TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haarman,Louann
AU  - Leech,Patrick
AU  - Murray,Janet
TI  - Reading Skills for the Social Sciences
SN  - 0194512304 (pbk)
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Reading
N1  - Includes answer key; SUMMARY; "The material in this coursebook has been specifically designed to meet the needs of intermediate students of English who require reading skills for social science disciplines at university. The course covers 80 to 100 class hours. It combines the teaching of reading strategies (such as skimming, scanning, intensive reading) with work on text structure and genre (for example, textbooks, research reports, book reviews, articles)."--Back cover; CONTENTS; Unit 1: Book advertisements
; Approaching the text; Pre-reading questions
; Skimming and scanning
; Intensive reading; Text structure/language functions
; Distinguishing the functions of description and evaluation; Language work; Discrimination of adjectives and adjectival suffixes
; Lexical inference
; Practicing the use of lexis common to expository/evaluative prose
; Vocabulary work and word building; Observations on text type; Unit 2: Research digests
; Approaching the text; Pre-reading questions
; Scanning; Skimming for text structure; Intensive reading; Checking understanding
; Information extraction (Document 2)
; Information extraction (Document 3)
; Language work; Identifying tense patterns
; Checking understanding; Vocabulary work and word building; Observations on text type; Unit 3 Economics
; Approaching the text; Pre-reading questions
; Skimming and scanning for contents

; Pre-reading vocabulary work
; Intensive reading; Previewing text organization/content
; Explanations/examples of key terms
; Language work; Vocabulary work
; Modal verbs
; Reutilization of key vocabulary; Vocabulary work and word building; Observations on text type; Unit 4: The Russian Revolution
; Approaching the text
; Pre-reading questions
; Identifying reviewer's evaluation; Distinguishing text structure; Intensive reading
; Reference; Checking understanding
; Language work
; Reutilization of selected lexis
; Topic sentences and paragraph structure
; Vocabulary work and word building
; Observations on text type
; Unit 5: The Overselling of Candidates on Television
; Approaching the text
; Pre-reading questions
; Guided contact with introductory passage
; Skimming for general organisation; Intensive reading
; Information extraction
; Introduction to note-taking; Language work
; The function of linkers
; Recognizing logical links in discourse 
; Practicing the use of selected linkers
; Lexical inference/Dictionary work
; Vocabulary work and word building
; Observations on text type
; Unit 6: Asking the Age Question
; Approaching the text; Pre-reading questions
; Identifying main points; Intensive reading
; Annotating Bibliographical references
; Information extraction
; Checking understanding; Language work
; Textual devices and specialized terminology
; Lexis common to academic prose
; Reutilization of lexis; Vocabulary work and word building
; Observations on text type
; Unit 7: The Other Economy
; Approaching the text
; Pre-reading questions
; Skimming for general organization
; Pre-reading vocabulary work
; Intensive reading
; Guided note-taking; Reference; Checking understanding
; Language work
; Discriminating examples, contrasts and further information

; Vocabulary work and word building
; Observations on text type; Unit 8: Mobilizing the Middle Classes
; Approaching the text
; Pre-reading questions
; Identifying evaluation and description
; Distinguishing text structure; Intensive reading
; Reference
; Note-taking
; Language work
; Lexis common to academic prose
; Distinguishing the function of linkers; Practising the use of selected linkers; Vocabulary work and word building; Observations on text type; Unit 9: Human aggression
; Approaching the text
; Predicting content; Intensive reading
; Identifying author's presentation of theme; Discriminating units of information; Language work; Revising modal meaning; Use and function of modal verbs
; Recognizing logical links in discourse; Vocabulary work and word building; Observations on text type; Unit 10: Inside the Black Box; Approaching the text
; Skimming for general organization
; Skimming and scanning for chapter headings; Pre-reading vocabulary work; Intensive reading
; Extracting author's main points
; Note-taking: identifying topics and point of view

; Checking understanding; Language work
; Practice with lexis marking topics and arguments
; Vocabulary work and word building; Observations on text type; Appendix 1: Lexis common to academic prose; Appendix 2: Prefixes and suffixes; Key to worksheets and pre-reading questions
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