TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wegmann, Brenda
AU  - Knezevic, Miki
TI  - Mosaic 1: Reading 
SN  - 9780077595111 (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 - New Challenges; Reading Selections
; Overpopulation Fuels Megacities, for Better or Worse, by Miki Knezevic
; Go with the Flow: Adventure Travel’s Love-Hate Relationship with Climate Change, by Sean Gregory; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Reading without knowing every word
; Reading information; Finding the main idea of a reading; Checking reading comprehension for correct facts from a reading; Critical Thinking Skills
; Interpreting cultural differences concerning meeting and greeting
; Analyzing the title of a reading
; Synthesizing group discussion and reporting on it
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results; Writing Tip: Using details to support your ideas; Vocabulary Building
; Understanding the meaning of words from context
; Understanding compound words (with and without hyphenation)
; Analyzing words with prefixes and suffixes; Building new words with suffixes and prefixes
; Identifying common phrases and idioms and their meanings
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Analyzing points of contrast on tests (Reading: Two Different Styles of Democracy: A Personal Viewpoint); Chapter 2 - Teamwork and Competition; Reading Selections
; Beckham: An Autobiography, by David Beckham and Tom Watt
; Outward Bound, by Michael Schuman; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Reading without knowing every word
; Scanning for numbers
; Selecting the main idea of an article; Critical Thinking Skills
; Using a graphic organizer (chain of events diagram) to identify the sequence of events
; Recognizing implied feelings
; Taking a stand for or against a proposal
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results
; Writing Tip: Describing people by using adjectives; Vocabulary Building
; Figuring out idiomatic expressions and specialized items
; Learning sports-related vocabulary
; Inferring the meaning of words from context
; Understanding metaphors
; Using compound adjectives
; Inferring meaning of words as synonyms or antonyms
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Using strategies to correctly answer multiple-choice questions; Chapter 3 - Gender and Relationships; Reading Selections
; Being Beautiful or Handsome Is Easier Than You Think!, by Jeremy Nicholson
; Jane Eyre (excerpts), by Charlotte Brontë; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Skimming for the general idea
; Reading information
; Scanning for words with a specific meaning
; Presenting a formal reading of a scene from a story; Critical Thinking Skills
; Choosing one point of view over another and defending your choice
; Making inferences about a relationship from dialogue
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results
; Summarizing a group opinion
; Writing Tip: Writing down the key points of an article in a summary; Vocabulary Building
; Matching phrases to their meanings
; Identifying words from the same family
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List
; Reviewing vocabulary through pantomime; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Answering vocabulary questions on tests; Chapter 4 - Health and Leisure; Reading Selections
; Eat Like a Peasant, Feel Like a King, by Andrew Revkin
; Here Come the Tourists!, by Deborah McLaren; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Using headings to preview a reading passage
; Recalling information
; Paraphrasing main ideas
; Understanding and analyzing points of view
; Distinguishing between fact and opinion
; Reading charts for specific information; Critical Thinking Skills
; Using a graphic organizer (a continuum) to rank items
; Taking a stand by agreeing or disagreeing
; Analyzing points of view
; Using a Venn diagram to compare answers from an interview
; Reaching a group consensus and writing an opinion statement
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results
; Writing Tip: Structuring an argument to support an opinion; Vocabulary Building
; Getting meaning from context
; Recognizing synonyms
; Scanning for vocabulary
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Analyzing compound words on vocabulary tests; Chapter 5 - High Tech, Low Tech; Reading Selections
; How Hybrid Cars Work, by HybridKingdom.com
; Leapfrogging the Technology Gap, by Alexandra Samuel; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Skimming for the general idea
; Scanning for an important word in context to increase your understanding
; Identifying the pattern of organization in a reading
; Outlining the specific details from a reading passage
; Analyzing the main point (thesis) of the article; Critical Thinking Skills
; Filling out a chart for comparison
; Comparing opinions
; Choosing a favorite theme-related item and researching it; Creating a study online
; Interviewing and using a graphic organizer (Venn diagram) to compare answers
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results
; Writing Tip: Selecting strong examples to support a point of view; Vocabulary Building
; Inferring the meaning of expressions from context and vocabulary
; Inferring the meaning of specialized terms
; Understanding compound words
; Analyzing compound adjectives with hyphens
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Using a computer effectively on tests; Chapter 6 - Money Matters; Reading Selections
; Executive Takes a Chance on Pizza, Transforms Spain, by Stephen Wade
; The Luncheon, by William Somerset Maugham; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Scanning for specific information
; Checking comprehension with multiple choice questions
; Identifying the setting, characters, and conflict in a narrative
; Predicting events in a narrative
; Using a timeline to recall the series of events in a plot; Critical Thinking Skills
; Comparing opinions
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results
; Analyzing the actions and outcomes of a situation and presenting an alternative solution through a skit
; Solving problems related to the theme
; Writing Tip: Making a cluster diagram to help organize ideas; Vocabulary Building
; Recognizing word families
; Getting the meaning of words from context
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Reading between the lines in reading comprehension tests; Chapter 7 - Remarkable Individuals; Reading Selections
; Confucius, 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E., by Michael H. Hart
; Courage Begins with One Voice, by Kerry Kennedy; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Skimming for the general idea
; Identifying key terms
; Previewing to determine organization
; Identifying the voices in a reading; Critical Thinking Skills
; Supporting or disproving a general statement with facts
; Expressing an opinion
; Using a graphic organizer (a continuum) to rank leaders
; Comparing ideas
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results
; Writing Tip: Using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two topics; Vocabulary Building
; Figuring out meaning from structure clues: compound words, prefixes and suffixes
; Forming new words from the same word family
; Matching words to their definitions
; Using expressive synonyms
; Creating new words using noun suffixes
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Understanding sentence-insertion questions on tests (Reading: The Most Dangerous Jobs in the U.S.); Chapter 8 - Creativity; Reading Selections
; Pure Genius, by Michael Michalko
; “I Don’t Do Nice,” by Jonathan Glancey; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Scanning for compound words
; Recognizing nouns and verbs by definition and context
; Inferring character from actions
; Previewing an interview for organization and key ideas; Critical Thinking Skills
; Understanding the power of pictorial language
; Summarizing group discussions and reporting them to the class
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results
; Writing Tip: Making a plan before beginning to describe an object or invention; Vocabulary Building
; Matching set phrases or expressions to their context
; Guessing the meaning of words from structure and context
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List
; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Thinking twice about tricky test questions; Chapter 9 - Human Behavior; Reading Selections
; Ethnocentrism, by John Friedl
; A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, by Ernest Hemingway; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Skimming for the main idea
; Scanning for development of the main idea
; Finding support for main ideas
; Previewing for characters and plot; Expressing the theme; Critical Thinking Skills
; Comparing opinions
; Analyzing love poems (Readings: three poems)
; Making inferences about characters
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results
; Writing Tip: Creating a dialogue; Vocabulary Building
; Using prefixes to build new words
; Scanning for words with clues
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List
; Getting the meaning of words from context; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Answering questions on tests about an author’s purposes or attitudes (Reading: Gestural Ethnocentrism); Chapter 10 - Crime and Punishment; Reading Selections
; Hooked on Crime, by Ken MacQueen
; Eye Witness, by Ed McBain; Reading Skills and Strategies
; Identifying the interviewees in an article
; Understanding the setting
; Identifying narrative elements
; Scanning for specific terms
; Reading and interpreting charts; Critical Thinking Skills
; Reporting opinions
; Using a graphic organizer (storyboard) to summarize the plot
; Interpreting a scene from the plot in a group skit
; Synthesizing Internet content: Taking notes and presenting results
; Writing Tip: Using a summary of an event to connect to a personal viewpoint; Vocabulary Building
; Getting the meaning of specialized terms from context
; Inferring the meaning of adjectives from context and structure
; Focusing on words from the Academic Word List
; Identifying spelling variations
; Matching descriptive adverbs to their context; Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Understanding prose summaries on tests (Reading: Privatized Prisons)
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