Ten steps to building college reading skills
By: John Langan
Edition: 5th ed.
Series: Townsend Press reading series; Townsend Press reading series
Publisher: Townsend Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: West Berlin, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9781591942436; 9781591942443
Subjects: Reading (Higher education); Reading comprehension; College readers; English language; Rhetoric
Other titles: 10 steps to building college reading skills
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Ten steps to building college reading skills: Dictionary use; Vocabulary in context; Main ideas; Supporting details; Locations of main ideas; Relationships I; Relationships II; Inferences; Implied main ideas; The basics of argument; title: Ten reading selections: Winners, losers, or just kids? / D. Wrightman; Owen, the Stray Cat / E. Carlin; Disaster adn friendship / C. Wilson; Read all about it / F. DeBlasio; Adult children at home / M. Mack; How to make it in college, now that you're here / B. O'Keeney; False ideas about reading / R. and P. Winkler; Dealing with feelings / R.F. Verderber; Childhood stress and resilience / D.E. Papalia and S.W. Olds; title: Active reading and Combined-Skills Tests: An introduction to active reading; Practice in active reading, combined-skills tests; title: Appendixes: Additional readings; Writing assignments.