BOOK I
PART I. WORD POWER (VOCABULARY STUDY)
SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION TO WORD POWER (WP)
SECTION II. WORDS ON WORDS
SECTION III. EVALUATE YOUR WORD KNOWLEDGE
SECTION IV. THE WORD IN THE DICTIONARY
SECTION V. CONNOTATION
SECTION VI. A STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO WORD STUDY
SECTION VII. A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH TO WORD STUDY
SECTION VIII. SEMANTIC FIELDS
UNIT A: AREAS, SCRIPTS, TOPICS, CATEGORIES
UNIT B: LANGUAGE OF RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS IN SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES (“Hedging”)
UNIT C: TERMS USED IN STUDY AND TEST SITUATIONS
SECTION IX. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
SECTION X. APPNDIX
UNIT 1: PREFIXES, STEMS, (ROOTS) SUFFIXES
A: PREFIXES
В: NUMERICAL PREFIXES USED IN MEASUREMENTS
C: QUANTITATIVE PREFIXES
D: STEMS/ROOTS
E. SUFFIXES USED TO FORM (AND SINIFY) THE VARIOUS PARTS OF SPEECH
UNIT 2: REFERENCE WORDS AND ABBREVIATIONS
UNIT 3: VERBS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
UNIT 4: TERMS USED IN TEXT ANALYSIS
UNIT 5: THE UNIVERSITY WORD LIST
PART II. AN APPROACH TO READING
SECTION I. INTRODUCTION TO AN APPROACH TO READING
UNIT 1. VARIETIES OF MEANING
UNIT 2. WHAT THE WRITER MEANS
(AND WHAT HE ASSUMES THE READER ALREADY KNOWS)
SECTION II. DEALING WITH SENTENCE
UNIT 1. EXERCISES ON SENTENCE PATTERNS
UNIT 2. COMPLEX. SIMPLE. COMPLEX
UNIT 3. REGISTER 51
UNIT 4. USING RELATIVE PRONOUNS TO FORM COMPLEX SENTENCE
UNIT 5. STRUCTURES WITH OMISSION
UNIT 6. THE USES OF PUNCTUATION
UNIT 7. DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SIMILAR SENTENCES
UNIT 8. INDIRECTION: NEGATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
UNIT 9. IMPLICATION
UNIT 10. TYPES OF AMBIGUITY
UNIT 11. WHAT THE WRITER MEANS BUT FOR SOME REASONS PREFERS NOT TO SAY DIRECTLY
SECTION III. DEALING WITH PARAGRAPHS
UNIT 1. COHERENCE
UNIT 2. OLD AND NEW INFORMATION
UNIT 3. THE ORDERING OF SENTENCES IN A PARAGRAPH
SECTION IV. DEALING WITH TEXTS
UNIT 1. TYPES OF DISCOURSE
UNIT 2. READING STRATEGIES
UNIT 3. WHAT TITLES TELL US
UNIT 4. DIFFERENT WAYS OF PRESENTING INFORMATION
UNIT 5. TYPES OF SCHOLARLY
UNIT 6. GENERAL QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT CAN (AND SHOULD) BE APPLIED TO ANY TEXT
UNIT 7. READING/WRITING ABSTRACTS
UNIT 8. READING/WRITING A SUMMARY
SECTION V. APPENDIX
UNIT 1. PARTS OF SPEECH
UNIT 2. SENTENCE PATTERNS
UNIT 3. PUNCTUATION
UNIT 4. THE CONJUNCTIONS OR CONNECTORS OF ENGLISH
UNIT 5. THE PREPOSITIONS OF ENGLISN
UNIT 6. COMMON CUES FOR THE READER (Devices That Further Coherence)
PART III. SHORT TEXTS
ANNUAL REPORT ON SPACESHIP EARTH
«WHAT REALLY MATTERED»
«WRITING OF WOMEN»
«TO BE A WOMAN AND A SCHOLAR»
«FILTERS AGAINST FOLLY»
CHIMPS EAT CHIMPS
SIGNS IN THE WILDERNESS
MIGHTIER THAN THE PEN
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SYNCHRONIZED INPUT SHAFT
WHAT IS A JOURNALIST'S «FACT»?
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN NAISBITT
CRIME AND POVERTY
BANALITY AND TERROR 105
TWO ANALOGIES FROM THE NOVELS OF CHINUA ACHEBE
THE ECONOMETRICS SYSTEM
SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE
SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE
IT'S ALL GREEK
THE MYSTERY OF LANGUAGE
THE TASK OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
«PRICING THE PRICELESS CHILD»
«THE FRENZY OF RENOWN»
BOOK II
PART IV. LONGER READING
LEARNING THE HARD WAY
MAN OF WISDOM
JAPANESE EDUCATION
EDUCATING LAWYERS
THE GENESIS OF THE MODERN TOY
HUMANISTIC MEDICINE
HANDS: A CASE STUDY
ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON
WATER, WAR & PEACE
CLIMATE CHANGE
LEADERSHIP
THE ROLE OF ELITES
ISOLATION
THE USE AND ABUSE OF DRUGS
OUTSIDERS
STUDENT POWER IN MIDDLE AGES
ARE CRIMINALS MADE OR BORN?
WHAT IS A HISTORICAL FACT?
MORALITY AND FOREIGN POLICY
MORALITY AND FOREIGN POLICY: APPENDIX
HUMAN MIGRATION
INTEGRATING RISK ANALYSIS INTO PUBLIC POLICYMAKING
EDUCATION AND POLITICAL TOLERANCE
«A TECHNOLOGY OF BEHAVIOR»
«HOW PSYCHOLOGY SANCTIONS THE CULT OF THE SELF»
EXPLAINING REVOLUTIONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY THIRD WORLD
PART V. EXERCISES ON TEXTS IN PARTS III AND IV
ANNUAL REPORT ON SPACESHIP EARTH
CHIMPS EAT CHIMPS
SIGNS IN THE WILDERNESS
MIGHTIER THAN THE PEN
CRIME AND POVERTY
BANALITY AND TERROR
THE TASK OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
LEARNING THE HARD WAY
MAN OF WISDOM
JAPANESE EDUCATION
EDUCATING LAWYERS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SAVVY
THE GENESIS OF THE MODERN TOY
HUMANISTIC MEDICINE
HANDS: A CASE STUDY
ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON
WATER, WAR AND PEACE
LEADERSHIP
THE ROLE OF ELITES
ISOLATION
THE OUTSIDERS
STUDENT POWER IN THE MIDDLE AGES
ARE CRIMINALS MADE OR BORN?
WHAT IS A HISTORICAL FACT?
MORALITY AND FOREIGN POLICY
HUMAN MIGRATION
INTERGRATING RISK ANALYSIS INTO PUBLIC POLICYMAKING
EDUCATION AND POLITICAL TOLERANCE
A TECHNOLOGY OF BEHAVIOR