Richards, Jack C. <br/><br/>
Strategic Reading 3 :  Building Effective Reading Skills  / 
Jack C. Richards and Samuela Eckstut-Didier. 
 - New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2003. 
 - ix, 131 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  28 cm. 
 - Strategic Reading .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>"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. <br/> Strategic Reading 3 is appropriate for intermediate to high-intermediate learners. <br/> Features of the Student's Book:<br/>  Preview pages in every unit introduce new vocabulary and ask thought-provoking questions.<br/>  Pre-reading activities such as Predicting and Thinking about personal experience stimulate students' interest in the unit theme.<br/>  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. <br/>  Reading tips in every unit provide strategies to facilitate reading.<br/> TABLE OF CONTENTS:<br/> Authors' Acknowledgements <br/> Scope and sequence<br/> Introduction<br/> Unit 1: Superstitions<br/><br/><br/>  Two worlds<br/>  Lucky hats and other fishing superstitions<br/>  A superstition about new calendars<br/> Unit 2: Health<br/>  Diets of the world<br/>  Drink, blink and rest<br/>  Azeri hills hold secret of long life<br/> Unit 3: Talent<br/><br/>  A prodigy in mother's eyes<br/>  Born to paint<br/>  The sound of silence<br/> Unit 4: Beauty<br/><br/><br/>  Executives go under the knife<br/>  What makes a man attractive?<br/>  In the land of the mirror<br/> Unit 5: Technology<br/><br/><br/>  The car that thinks it's your friend<br/>  Identification, please!<br/>  Researchers worry as teens grow up online<br/> Unit 6: Punishment<br/>  Spanking on trial<br/>  The Letter<br/>  Schools take the fun out of suspension<br/> Unit 7: Loss<br/>  Death & superstition<br/>  Chapter Two<br/>  Funeral Blues; The Chariot<br/> Unit 8: Memory<br/>  Can you believe what you see?<br/>  Man weds the wife he forgot<br/>  Repeat after me: Memory takes practice<br/> Unit 9: Personality<br/>  What do our passions say about us?<br/>  The role of temperament in shaping individuality<br/>  Mind your P's and Q's<br/> Unit 10: Celebrity <br/><br/>  I'm just another kid from Brooklyn<br/>  California law has paparazzi shuddering<br/>  Fan club confessions<br/> Unit 11: The circus<br/><br/>  Getting serious about clowning<br/>  Circus town<br/>  Tragedy at the circus; Circus safe for animals<br/> Unit 12: Martial arts<br/>  Shaolin Temple<br/>  The karate generation<br/>  Iron an silk<br/> Unit 13: Fashion<br/><br/>  Smart clothes<br/>  It's a dog's life<br/>  How to separate trends from fads<br/> Unit 14: The media  Something strange is happening to tabloids<br/>  When our world collide<br/>  Media violence harms children; Media violence does not harm children<br/> Unit 15: Art<br/><br/><br/>  Girl with Pitcher <br/>  Organic architecture<br/>  How forgeries corrupt our museums<br/> Unit 16: Humor<br/><br/>  So, who's the comedian?<br/>  Taking humor seriously in the workplace<br/>  Three comedians<br/> Acknowledgments<br/> 
<br/><br/> Intermediate to high-intermediate ESL students. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521555784 (Student Book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002031360 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>Reading comprehension--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>College readers.