<p>The <strong><em>Longman Academic Reading Series </em></strong>is a five-level series that prepares English language learners for academic work. High-interest readings cover a variety of subjects, including art history, nutrition, American literature, and forensics.</p><p>The series takes a holistic approach to the skills and strategies necessary for effective reading, vocabulary building, note-taking, and critical thinking. By encouraging students to discuss and write about the ideas covered in the readings, the series helps them become better speakers and writers of English.</p><p>Highlights</p><ul><li> Rigorous, sophisticated, and comprehensive readings are based on academic sources, each carefully designed to provide different and intriguing perspectives on a theme.</li><li> Readings come from a variety of sources and genres ¿ textbooks, newspapers, magazines, online articles ¿ and are written by experts in widely different fields.</li><li> A corpus-informed approach to vocabular