Longman Academic Reading Series 1 Student Book

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2013-06-10
Publisher(s): Pearson Education ESL
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1    HEALTH SCIENCES: The Therapeutic Effects of Animals

    Reading One    In the Presence of Animals

    Reading Two    Canine Companions May Help Kids Learn to Read

    

Chapter 2    PSYCHOLOGY: Dealing with Change

    Reading One    Young Football Players Injured, but Not Forgotten

    Reading Two    Who Moved My Cheese?

     

Chapter 3    LINGUISTICS: Little-Known Languages

    Reading One    An Unbreakable Code

    Reading Two    Languages Die Out, Taking History Along

     

Chapter 4    ANIMAL BEHAVIOR: Elephants

    Reading One    The Elephant Orphanage

    Reading Two    Elephant Behavior

 

Chapter 5    SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Teaching Tolerance

    Reading One    A Class Divided -- Jane Elliott's Famous Lesson

    Reading Two    Fourteen Years Later

 

Chapter 6    PUBLIC ART: Experiencing Familiar Places in a New Way

    Reading One    What Is Public Art?

    Reading Two    Christo and Jeanne-Claude

 

Chapter 7    SOCIOLOGY: The Bystander Effect

    Reading One    Why and How Do We Help?

    Reading Two    Case Studies

 

Chapter 8    GOVERNMENT: Interpreting the Law

    Reading One    Our Supreme Court -- An Introduction 

    Reading Two    Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

 

Chapter 9    ECONOMICS: Bartering in the 21st Century

    Reading One    Swap Tree -- Simple, Easy Online Trading

    Reading Two    Heidemarie Schwermer

 

Chapter 10    NEUROLOGY: The Brain

    Reading One    Why Can't you Ticklle Yourself?

    Reading Two    Laughter and the Brain

 

Vocabulary Index

 

 

 

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