TY - BOOK AU - Kirn, Elaine AU - Hartmann, Pamela TI - Interactions 2: Reading SN - 9780077595104 (Student Book) PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Study and teaching as a second language KW - College readers N1 - "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 UR - https://www.mheducation.ca/highereducation/products/9780077595104/interactions+2+reading+student+book/ ER -