TY - BOOK AU - Sowton,Chris AU - Kennedy,Alan S. AU - Asplin,Wendy AU - Cavage,Christina AU - Lambert,Jeanne AU - Gokay,Janet TI - Prism Reading and Writing 3 SN - 9781316624456 (Student Book with Online Workbook) U1 - 428.24 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Reading comprehension KW - Study and teaching KW - Written English KW - B2 (CEFR) KW - High-intermediate N1 - Includes ebook access; Unit 1 GLOBALIZATION (Academic Disciplines: Cultural Studies / Sociology) ; Watch and Listen: Chinese Flavors for American Snacks ; Readings: 1. Turkish Treats (blog) -- 2. Changing Eating Habits in Italy (essay) ; Reading Skills: KEY SKILLS: Making predictions from a text type; Topic sentences -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Identifying purpose and audience; Making inferences; Synthezising; Language Development: Academic alternatives to phrasal verbs -- Globalization vocabulary ; Critical Thinking: Providing supporting examples -- Using tables and diagrams ; Grammar for Writing: Noun phrases -- Time phrases ; Writing: ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Essay structure; Writing an effective thesis statement -- RHETORICAL MODE: Explanatory ; Writing Task: How has globalization changed your country? (essay) ; On Campus: Study Skill: Maximizing concentration levels; Unit 2 EDUCATION (Academic Disciplines: Communications / Education) ; Watch and Listen: College Debt and Bankruptcy ; Readings: 1. College Majors: Business vs. Engineering (Essay) -- 2. Distance Learning vs. Face-to-Face Learning (article) ; Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Making inferences -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Synthesizing; Language Development: Education vocabulary -- Academic words ; Critical Thinking: Using a Venn diagram to plan a comparison and contrast essay -- Analyzing similarities and differences ; Grammar for Writing: Comparison and contrast language: Transitions to show comparison and contrast - Adverb clauses of contrast ; Writing: ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Avoiding run-on sentences and comma splices ; Comparison and contrast essays -- RHETORICAL MODE: Comparison and contrast ; Writing Task: Discuss the various similarities and differences between studying a language and studying math. (essay) ; On Campus: Communication Skill: Class discussion boards; Unit 3 MEDICINE (Academic Disciplines: Health Sciences / Medicine) ; Watch and Listen: A New Way to Handle Allergies ; Readings: 1. The Homeopathy Debate (article) -- 2. Should Health Care Be Free? (article) ; Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Annotating a text -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Skimming; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Scanning to find key words; Identifying opinions; Making inferences; Synthesizing; Language Development: Medical vocabulary -- Academic vocabulary ; Critical Thinking: Evaluating and analyzing ideas ; Grammar for Writing: Articles: Definite article (the) - Indefinite article (a / an) - No article - Articles in discourse -- Transitions to show concession ; Writing: ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Sentence variety -- RHETORICAL MODE: Opinion ; Writing Task: Is disease prevention the responsibility of individuals and their families, or of the government? (essay) ; On Campus: Life Skill: Managing minor illnesses; Unit 4 THE ENVIRONMENT (Academic Disciplines: Ecology / Environmental Studies) ; Watch and Listen: Population and Water ; Readings: 1. Disaster Mitigation (interview) -- 2. Combating Drought in Rural Africa: A Report (report) ; Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Identifying cohesive devices -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Predicting content using visuals; Using your knowledge; Skimming; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Making inferences; Synthesizing; Language Development: Academic noun phrases -- Natural disaster vacobulary ; Critical Thinking: Analyzing a case study ; Grammar for Writing: Expressing solutions using it ; Writing: ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Developing ideas; Parallel structure -- RHETORICAL MODE: Problem and solution ; Writing Task: Write a report that provides both short- and long-term solutions to an environmental problem and takes the costs into consideration. Refer to a specific case study in your report. (report) ; On Campus: Study Skill: Making a study plan; Unit 5 ARCHITECTURE (Academic Disciplines: Architecture / Urban Planning) ; Watch and Listen: Building a Green Home ; Readings: 1. We Need More Green Buildings (article) -- 2. Building Design: Form vs. Function (essay) ; Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Skimming a text -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Using your knowledge - Understanding key vocabulary - Summarizing - Reading for details - Understanding paraphrase - Making inferences - Synthesizing ; Language Development: Academic word families -- Architecture and planning vocabulary ; Critical Thinking: Analyzing and evaluating ideas in persuasive writing ; Grammar for Writing: Register in academic writing ; Writing: ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Ordering information - Prioritizing arguments -- RHETORICAL MODE: Persuasive ; Writing Task: Which is more important when building or buying a new home: its location or its size? (essay) ; On Campus: LIFE SKILL: Resolving conflicts; Unit 6 ENERGY (Academic Disciplines: Engineering / Physics) ; Watch and Listen: Wind Turbines ; Readings: 1. Alternative Energy (Web article) -- 2. Maintaining Our Vital Natural Resources (essay) ; Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Working out meaning from context -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Predicting content using visuals - Understanding key vocabulary - Using your knowledge - Reading for main ideas - Reading for details - Making inferences - Synthesizing ; Language Development: Energy collocations - Formal and informal academic verbs ; Critical Thinking: Evaluating benefits and drawbacks - Organizing ideas for an essay ; Grammar for Writing: Relative clauses ; Writing: ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Introducing advantages and disadvantages - Coherence -- RHETORICAL MODE: Explanatory ; Writing Task: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of three types of renewable energy and decide which would work best in your country. (essay) ; On Campus: COMMUNICATION SKILL: Letters of reference; Unit 7 ART AND DESIGN (Academic Disciplines: Design / Fine Art) ; Watch and Listen: A Culinary Art Canvas ; Readings: 1. All that Art is (article) -- 2. Photography as Art (essay) ; Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Scanning to find information -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary - Predicting content using visuals - Using your knowledge - Reading for details - Making inferences - Understanding paraphrase - Synthesizing ; Language Development: Paraphrasing -- Vocabulary for art and design ; Critical Thinking: Analyzing and evaluating arguments ; Grammar for Writing: Substitution -- Ellipsis ; Writing: ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Arguments, counterarguments, and refutations -- RHETORICAL MODE: Argumentative ; Writing Task: Fashion, cooking, and video games have all been likened to fine art. Choose one of these and discuss whether it should be considered fine art, comparable to painting or sculpture. (essay) ; On Campus: RESEARCH SKILL: Understanding common knowledge; Unit 8 AGING (Academic Disciplines: Economics / Sociology) ; Watch and Listen: Senior Exercise ; Readings: 1. The Social and Economic Impact of Aging (interview) -- 2. The Realities of a Young Society (essay) ; Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Using your knowledge to predict content -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary - Reading for main ideas - Reading for details - Working out meaning - Making inferences - Synthesizing ; Language Development: Academic collocations with prepositions ; Critical Thinking: Analyzing graphical data - Evaluating advantages and disadvantages ; Grammar for Writing: Language of prediction -- Future real conditionals ; Writing: ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Numerical words and phrases - Interpreting graphs and charts -- RHETORICAL MODE: Analysis ; Writing Task: Describe population trends in Japan using data from a graph. Suggest the potential impact on the country if the 2050 projections are correct. (essay) ; On Campus: LIFE SKILL: The world of work N2 - "Prism is a five-level (A1 to C1), American English paired-skills course (Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking), created for students who need to develop a range of academic skills. This Level 3 (B2) Reading and Writing Student's Book prepares students for college classes by developing their critical thinking, reading and writing skills, including grammar for writing. Special sections teach how to be a successful college student, and the accompanying video program sets the stage for each unit's topic. Inside the book is a single-use code for the Digital Pack. This provides automatically graded extra practice and works on computers or mobile devices." (Publisher's Webite) UR - https://www.cambridge.org/ca/cambridgeenglish/catalog/english-academic-purposes/prism/prism-level-3-students-book-online-workbook-reading-and-writing?isbn=9781316624456&&format=DO ER -