Longman Academic Reading Series 2 Student Book

Kim Sanabria (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2013
Pearson Education (US) (Verlag)
978-0-13-278582-2 (ISBN)

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The Longman Academic Reading Series is a five-level series that prepares English language learners for academic work. The aim of the series is to make students more effective and confident readers by providing high-interest readings on academic subjects and by teaching them skills and strategies for effective reading, vocabulary building, note-taking, and critical thinking. The series also encourages students to discuss and write about the ideas they discovered in the readings, making them better speakers and writers of English as well.

Features

Readings based on academic sources — Every reading in the text focuses on an academic subject and is chosen with the intent of providing different and intriguing perspectives on the theme.
Multiple reading genres — Readings come from a variety of sources or genres, from textbooks to on-line articles, and are written by a variety of experts from widely different fields.
Explicit academic skills — From critical reading to vocabulary building, notetaking and critical thinking, the Longman Academic Reading Series provides students with a holistic approach to effective reading.
Corpus-Informed approach to vocabulary (AWL) — Students build vocabulary and acquire skills that will help them become more confident and successful in preparing for their academic work.

Chapter 1 CULTURAL STUDIES: The Lessons of Travel

Reading One Tony the Traveller

Reading Two The Benefits of Studying Abroad

Reading Three The Way of St. James: A Modern-Day Pilgrimage

Chapter 2 MULTICULTURAL LITERACY: Writing About Cultural Identity

Reading One Mangoes and Magnolias

Reading Two Poems about Personal Identity

Reading Three Book Review of Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction about the Multiracial Experience

Chapter 3 HEALTH SCIENCE: High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech

Reading One Robots Improve Health Care, Helping Doctors, Nurses, and Patients

Reading Two A Simple Diagnosis

Reading Three Water is Shown to Help People Lose Weight

Chapter 4 EDUCATION: The Task of the Teacher

Reading One Bloom's Taxonomy

Reading Two The Mayonnaise Jar and Two Cups of Coffee

Reading Three A Teacher's Lasting Impression

Chapter 5 PSYCHOLOGY: Theories of Intelligence

Reading One Types of Intelligence

Reading Two Transforming Students' Motivation to Learn

Reading Three The Extraordinary Abilities of Daniel Tammet

Chapter 6 BUSINESS: The Changing Workplace

Reading One The One Week Job: 52 Jobs in 52 Weeks

Reading Two Flip Flops and Facebook Breaks: Millennials Enter the Workplace

Reading Three Eight Keys to Employability

Chapter 7 MATH: Developing a Love of the "Language of Science"

Reading One A Mathematician's Lament

Reading Two What's Wrong with Math Education?

Reading Three Angels on a Pin

Chapter 8 PUBLIC SPEAKING: Messages and Messengers

Reading One The Power of Public Speech

Reading Two The Best Way to Structure a Speech

Reading Three Famous American Speeches

Chapter 9 PEACE STUDIES: The Change Makers

Reading One Social Entrepreneurship

Reading Two A Poverty-Free World

Reading Three The Barefoot College

Chapter 10 URBAN STUDIES: Living Together

Reading One City Fact Sheet

Reading Two The Future of Cities

Reading Three Won't You Be My Neighbor?

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.8.2013
Verlagsort	Upper Saddle River
Sprache	englisch
Maße	211 x 276 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-13-278582-X / 013278582X
ISBN-13	978-0-13-278582-2 / 9780132785822
Zustand	Neuware