TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richards,Jack C.
AU  - Eckstut-Didier,Samuela
TI  - Strategic Reading 1: Building Effective Reading Skills 
SN  - 0521555809 (pbk, student book)
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Reading comprehension
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - College readers
KW  - Low-intermediate to intermediate
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; "Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical thinking skills. The series is aimed at low-intermediate to high-intermediate young-adult and adult learners. Each level contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the readings to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources-including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry-exposes learners to a wide range of writing styles.
; Strategic Reading 1 is appropriate for low-intermediate to intermediate learners.
; Features of the Student's Book
; Preview pages in every unit introduce new vocabulary and ask thought-provoking questions
; Pre-reading activities such as Predicting and Thinking about personal experience stimulate students' interest in the unit theme
; Reading exercises develop crucial skills such as Scanning, Understanding main ideas, and Understanding details, and give learners opportunities for discussion and writing; Vocabulary-building activities serve as a valuable link to the world outside the classroom.
; Reading tips in every unit provide strategies to facilitate reading." (Book Cover)
; TABLE OF CONTENTS
; Authors' Acknowledgements
; Scope and sequence
; Introduction
; Unit 1: Music
; Music & moods
; Louis Armstrong
; The biology of music
; Unit 2: Money
; Dangers in shopping
; How to be a millionaire
; Pity the poor lottery winner
; Unit 3: Work
; Your first job
; Job satisfaction
; Are you a workaholic?
; Unit 4: Sports
; Do pro athletes make too much money?
; Extreme sports
; Frequently asked questions about the ancient Olympic Games
; Unit 5: Weather
; Keeping an eye on the weather
; Nature's weather forecasters
; Could you survive a natural disaster?
; Unit 6: Clothes
; Dressing for success
; Casual dress in the workplace
; T-shirts out; uniforms in
; Unit 7: Culture
; Adventures in India
; Body language in the United States
; Cross-cultural differences
; Unit 8: Outer space
; Living in space
; The planets
; Space tours not so far off
; Unit 9: Animals
; The terrible toads
; Exotic animals - not as pets!
; Let's abandon zoos
; Unit 10: Travel
; Adventure travel
; Choosing and ecodestination
; Jet lag
; Unit 11: The Internet
; Love on the Internet
; Help on the Internet
; Count me out
; Unit 12: Friends
; The easy ways to make friends
; Best friends
; The new family
; Unit 13: Gifts
; Gift giving
; Modern day self-sacrifice
; Gifts for the hard to please
; Unit 14: Emotions
; Jokes can't always make you laugh
; Envy: Is it hurting or helping you?
; The value of tears
; Unit 15: Food
; Chocolate
; What our taste buds say about us
; It tastes just like chicken
; Unit 16: Sleep & dreams
; Power napping is good for the I.Q.
; Common questions about dreams
; What is a dream?
; Acknowledgments

UR  - https://www.cambridge.org/ca/cambridgeenglish/catalog/english-academic-purposes/strategic-reading-2nd-edition/strategic-reading-level-1-2nd-edition-students-book?isbn=9780521281126&&format=PB
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