Ten steps to building college reading skills
By: John Langan.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Townsend Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: West Berlin, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 594
ISBN-13: 9781591940371
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; The storyteller / Saki; Disaster and 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; Are you a good listener? / R.L. Montgomery; Dealing with feelings / R.F. Verderber; Childhood stress and resilience / D.E. Papalia and S.W. Olds; title: Active reading: An introduction to active reading; Practice in active reading, combined-skills tests; title: Appendixes: Three additional readings; Writing assignments.