University Success : Reading (Transition) /
University Success - Transition Level Reading
Lawrence J. Zwier, Maggie Vosters, Ronnie Alan Hess and Victoria Solomon
- 1st ed.
- Hoboken, NJ : Pearson Education, 2017.
- xviii, 249 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
- University Success .
Includes index.
"University Success is a three-strand developmental course designed for English language learners transitioning to mainstream academic environments. A targeted approach focuses on the unique linguistic needs of students while preparing them to achieve academic autonomy. With authentic academic content woven through all three strands and rigorous academic preparation, University Success equips students with tools to become confident and successful in a university setting. University Success Reading builds essential reading skills that prepare students to become fluent, automatic, and competent readers and to meet rigorous academic challenges. Authentic essays written by top professors from Stanford University provide students with real-life learning experiences." (Book Jacket) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Welcome to University Success Key Features of University Success Scope and Sequence PART 1: FUNDAMENTAL READING SKILLS SOCIOLOGY: Active Reading Fundamental Reading Skills: Read actively Supporting Skills: Skim for gist; Scan for details Reading-Writing Connection: Annotate and take notes Language Skills: Use dictionaries to strengthen vocabulary Apply Your Skills: Read @Sports as the Moral Equivalent of War” - Explain and defend your position on political expression in sports - Draw conclusions about a map of Olympic Game boycotts ECONOMICS: Main Ideas and Supporting Details Fundamental Reading Skills: Recognize main ideas and supporting details Supporting Skills: Identify sentence functions - Identify topics and main ideas - Identify supporting details Reading-Writing Connection: Summarize Language Skills: Analyze meaning using word parts Apply Your Skills: Read “World Trade Problems and Their Resolutions” - Evaluate the fairness of trade agreements - Analyze and interpret a graph showing WTO disputes BIOLOGY: Cohesion Fundamental Reading Skills: Understand cohesion Supporting Skills: Recognize patterns of cohesion: cause/effect, compare/contrast, problem/solution - Understand cohesion in descriptions Reading-Writing Connection: Use outlines and graphic organizers Language Skills: Recognize collocations Apply Your Skills: Read “DNA Vaccines” - Infer findings about the approval process for a vaccination - Evaluate a graph showing a trend in the DNA vaccine market HUMANITIES: Fluency and Accuracy Fundamental Reading Skills: Develop reading fluency Supporting Skills: Increase fluency - Tolerate ambiguity Reading-Writing Connection: Recognize and use rhetorical techniques Language Skills: Understand nominalization Apply Your Skills: Read “Confucius’s Influence” - Imagine and discuss factors that influence the accuracy of undocumented teachings - Theorize about changes in Chinese education, based on a chart ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING: Visuals Fundamental Reading Skills: Interpret visuals Supporting Skills: Understand text references to visuals; Interpret the information in visuals Reading-Writing Connection: Refer to visual data within and beyond a reading Language Skills: Recognize and earn multiword vocabulary items Apply Your Skills: Read “Nanofibers Revolutionize Air Filtration” - Choose and defend a position in the air pollution policy debate - Interpret and formulate statements about an emissions graph. PART 2: CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS SOCIOLOGY: Fact and Opinion Critical Thinking Skills: Distinguish fact from opinion Supporting Skills: Recognize and interpret statements of opinion - Recognize and interpret statements of fact Reading-Writing Connection: Understand and produce critiques Language Skills: Understand signpost expressions that limit or define Apply Your Skills: Read “Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience” - Explain how punishment for tax evasion has changed - Assess events on a timeline to predict future events ECONOMICS: Implication and Inference Critical Thinking Skills: Understand implication and inference Supporting Skills: Make strong inferences and avoid weak ones - Distinguish between deliberate implications and direct statements Reading-Writing Connection: Paraphrase Language Skills: Identify and use equivalent and near-equivalent expressions Apply Your Skills: Read “Public Goods vs. Private Gain” - Analyze the duality of some public and private goods - Elaborate on a chart featuring public and private goods BIOLOGY: Evidence and Argumentation Critical Thinking Skills: Evaluate evidence and argumentation Supporting Skills: Identify and evaluate evidence - Recognize and deal with faulty rhetoric Reading-Writing Connection: Understand extended metaphor Language Skills: Identify and use expressions of function and purpose Apply Your Skills: Read “Vaccinating Against Cancer” - Explore and support your position on animal testing - Make predictions about trends in cervical cancer, based on statistics. HUMANITIES: Synthesis of Information Critical Thinking Skills: Synthesize information from several sources Supporting Skills: Understand multiple perspectives - Evaluate the credibility and motives of sources Reading-Writing Connection: Understand and use direct and indirect quotations Language Skills: Appreciate hedging Apply Your Skills: Read “The Hero’s Journey” - Identify the 7 stages of a hero’s journey - Categorize characters within a chart of archetypes ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING: Definitions and Classifications Critical Thinking Skills: Understand definitions and classifications Supporting Skills: Recognize and understand definitions within a text - Work with classifications Reading-Writing Connection: Understand and produce references to other sources Language Skills: Understand and use clarifiers Apply Your Skills: Read “The Impact of Energy-Saving Devices on Indoor Air Quality” - Explain and support your position on clear air technology - Theorize about energy consumption trends, based on a graph PART 3: EXTENDED READING SOCIOLOGY: The Art of Strategy Readings: Thinking about Strategy - The 1963 Birmingham Campaign: The Turning Point in the American Civil Rights Movement Research: Choose ad research a figure who is notable for his or her “investment” in a change movement ECONOMICS: Supply and Demand in the Marketplace Readings: Markets, Prices, and Price Controls - Minimum Wages Research: Choose and research a product or service that has been subject to government price controls or government attempts to control supply BIOLOGY: A Study of Deadly Diseases
Readings: Cows, Cannibals, and Crystals – Explaining the Mechanism of Prion Diseases - Vaccines That Prevent Virally-Induced Cancer Research: Choose and research a prion disease HUMANITIES: Cultivation of the Educated Person Readings: The Cultivation of Higher Learning - The Golden Bough Research: Choose and research a notable educational philosopher or theorist. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING: In Pursuit of Clean Air Readings: Sources of Indoor Pollutants - Increasing Energy Efficiency vs. Maintaining Indoor Air Quality Research: Choose and research a major indoor pollutant or category of pollutant. Credits Index
For ESL learners at B2+/C1 (CEFR) levels.
9780134400785 (Student book)
Reading (Higher Education). English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.