Inside Reading 4 : The Academic Word List in Context /
Kent Richmond; Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman (Series Director).
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- xii, 164 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM.
- Inside Reading .
Includes bibliographical references and indices.
''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: Unit 1: The Strength to Survive Content Area: Physiology Text 1: Animal Olympics Text 2: Were Humans Born to Run Reading strategy: Skimming and scanning; outlining Vocabulary activities Unit 2: Your Attention, Please
Content Area: Psychology Text 1: "May I Have 30% of Your Attention, Please?" Text 2: You're Getting Very Sleepy Reading strategy: Finding the main ideas; isolating causes and effects Vocabulary activities Unit 3: Movie Magic Content Area: Film Studies Text 1: From Gimmicks to FX Text 2: A Big Gorilla Started It All Reading strategy: Annotating and highlighting; uses of the present tense Vocabulary activities Unit 4: The Power of Music Content Area: Music Text 1: Why Does Music Move Us? Text 2: Guitars: The Quest for Volume Reading strategy: Finding the perpetrator; point of view Vocabulary activities Unit 5: Sensory Perception Content Area: Neuroscience Text 1: Virtual Odors? Text 2: Pitch and Timbre Reading strategy: Categorizing; interpreting charts, tables, and graphs Vocabulary activities Unit 6: Boom and Bust Content Area: Economics Text 1: Economic Bubbles Text 2: Tulipomania Reading strategy: Describing trends; summarizing Vocabulary activities Unit 7: Decisions, Decisions Content Area: Sociology Text 1: Blink Text 2: The wisdom of Crowds Reading strategy: Evaluating generalizations; understanding analogies Vocabulary activities Unit 8: Searching for Succes Content Area: Business Text 1: Google: A Brief History Text 2: Google Controversies Reading strategy: Analyzing criteria; determining degree Vocabulary activities Unit 9: Modeling Nature Unit 9: Modeling Nature Content Area: Robotics Text 1: The Swarm Bots Are Coming; Bye Swarm Bots, Hello Swarmanoids Text 2: Robots 'R' Us Reading strategy: Analyzing advantages and disadvantages; identifying ethics and values Vocabulary activities Unit 10: The Mystery of Easter Island Content Area: Anthropology Text 1: Easter's End Text 2: A Monumental Collapse? Reading strategy: Identifying multiple causes; synthesizing information Vocabulary activities
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English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Vocabulary. Reading.