testing TOEFL iBT: Identifying main idea patterns