Williams, Jessica  1957- <br/><br/>
Prism Reading 4 / 
Jessica Williams with Christine Cavage. 
 - New York, NY :  Cambridge University Press,  2018. 
 - 184 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
 - Prism Reading .
<br/><br/> "Online Workbook Included" (Front Cover). 
<br/><br/>Scope and Sequence -- How Prism Reading Works -- What Makes Prism Reading Special Unit 1 PRESERVATION (Academic Disciplines: Architecture / Information Technology / Urban Planning)  Reading Passages: 1. Are We Living in the Digital Dark Ages? (article) -- 2. Build it up or Tear it down? (mixed texts)<br/>  Key Reading Skills: Identifying an argument -- Identifying supporting details<br/>  Additional Reading Skills: Using your knowledge -- Previewing -- Understanding key vocabulary -- Reading for main ideas -- Reading for details -- Annotating -- Making inferences -- Skimming -- Identifying purpose -- Synthesizing  Language Development: Time expressions -- Compound adjectives<br/>  Watch and Listen: Preserving CDs at the Library of Congress  Special Features: Critical Thinking -- Collaboration Unit 2 EDUCATION (Academic Disciplines: Graphic Design / Marketing)  Reading Passages: 1. What Makes a Successful Logo? (textbook excerpt) -- 2. Rebranding and Logos (textbook excerpt)<br/>  Key Reading Skills: Making inferences -- Using an outline to take notes<br/>  Additional Reading Skills: Using your knowledge -- Understanding key vocabulary -- Previewing -- Reading for main ideas -- Taking notes -- Identifying purpose -- Reading for details -- Synthesizing<br/>  Language Development: Describing emotional responses -- Paraphrasing<br/>  Watch and Listen: The Role of Helvetica Font in Graphic Design<br/>  Special Features: Critical Thinking -- Collaboration<br/> Unit 3 PRIVACY (Academic Disciplines: Business / Criminal Justice / Media)  Reading Passages: 1. Cyber Harassment (online article) -- 2. Combatting Cyber Harassment (article)<br/>  Key Reading Skills: Previewing -- Identifying purpose and tone<br/>  Additional Reading Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Reading for main ideas -- Reading for details -- Taking notes -- Annotating -- Synthesizing  Language Development: Collocations for behavior -- Problem-solution collocations<br/>  Watch and Listen: Computer Fraud: Celebrity Hacking<br/>  Special Features: Critical Thinking -- Collaboration<br/> Unit 4 BUSINESS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Marketing / Social Media)  Reading Passages: 1. Starting Out Mobile (online article) -- 2. Keeping Your Customers (article)<br/>  Key Reading Skills: Scanning<br/>  Additional Reading Skills: Using your knowledge -- Understanding key vocabulary -- Reading for main ideas -- Working out meaning -- Annotating -- Reading for details -- Making inferences -- Synthesizing<br/>  Language Development: Expressing contrast -- Business and marketing vocabulary<br/>  Watch and Listen: Florida Teen Buys Houses<br/>  Special Features: Critical Thinking -- Collaboration<br/> Unit 5 PSYCHOLOGY (Academic Disciplines: Experimental Science / History / Neuroscience)  Reading Passages: 1. Mental Illness and Creative Genius: Is There a Connection? (article) -- 2. The Creative Mind (online article)<br/>  Key Reading Skills: Using graphic organizers to take notes -- Interpreting quotes<br/>  Additional Reading Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Previewing -- Taking notes -- Making inferences -- Predicting content using visuals -- Reading for main ideas -- Reading for details -- Synthesizing  Language Development: Experimental science vocabulary -- Complex noun phrases with what  Watch and Listen: Interview with the Founders of IDEO  Special Features: Critical Thinking -- Collaboration<br/> Unit 6 CAREERS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Education / Information Technology)  Reading Passages: 1. The Skills Gap (report) -- 2. What is the Value of Education? (article)  Key Reading Skills: Interpreting graphical information<br/>  Additional Reading Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Predicting content using visuals -- Reading for main ideas -- Reading for details -- Annotating -- Identifying purpose and tone -- Making inferences -- Synthesizing  Language Development: Complex noun phrases<br/>  Watch and Listen: Vocational Training<br/>  Special Features: Critical Thinking -- Collaboration<br/> Unit 7 HEALTH SCIENCES (Academic Disciplines: Global Studies / Medicine)  Reading Passages: 1. Superbugs (article) -- 2. The Globalization of Infection (article)  Key Reading Skills: Recognizing discourse organization  Additional Reading Skills: Using your knowledge -- Understanding key vocabulary -- Reading for main ideas -- Taking notes -- Making inferences -- Scanning to predict content -- Reading for details -- Synthesizing  Language Development: Verbs and verb phrases for causation -- Health and medicine word families<br/>  Watch and Listen: Superbugs<br/>  Special Features: Critical Thinking -- Collaboration<br/> Unit 8 COLLABORATION (Academic Disciplines: Business / Human Resources / Sports Management)  Reading Passages: 1. The Value of Talent (article) -- 2. The Perfect Work Team; Getting the Best from a Group (article)<br/>  Key Reading Skills: Using context clues to understand terminology and fixed expressions<br/>  Additional Reading Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Previewing -- Reading for main ideas -- Summarizing -- Reading for details -- Working out meaning -- Using your knowledge -- Taking notes  Language Development: Language for hedging<br/>  Watch and Listen: Office Space<br/>  Special Features: Critical Thinking -- Collaboration<br/> Glossary of Key Vocabulary -- Video Scripts -- Credits -- Advisory Panel 
<br/><br/> "Prism Reading Level 4 has 8 units to develop vocabulary, academic, and critical thinking skills. Students experience topics through fascinating readings in a wide variety of genres and formats to become familiar with material they might face in or outside the college classroom. Each book includes a single-use code to access the Online Workbook that has one new reading per unit, extra practice to further improve reading, vocabulary, and language development. Other resources include videos and recordings of readings. Activities have automated feedback to help with learner autonomy, and for teachers to spend less time grading and more time teaching." (Book Cover) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781108638487 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB8B9936  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>018921712  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>Reading comprehension.<br/>English language--Written English.<br/>Advanced.<br/>C1 (CEFR).
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>428.24