TY - BOOK AU - Sanabria, Kim TI - Longman Academic Reading Series 2: Reading Skills for College SN - 9780134663388 (Student Book) AV - PE1128 .B637 2013 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 - 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); TABLE OF CONTENTS; To the Teacher ; Chapter Overview ; Scope and Sequence ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1 CULTURAL STUDIES: The Lessons of Travel ; Reading One: Tony the Traveller ; Reading Two: The Benefits of Studying Abroad ; Reading Three: The Way of St. James: A Modern-Day Pilgrimage ; Chapter 2 MULTICULTURAL LITERACY: Writing About Cultural Identity ; Reading One: Mangoes and Magnolias ; Reading Two: Poems about Personal Identity ; Reading Three: Book Review of Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction about the Multiracial Experience ; Chapter 3 HEALTH SCIENCE: High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech ; Reading One: Robots Improve Health Care, Helping Doctors, Nurses, and Patients ; Reading Two: A Simple Diagnosis ; Reading Three: Water is Shown to Help People Lose Weight ; Chapter 4 EDUCATION: The Task of the Teacher ; Reading One: Bloom's Taxonomy ; Reading Two: The Mayonnaise Jar and Two Cups of Coffee ; Reading Three: A Teacher's Lasting Impression ; Chapter 5 PSYCHOLOGY: Theories of Intelligence ; Reading One: Types of Intelligence ; Reading Two: Transforming Students' Motivation to Learn ; Reading Three: The Extraordinary Abilities of Daniel Tammet ; Chapter 6 BUSINESS: The Changing Workplace ; Reading One: The One Week Job: 52 Jobs in 52 Weeks ; Reading Two: Flip Flops and Facebook Breaks: Millennials Enter the Workplace ; Reading Three: Eight Keys to Employability ; Chapter 7 MATH: Developing a Love of the "Language of Science" ; Reading One: A Mathematician's Lament ; Reading Two: What's Wrong with Math Education? ; Reading Three: Angels on a Pin ; Chapter 8 PUBLIC SPEAKING: Messages and Messengers ; Reading One: The Power of Public Speech ; Reading Two: The Best Way to Structure a Speech ; Reading Three: Famous American Speeches ; Chapter 9 PEACE STUDIES: The Change Makers ; Reading One: Social Entrepreneurship ; Reading Two: A Poverty-Free World ; Reading Three: The Barefoot College ; Chapter 10 URBAN STUDIES: Living Together ; Reading One: City Fact Sheet ; Reading Two: The Future of Cities ; Reading Three: Won't You Be My Neighbor? ; Vocabulary Index ; Credits ; ESL students at the high-beginner (A2) level UR - https://pearsonerpi.com/en/elt/reading/longman-academic-reading-2-student-book-466338 ER -