Rubin, Bruce <br/><br/>
Inside Reading 3 :  The Academic Word List in Context / 
by Bruce Rubin, with Denise Maduli-Williams and Lara M. Ravitch; Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman (Series Director). 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2009. 
 - xii, 164 p. :  col. ill. ;  25 cm +  1 CD-ROM. 
 - Inside Reading .
<br/><br/>"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:<br/> Unit 1: The Birth of the Mall<br/>  Content Area: Architecture<br/>  Reading strategy: Previewing and predicting<br/>  Text 1: The Terrazzo Jungle<br/>  Text 2: Press release, Southdale Mall<br/>  Vocabulary activities<br/> Unit 2: Megacities<br/>  Content Area: Urban Planning<br/>  Text 1: The New Megalopolis<br/>  Text 2: Ecopolis Now<br/>  Reading strategy: Main ideas and supporting details; outlining a text<br/>  Vocabulary activities<br/> Unit 3: In the Public Eye<br/>  Content Area: Art & Design<br/>  Text 1: The Best of Moonicipal Art<br/>  Text 2: Going to the Dogs<br/>  Reading strategy: Skimming and making predictions<br/>  Vocabulary activities<br/> Unit 4: Staying Alive<br/>  Content Area: Public Health<br/>  Text 1: The Determinants of Mortality<br/>  Text 2: Immunization against Diseases of Public Health Importance<br/>  Reading strategy: Reading and interpreting charts, graphs, and tables<br/>  Vocabulary activities<br/> Unit 5: Bodies in Motions<br/>  Content Area: Film Studies<br/>  Text 1: The Darfish Olympics; BBC Sport Uses StroMotion Technique<br/>  Text 2: Freeze Frames - Stopping Time<br/>  Reading strategy: Summarizing a text, including nontext elements<br/>  Vocabulary activities<br/> Unit 6: The Physics of Fun<br/>  Content Area: Engineering<br/>  Text 1: A Whale of a Wheel<br/>  Text 2: Thrill Rides, or Kill Rides?<br/>  Reading strategy: Inference<br/>  Vocabulary activities<br/> Unit 7: Mind Wide Open<br/>  Content Area: Neuroscience<br/>  Text 1: Book Review: Mind Wide Open<br/>  Text 2: Out-of-Body Experience? Your Brain is to Blame<br/>  Reading strategy: Annotating and highlighting a text<br/>  Vocabulary activities<br/> Unit 8: Child Prodigies<br/>  Content Area: Psychology<br/>  Text 1: Child Prodigies<br/>  Text 2: Not Like Other Kids<br/>  Reading strategy: Recognizing comparison and contrast<br/>  Vocabulary activities<br/> Unit 9: The Competitive Instinct<br/>  Content Area: Business<br/>  Text 1: Personal Best: The Competitive Instinct Timeline<br/>  Text 2: From One to Many: The Rise of the Corporation<br/>  Reading strategy: Understanding timelines<br/>  Vocabulary activities<br/> Unit 10: Getting There<br/>  Content Area: Geography<br/>  Text 1: Getting There: The Science of Driving Directions<br/>  Text 2: Navigation: online encyclopedia entry<br/>  Reading strategy: Identifying and understanding metaphors<br/>  Vocabulary activities 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780194416146 (Student Book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vocabulary.<br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language.<br/>Vocabulary.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Textbooks--for foreign speakers.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1128 R535 2009 v.3