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020			_a9780195447354 (pbk)
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049			_aUABA
050		4	_aPE1128 _b.R69 2012
100	1		_aRozenberg, Marina
245	1	0	_aStep Up to Academic Reading / _cMarina Rozenberg.
260			_aToronto : _bOxford University Press, _c2012.
300			_a252 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c26 cm.
504			_aContains bibliographical references (p. 250-251).
505			_a"Well-developed reading skills are essential for success in a post-secondary environment. Step Up to Academic Reading teaches you these skills and gives you ample opportunity to put them into practice.
505			_aThroughout the book, you will encounter authentic readings from diverse sources that deal with a wide variety of topics. You will learn strategies that you can apply to academic texts as well as practical skills-such as identifying bias-that can be applied to almost any text you encounter inside or outside that classroom. In the final chapter you will applly all the skills you have acquired: you will be asked to get into the topic, react to the text, and read closely to demonstrate your reading proficiency.
505			_aSkills covered include... _tpreviewing _tmaking predictions _tchecking predictions while identifying topics _treading for main ideas and supporting details _tdifferentiating between facts opinions _tidentifying the purpose and the audience of the text _tstudying the typical research article format
505			_aThis book can guide you through the complex process of reading and understanding academic material. You just need to answer one question: _tAre you ready to Step Up to Academic Reading?" (Book Cover)
505			_aTABLE OF CONTENTS :
505			_aAcknowledgments
505			_aIntroduction
505			_aCHAPTER 1: STEPS IN THE READING PROCESS
505			_aStep 1-Preview and Predict _tAnatomy of the News
505			_aStep 2-Identify the Topics and Check Your Predictions _tThe Silk Road _tThe Five Factors of Supersuasion
505			_aStep 3-Read Closely _tReporters and Readers
505			_aStep 4-React to the Text _tHow Worrying Affects Us
505			_aVocabulary Step 1-Use a Dictionary
505			_aVocabulary Step 2-Learn Word Forms
505			_aCHAPTER 2: MAIN IDEAS AND SUPPORTING DETAILS
505			_aStep 1-Identify Levels of Specificity
505			_aStep 2-Distinguish between Organizational Patterns and Identify Irrelevant Information _tTitanic verses Lusitania: Two Different Types of Behaviour in Disaster
505			_aStep 3-Integrate the Skills _tDepression in Young People _tThe Decline of Studying _tMamma's Boys? Why Most Young Italian Men Live with Their Parents
505			_aVocabulary Step-Guess Words in Context
505			_aStep 1-Differentiate between Facts and Opinions _tThe Place Where You Look into the Future _tEmbark on a Journey of Discovery in the Mediterranean _tMen Are Perceived as More Handsome When They Are in a High-Status Car, Study Finds
505			_aStep 2-Identify Techniques of Expressing Opinions _tDowntown Bike Routes Are Disastrous _tCompanies Blamed for Marketing Aimed at Kids _tGendercide _tRemains of Ice-Age Child Uncovered in Alaska
505			_aStep 3-Integrate the Skills _tThe Dangers of Workaholism _tThe Great Work Myth _tThe Silver Tsunami
505			_aVocabulary Step-Understand Multiple-Meaning Words
505			_aCHAPTER 4: PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE OF THE TEXT
505			_aStep 1-Identify the Tone of the Writer _tIf You Want Zero Risk, Why Not Outlaw Hockey? _tFace Coverings for Religious and Other Reasons Are Forbidden When Receiving Services _tConcern for Bill _tFree School Doesn't Work
505			_aStep 2-Identify the Purpose of the Text _tFirst Treatment Specifically for African Americans with Heart Failure _tExtract from "Race in a Bottle" _tExtract from "BiDil: Assessing the Race-Based Pharmaceutical"
505			_aStep 3-Identify the Genre and the Audience of the Text _tRacial Profiling Must End _tStudy Finds Job Hunters with Non-Anglo Names Face Hiring Obstacles _tI Don't "Speak White"
505			_aStep 4-Integrate the Skills _tSee Baby Discriminate
505			_aVocabulary Step-Learn about Summarizing Phrases
505			_aCHAPTER 5-RESEARCH ARTICLES
505			_aStep 1-Study the Organization of a Research Article _tJapan's "New Homeless" _tCaptured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers? _tDo Children's Cognitive Advertising Defenses Reduce their Desire for Advertised Products? _tAn Introduction to Foundation and Industry-Sponsored Research: Practical and Ethical Considerations _tMedicinal Foods _tObedience and Authority: A Study by Stanley Milgram
505			_aStep 2-Study Supporting Information in a Research Article _tFitting In or Standing Out: Trends in American Parents' Choices for Children's Names, 1880-2007
505			_aStep 3-Integrate the Skills _tI Do Not Feel Your Pain
505			_aVocabulary Step-Learn about Research Vocabulary
505			_aCHAPTER 6: STEPS IN PRACTICE _tNew York is Greener than Vermont _tWhose Right to Die? _tLetting Go of My Father _tCaptured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers? _tPurdue University Study Confronts Test Critics _tAssess Your Reading Progress
505			_aCredits
650		6	_aEnglish (Language) _vTextbooks for Anglophones.
650		6	_aEnglish (Language) _xLearning and Teaching. _vTextbooks for Anglophones.
650		6	_aReading (Higher Education).
856			_uhttp://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780195447354.html _zPublisher's Website.
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