Steps to academic reading between the lines Jean Zukowski/Faust and Susan S. Johnston

Includes a bibliography and index

Preface --
Introducing the authors --
Preliminary unit --
Unit 1 : Cleaning up the mess --
Main reading : Cleaning up the mess --
Related reading 1 : Let's clean up the mess --
Related reading 2 : Tropical rain forests --
Timed reading : There is no more "away" --
Unit 2 : Business : watching the bottom line --
Main reading : It's good business --
Related reading 1 : A job coach --
Related reading 2 : The principles of problem solving --
Related reading 3 : The face of the company --
Timed reading : Taking care of business --
Unit 3 : Biotechnology : feeding the billions --
Main reading : Feeding the billions --
Related reading 1 : How biotechnology works --
Related reading 2 : The history of tea --
Related reading 3 : Seed banking against famine --
Timed reading : Health, ethics, and vegetarians --
Unit 4 : A changing, living planet --
Main reading part 1 : Continental drift --
Main reading part 2 : What makes a living planet --
Related reading 1 : Earthquake mentality --
Related reading 2 : The wandering continent, Antarctica --
Relate reading 3 : A rocking, rolling, living planet --
Related reading 4 : The big one --
Timed reading : More sensitive than machines, more aware than people. Unit 5 : Living together in a world of peace --
Main reading part : Understanding cultures --
Related reading 1 : An allegory of values --
Related reading 2 : Choose mediation --
Related reading 3 : A classic case : King Solomon's decision --
Related reading 4 : Man in the middle : the process of mediation --
Timed reading : Excuses, excuses --
Unit 6 : A slice of life --
Main reading : a slice of life --
Related reading 1 : The business of magic : the movie industry --
Related reading 2 : How an idea becomes a movie --
Related reading 3 : Who's who in the movie credits --
Timed reading : The studio system --
Unit 7 : Secrets in the stones --
Main reading : The mystery of the Mayans --
Related reading 1 : The mystery of Stonehenge --
Related reading 2 : The science of archaeology --
Related reading 3 : The lost continent of Atlantis --
Timed reading : The clay armies of China --
Unit 8 : All kinds of intelligence --
Main reading : "It's on the tip of my tongue" --
Related reading 1 : The human brain --
Related reading 2 : Exercising the brain through riddles --
Timed reading : Acupuncture as a method of healing --
Timed readings analysis and record sheet --
Index.

Lets you immerse your students in refreshing topics while increasing their vocabulary base and preparing them for academic assignments. Suitable for beginning to high-intermediate learners, this title offers comprehension activities that encourage students to access and interact with text and to develop reading and critical thinking skills.