Inside Reading 1 : The Academic Word List in Context /
Arline Burgmeier ; Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman (Series Director).
- 2nd ed.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- 164 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
- Inside Reading .
"Develop reading skills and acquire the Academic Word List - Explicit reading skills provide the foundation for effective, critical reading - High-interest readings from academic content areas motivate students - Corpus-based examples from the Oxford English Corpus teach real-life English." (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Acknowledgements
An Insider's Guide to Academic Reading
Unit 1 Riding Through History Content Area: Engineering READING SKILL: Previewing Reading 1: The History of Bicycles Reading 2: Segway Into the Future Vocabulary activities
Unit 2 Fighting Diseases Content Area: Medicine READING SKILL: Finding the Main Idea Reading 1: The Battle Against Malaria Reading 2: Searching for New Medicines Vocabulary activities
Unit 3 They Know What You Want Content Area: Marketing READING SKILL: Scanning Reading 1: They Know What You Want Reading 2: What's in a Name? Vocabulary activities
Unit 4 Identifying People Content Area; Sociology READING SKILL: Identifying Examples Reading 1: Who Are You? Reading 2: Symbolic Clothing Vocabulary activities
Unit 5 Success Story Content Area; Psychology READING SKILL: Identifying Definitions Reading 1: What is Success? Reading 2: I Love Me Vocabulary activities
Unit 6 Solving Crimes with Science Content Area: Science READING SKILL: Identifying Time and Sequence Words Reading 1: Solving a Crime with Science: A True Story Reading 2: Forensic Science Vocabulary activities
Unit 7 The Fast-Food Revolution Content Area: Business READING SKILL: Reading Numerical Tables Reading 1: The Fast-Food Revolution Reading 2: Franchising Vocabulary activities
Unit 8 The Autism Puzzle Content Area: Neuroscience READING SKILL: Making Inferences Reading 1: The Autism Puzzle Reading 2: Looking for Answers Vocabulary activities
Unit 9 Sea of Life Content Area: Oceanography READING SKILL: Reading Statistical Tables Reading 1: Saving the Oceans Reading 2: Exploring the Deep Ocean Vocabulary activities
Unit 10 Giving Nature a Hand Content Area: Physiology READING SKILL: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion Reading 1: Giving Nature a Hand Reading 2: Bionic People Vocabulary activities
INDEX: ACADEMIC WORD LIST
A2 (CEFR).
9780194416276 (Student Book)
English Language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Vocabulary. Reading.