The Longman Academic Reading Series
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This five-level series prepares English language learners
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Series
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for
academic
work. The aim of the series is to make
Sentences to Paragraphs
students more effective and confident readers by
Overview
providing high-interest readings on academic subjects
and by teaching them skills and strategies for
First Steps in Academic
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effective reading, vocabulary building,
Writing
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note-taking, and critical thinking. Introduction to Academic
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Rigorous,
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Writing
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Essays
Features
• based
on academic subjects
• Multiple reading genres • Explicit academic skills • Corpus-informed
approach
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Psychology
Multicultural
Literature
5 Essays to Research
Papers
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History
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Linguistics
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CHAPTER 3 FILM STUDIES:
Is Cinema an Art or a Business?....................................56
Reading One One
Hundred Years of THINKING
Cinema ........................................................58
DEVELOPING STUDENTS’
CRITICAL
SKILLS
Reading Two A Conversation with Leo Tolstoy on Film .......................................67
Reading Three An Interview with James Cameron...............................................74
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CHAPTER
4 MEDIA
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Before You Read starts with a warm-up
and reading
strategy.
The Internet and Social Media ........................................83
Readings from Academic Disciplines offer different and intriguing perspectives on the chapter theme.
Reading One Mind Control and the Internet ..........................................................84
Skill and Strategy Support builds effective reading, comprehension, vocabulary, note-taking, and critical
Reading Two The Positive Effects of Social Networking Sites ............................93
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Reading Three The Use of Social Media in the Arab Spring .............................101
CHAPTER
5
CHAPTER 5 NEUROSCIENCE: The Brain and Memory ........... 110
NEUROSCIENCE:
The Brain and Memory
Reading One In Search of Memory .......................................................................111
Reading Two The Brain and Human Memory ......................................................120
NEUROSCIENCE: the scientific study of the nervous system
and the brain
OBJECTIVES
Reading Three Music and the Brain .....................................................................127
To read academic texts, you need
to master certain skills.
In this chapter, you will:
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Visualize the content of a text to
understand it better
Scan a chart to find specific
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Skim the first two paragraphs of
a text to get an idea of what it
will discuss
Guess the meaning of words
from the context
Use dictionary entries to learn
the meanings of words
Understand and use synonyms,
collocations, different word
forms, and words of Greek or
Latin origin
Recognize and use figurative
language and rhetorical
questions
Take notes by making lists and
using keywords as study tools
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