TY - BOOK AU - Rozenberg,Marina TI - Step Up to Academic Reading SN - 9780195447354 (pbk) AV - PE1128 .R69 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Toronto PB - Oxford University Press KW - English (Language) KW - Textbooks for Anglophones KW - Learning and Teaching KW - Reading (Higher Education) N1 - Contains bibliographical references (p. 250-251); "Well-developed reading skills are essential for success in a post-secondary environment. Step Up to Academic Reading teaches you these skills and gives you ample opportunity to put them into practice ; Throughout the book, you will encounter authentic readings from diverse sources that deal with a wide variety of topics. You will learn strategies that you can apply to academic texts as well as practical skills-such as identifying bias-that can be applied to almost any text you encounter inside or outside that classroom. In the final chapter you will applly all the skills you have acquired: you will be asked to get into the topic, react to the text, and read closely to demonstrate your reading proficiency; Skills covered include ; previewing ; making predictions ; checking predictions while identifying topics ; reading for main ideas and supporting details ; differentiating between facts opinions ; identifying the purpose and the audience of the text ; studying the typical research article format ; This book can guide you through the complex process of reading and understanding academic material. You just need to answer one question: ; Are you ready to Step Up to Academic Reading?" (Book Cover) ; TABLE OF CONTENTS :; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; CHAPTER 1: STEPS IN THE READING PROCESS; Step 1-Preview and Predict ; Anatomy of the News ; Step 2-Identify the Topics and Check Your Predictions ; The Silk Road ; The Five Factors of Supersuasion ; Step 3-Read Closely ; Reporters and Readers ; Step 4-React to the Text ; How Worrying Affects Us ; Vocabulary Step 1-Use a Dictionary ; Vocabulary Step 2-Learn Word Forms ; CHAPTER 2: MAIN IDEAS AND SUPPORTING DETAILS ; Step 1-Identify Levels of Specificity ; Step 2-Distinguish between Organizational Patterns and Identify Irrelevant Information ; Titanic verses Lusitania: Two Different Types of Behaviour in Disaster ; Step 3-Integrate the Skills ; Depression in Young People ; The Decline of Studying ; Mamma's Boys? Why Most Young Italian Men Live with Their Parents ; Vocabulary Step-Guess Words in Context ; Step 1-Differentiate between Facts and Opinions ; The Place Where You Look into the Future ; Embark on a Journey of Discovery in the Mediterranean ; Men Are Perceived as More Handsome When They Are in a High-Status Car, Study Finds ; Step 2-Identify Techniques of Expressing Opinions ; Downtown Bike Routes Are Disastrous ; Companies Blamed for Marketing Aimed at Kids ; Gendercide ; Remains of Ice-Age Child Uncovered in Alaska ; Step 3-Integrate the Skills ; The Dangers of Workaholism ; The Great Work Myth ; The Silver Tsunami ; Vocabulary Step-Understand Multiple-Meaning Words ; CHAPTER 4: PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE OF THE TEXT ; Step 1-Identify the Tone of the Writer ; If You Want Zero Risk, Why Not Outlaw Hockey? ; Face Coverings for Religious and Other Reasons Are Forbidden When Receiving Services ; Concern for Bill ; Free School Doesn't Work ; Step 2-Identify the Purpose of the Text ; First Treatment Specifically for African Americans with Heart Failure ; Extract from "Race in a Bottle" ; Extract from "BiDil: Assessing the Race-Based Pharmaceutical" ; Step 3-Identify the Genre and the Audience of the Text ; Racial Profiling Must End ; Study Finds Job Hunters with Non-Anglo Names Face Hiring Obstacles ; I Don't "Speak White" ; Step 4-Integrate the Skills ; See Baby Discriminate ; Vocabulary Step-Learn about Summarizing Phrases ; CHAPTER 5-RESEARCH ARTICLES ; Step 1-Study the Organization of a Research Article ; Japan's "New Homeless" ; Captured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers? ; Do Children's Cognitive Advertising Defenses Reduce their Desire for Advertised Products? ; An Introduction to Foundation and Industry-Sponsored Research: Practical and Ethical Considerations ; Medicinal Foods ; Obedience and Authority: A Study by Stanley Milgram ; Step 2-Study Supporting Information in a Research Article ; Fitting In or Standing Out: Trends in American Parents' Choices for Children's Names, 1880-2007 ; Step 3-Integrate the Skills ; I Do Not Feel Your Pain ; Vocabulary Step-Learn about Research Vocabulary ; CHAPTER 6: STEPS IN PRACTICE ; New York is Greener than Vermont ; Whose Right to Die? ; Letting Go of My Father ; Captured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers? ; Purdue University Study Confronts Test Critics ; Assess Your Reading Progress ; Credits UR - http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780195447354.html ER -