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| 090 | 0 | _aPE 1122 L987 1988 | |
| 100 | 1 | _aLynch, Estelle Spero | |
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_aReading for Academic Success : _bSelections from Across the Curriculum / _cEstelle Spero Lynch. |
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_aNew York : _bCollier Macmillan, _c1988. |
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_axii, 271 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm. |
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| 504 | _aBibliography: p. 269-271. | ||
| 505 | _a"The articles in Reading for Academic Success will hold the attention of advanced learners. Each unit contains three or four unedited, general-interest readings from real college textbooks. Exercises such as Previewing/Skimming, Vocabulary in Context, Close Reading, and Putting It All Together complete each unit. | ||
| 505 | _aReading for Academic Success uses marginal glosses in the first readings in each unit to facilitate better reading. Students with special interests will find Suggestions for Further Reading at the back of the text. | ||
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_aSome of the interesting topics covered in Reading for Academic Success are:
_tHistory: Immigration _tCommunications: The Media and Politics _tSociology: Technology _tPsychology: The Split Brain _tPhysics: Optics and Vision." (Book Cover) |
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| 505 | _aCONTENTS | ||
| 505 |
_aUNIT ONE History: Immigration
_tExploring the Subject |
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_aCHAPTER 1 New Problems for Our Country 1865-1900
_tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Outlining -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 2 One Hundred Million Americans
_tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Vocabulary in Context -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 3 People on the Move
_tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Outlining -- Close Reading -- Looking at Sentence Structure -- Vocabulary in Context -- Vocabulary Study -- Putting It All Together |
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_aUNIT TWO Home Economics: Nutrition
_tExploring the Subject |
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_aCHAPTER 4 Nourishment _tBefore Reading-Vocabulary -- Previewing/Skimming -- Looking at Sentence Structure -- Vocabulary in Context -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 5 The Big Push for Protein _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Looking at Sentence Structure -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 6 Dietary Lessons from Human Evolution _tBefore Reading-Vocabulary -- Questions -- Previewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Looking at Sentence Structure -- Vocabulary in Context -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 7 Food Resources and World Hunger _tQuestions -- Previewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Outlining -- Looking at Sentence Structure -- Understanding Figures, Charts, and Tables -- Vocabulary Study -- Putting It All Together |
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_aUNIT THREE Biology: Ecology _tExploring the Subject |
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_aCHAPTER 8 There's More Life in a Fallen Tree Than You Think _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 9 Cycles and Diversity: The Workings of the Earth _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Looking at Sentence Structure -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 10 Every Species Has Its Niche _tQuestions -- Previewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 11 Population Growth and Regulation _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Understanding Figures, Charts, and Tables -- Definitions -- Putting it All Together |
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_aUNIT FOUR Communications: The Media and Politics _tExploring the Subject |
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_aCHAPTER 12 Social Implications of Telecommunications _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Tone -- Close Reading -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 13 Television's Impact on American Politicians _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Looking at Sentence Structure -- Using Quotation Marks and Ellipses -- Vocabulary in Context -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 14 Advertising and Public Relations: The Pretty Package _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Vocabulary in Context -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 15 Mass Media of American Politics _tBefore Reading-What You Need to Know -- Previewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Using Quotation Marks -- Vocabulary Study -- Putting It All Together |
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_aUNIT FIVE Sociology: Technology _tExploring the Subject |
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_aCHAPTER 16 Man Remakes His World _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 17 Technology and the Tragic View _tBefore Reading-Vocabulary -- Previewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Organization -- Outlining -- Vocabulary in Context -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 18 The God That Limps _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Summarizing -- Close Reading -- Putting It All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 19 Technology and Society _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Looking at Sentence Structure -- Vocabulary in Context -- Vocabulary Study -- Putting it All Together |
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_aUNIT SIX Psychology: The Split Brain _tExploring the Subject |
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_aCHAPTER 20 Tracing the Labyrinth: The Basics of the Brain _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Putting it All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 21 The Human Nervous System: Two Brains in One _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Putting it All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 22 Missing the Point: Language and the Right Hemisphere _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Vocabulary in Context -- Putting it All Together |
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_aUNIT SEVEN Economics: Oil _tExploring the Subject |
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_aCHAPTER 23 Living with Less Energy _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Scanning -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Vocabulary Study -- Putting it All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 24 Growth and Decay: The Inexorable Cycles _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Vocabulary in Context -- Vocabulary Study -- Putting it All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 25 The Arithmetic of Energy Growth _tPreviewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Understanding Tables -- Putting it All Together |
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_aUNIT EIGHT Physics: Optics and Vision _tExploring the Subject |
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_aCHAPTER 26 Reflexion and Refraction _tBefore Reading-Vocabulary -- Previewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Vocabulary in Context -- Putting it All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 27 Light Rays and Optical Devices _tBefore Reading-Vocabulary -- Previewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Putting it All Together |
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_aCHAPTER 28 The Eye and Vision _tBefore Reading-Vocabulary -- Previewing/Skimming -- Finding the Main and Supporting Ideas -- Close Reading -- Looking at Sentence Structure -- Vocabulary Study -- Putting it All Together |
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| 505 | _aSuggestions for Further Reading | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aCollege readers. | |
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_aEnglish language _vTextbooks for foreign speakers. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aInterdisciplinary approach in education. | |
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