TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Lorraine C. TI - Longman Academic Reading Series 5: Reading Skills for College SN - 9780134773155 (Student Book) PY - 2014/// CY - White Plains, NY PB - Pearson Education KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Reading comprehension KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Reading (Higher education) KW - College readers N1 - Includes a vocabulary index; "The Longman Academic Reading Series is a five-level series that prepares English language learners for academic work. The aim of the series is to make students more effective and confident readers by providing high-interest readings on academic subjects and by teaching them skills and strategies for effective reading, vocabulary building, note-taking, and critical thinking. The series also encourages students to discuss and write about the ideas they discovered in the readings, making them better speakers and writers of English as well; Features ; Readings based on academic sources — Every reading in the text focuses on an academic subject and is chosen with the intent of providing different and intriguing perspectives on the theme ; Multiple reading genres — Readings come from a variety of sources or genres, from textbooks to on-line articles, and are written by a variety of experts from widely different fields ; Explicit academic skills — From critical reading to vocabulary building, notetaking and critical thinking, the Longman Academic Reading Series provides students with a holistic approach to effective reading ; Corpus-Informed approach to vocabulary (AWL) — Students build vocabulary and acquire skills that will help them become more confident and successful in preparing for their academic work." (Publisher's Website); CONTENTS; To the Teacher; Chapter Overview ; Scope and Sequence ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1 SOCIOLOGY: How We Become Who We Are ; Reading One: Becoming a Person ; Reading Two: The Birth of Personality ; Reading Three: Agents of Socialization ; Chapter 2 ART HISTORY: Origins of Modern Art ; Reading One: Breaking with Tradition: The Beginnings of Modernism ; Reading Two: Post-Impressionism ; Reading Three: Abstract Expressionism ; Chapter 3 ANTHROPOLOGY: The Study of Human Cultures ; Reading One: The Challenge of Defining Culture ; Reading Two: The Nature of Foraging and Horticultural Societies ; Reading Three: Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative ; Chapter 4 SCIENCE: Human Achievements over Time; Reading One: A Great Human Endeavor: Building the Gothic Cathedrals ; Reading Two: From Stone to Satellite: Finding Our Way ; Reading Three: Reaching for the Stars: The 100-Year Starship Project ; Chapter 5 POLITICAL SCIENCE: Managing Hard Times ; Reading One: The Great Depression: A Nation in Crisis ; Reading Two: The Works Progress Administration and the Federal Arts Project ; Reading Three: An Artist's Perspective on the Federal Arts Project ; Chapter 6 HEALTH SCIENCES: Medical Mysteries Solved ; Reading One: Solving a Deadly Puzzle ; Reading Two: Imprisoned without a Trial: The Story of Typhoid Mary ; Reading Three: The Discovery of a Miracle Drug ; Chapter 7 LITERATURE: Storytelling through Poetry ; Reading One: Themes and Characters in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ; Reading Two: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ; Reading Three: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (continued) ; Chapter 8 HISTORY: Encountering New Worlds ; Reading One: Europe on the Eve of Conquest ; Reading Two: Native American Histories before the Conquest ; Reading Three: West Africa at the Time of European Exploration ; Chapter 9 BUSINESS: Ethical Issues ; Reading One: Promoting Ethics in the Workplace ; Reading Two: Ethical Reasoning ; Reading Three: Should Mary Buy Her Bonus? ; Chapter 10 MIGRATION STUDIES: In Search of a New Life ; Reading One: Human Migration ; Reading Two: The Westward Journey: A Personal Perspective ; Reading Three: Wooden Trunk from Buchenwald ; Vocabulary Index ; Credits ; ESL students at an advanced (C1) level UR - https://pearsonerpi.com/en/elt/reading/longman-academic-reading-5-student-book-477315 ER -