<DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><I>Thinking Beyond the Content: Critical Reading for Academic Success</I> is aimed at more advanced college or college-bound ESL readers. It is a theme-based text with an academic focus designed not only to challenge its readers to read closely for understanding, but also to go beyond the literal content of a text and to engage in critical thinking and investigation. This text can serve as a suitable bridge between many of the ESL reading texts currently available and the texts used in the academic disciplines.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> </P><P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in">Each unit contains:</P><P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 39.0pt">·        three related or topically linked readings</P><P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 39.0pt">·        pre-reading questions or activities designed to activate prior knowledge</P><P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 39.0pt">·        at least one academic reading/critical-thinking strategy</P><P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 39.0pt">·        strategy application tasks, which provide the reader an opportunity to learn how to use the strategy within the context of the reading selections</P><P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 39.0pt">·        a <B>Getting at the Matter </B>section<I>, </I>which consists<I> </I>of questions, tasks, or activities for enhancing comprehension of the main points of the reading</P><P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 39.0pt">·        vocabulary from the Academic Word List</p><P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 39.0pt">·        suggestions for discussion, many of which can be carried out either through writing or conversation</P><P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 39.0pt">·        suggestions for follow-up tasks and research projects through which students can explore connections between readings or learn more about writers, sources, organizations, or aspects of a topic mentioned in the readings.</p></DIV></DIV>