Rogers, Louis. <br/><br/>
Reading Skills / 
Louis Rogers. 
 - Peaslake, Surrey :  Delta Publishing,  2011. 
 - 128 p. :  ill. ;  30 cm. 
 - Delta Academic Objectives .
<br/><br/> "CEF B2 to C1"--cover. 
<br/><br/>"Delta Academic Objectives: Reading Skills has been written to prepare students for academic reading, placing emphasis not only on extensive reading skills development, but also on continued language development through four main areas: Understanding the text, Critical thinking, Using the text and Language Focus.<br/> Understanding the text activities develop essential comprehension skills, teaching student to further analyze texts and interpret standpoint and argument.<br/> Critical thinking activities go on to actively develop students' abilities to critically engage with a text, teaching them to assess the strength of an argument or its validity, and constantly challenge the ideas of others.<br/> Using the text activities show students how to incorporate others' ideas with their own to formulate arguments and conclusions in academic writing.<br/> Language Focus sections help students develop their knowledge of lexis typical of academic texts, enabling them to understand a wider range of texts and transfer their knowledge into their writing.<br/> Key features:<br/>  written for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level<br/>  themes relate to a wide range of common academic subject fields<br/>  texts are both academic and common yo everyday life, thus accessible to all students<br/>  contains a section of exercises to practice vocabulary in the Academic Word List<br/>  is supported by online resources consisting of a bank of extended reading texts with accompanying worksheets<br/> CONTENTS Introduction Unit 1 Education<br/>  Understanding the text - Identifying purpose and audience<br/>  Using the text - Selecting texts<br/>  Critical thinking - Identifying stance<br/>  Language focus - 1. Selecting vocabulary -- 2. Identifying features of formal writing<br/> Unit 2 Leadership<br/>  Understanding the text - Skimming vs. scanning<br/>  Using the text - Selecting information<br/>  Critical thinking - Question to analyze texts<br/>  Language focus - 1. The Academic Word List -- 2. Dictionary skills - meaning and context<br/> Unit 3 Language learning<br/>  Understanding the text - Unknown vocabulary<br/>  Using the text - Summarizing<br/>  Critical thinking - Fact and opinion<br/>  Language focus - 1. Tense review - past and present simple -- 2. Common suffixes<br/> Unit 4 Sustainability<br/>  Understanding the text - Predicting content<br/>  Using the text - Paraphrasing<br/>  Critical thinking - Reasons and conclusions<br/>  Language focus - 1. Prefixes -- 2. Dictionary skills - word form<br/> Unit 5 Crime<br/>  Understanding the text - Identifying relationships between ideas and theories<br/>  Using the text - Discussing texts<br/>  Critical thinking - Cause and connection<br/>  Language focus - 1. Modals and hedging -- 2. Alternative and counter-arguments<br/> Unit 6 Revision<br/> Unit 7 Culture<br/>  Understanding the text - Text organization<br/>  Using the text - Integrating ideas<br/>  Critical thinking - Bias, expertise and neutrality<br/>  Language focus - 1. Connected ideas -- 2. Pronoun referents<br/> Unit 8 Personality<br/>  Understanding the text - Speed vs. accuracy<br/>  Using the text - Direct quotes<br/><br/>  Critical thinking - Interpreting the criticisms of others<br/>  Language focus - 1. Noun collocations -- 2. Noun phrases<br/> Unit 9 Ethics<br/>  Understanding the text - Main ideas and supporting evidence<br/>  Using the text - Indirect quotes<br/><br/>  Critical thinking - Persuasive language<br/>  Language focus  - 1. Active vs. passive -- 2. Verb collocations Unit 10 Consumer behaviour<br/>  Understanding the text - Claims and assumptions<br/>  Using the text - Summarizing from multiple sources<br/>  Critical thinking - Evaluating evidence<br/>  Language focus - 1. Comparison and contrast -- 2. Reporting<br/> Unit 11 Nutrition<br/>  Understanding the text - Drawing conclusions<br/>  Using the text - Bibliographies and references<br/>  Critical thinking - Statistics<br/>  Language focus - 1. Cause and effect -- 2. Describing graphs<br/> Unit 12 Revision<br/> Academic Word List exercises (Units 1-12)<br/> The Academic Word List 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781905085569 (Student Book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reading (Higher education).<br/>Study skills.<br/>B2-C1 (CEFR).