Download or read book Exercise Your College Reading Skills Developing More Powerful Comprehension written by Janet Elder, Professor and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2007-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the familiar and motivating metaphor of sports, Janet Elder (Entryways, New Worlds, Opening Doors) provides students extensive opportunities to learn, apply, and reinforce essential reading skills.
Download or read book Getting Ahead written by JoAnn Yaworski and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Getting Ahead" is the first (6th-9th grade) book in a new two-book reading series. This text covers the foundations of basic reading comprehension, including improvement and practice of study, vocabulary, sentence building, and critical thinking skills. Its basic tenet is "Every students starts out with an A." The intention is to build students' motivation--about themselves, their life situation, and their academic situation--in order to excel ("get ahead") in both their academic and professional careers. "Getting Ahead" discusses the basic skills and strategies required for the simple comprehension of a written piece, coupled with an introduction to critical thinking and reading. Greater attention is given to building vocabulary skills and study strategies.
Download or read book The Reading Context written by Dorothy U. Seyler and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reading Context provides extensive reading skills practice at a new value price of under $25. Designed for developmental reading courses (Grades 9㬈), The Reading Context emphasizes reading as a three—step “prepare — read —respond” process. The book starts where developing readers need to start: with an explanation of the context created by author, work, and reader. It also stresses the importance of thinking about who the writer is, what the author's purpose is, what kind of work students are about to read, and what they can expect to gain from it. Reading selections have been chosen to hold student interest while representing the kinds of material they will meet in college assignments —textbook material from business to psychology, from advertising to history, from health to education. Chapters are filled with short prose pieces for illustration and practice, and each chapter concludes with two or three longer reading selections. In each chapter, clear explanations of each reading skill are supported by numerous exercises.
Download or read book Introducing Architectural Theory written by Korydon Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most accessible architectural theory book that exists. Korydon Smith presents each common architectural subject – such as tectonics, use, and site – as though it were a conversation across history between theorists by providing you with the original text, a reflective text, and a philosophical text. He also introduces each chapter by highlighting key ideas and asking you a set of reflective questions so that you can hone your own theory, which is essential to both your success in the studio and your adaptability in the profession. These primary source texts, which are central to your understanding of the discipline, were written by such architects as Le Corbusier, Robert Venturi, and Adrian Forty. The appendices also have guides to aid your reading comprehension; to help you write descriptively, analytically, and disputationally; and to show you citation styles and how to do library-based research. More than any other architectural theory book about the great thinkers, Introducing Architectural Theory teaches you to think as well.
Download or read book Guide to College Reading Books a la Carte Edition written by Kathleen McWhorter and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2016-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Books a la Carte also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a Course ID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. For courses in Introductory Reading. Proceeds logically from literal comprehension to critical interpretation and response Guide to College Reading empowers students by helping them develop the skills needed for the diverse reading demands of college courses, and it helps them to become active learners and critical thinkers. Organized into six parts, it guides students from comprehension to application -- with ample opportunity to practice skills and engage with exercises. Guide to College Reading focuses on the key areas of reading comprehension, vocabulary improvement, and textbook reading; concurrently, it addresses the learning characteristics, attitudes, and motivational levels of reading students. Also available with MyReadingLab(tm) This title is also available with MyReadingLab, an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to complement this text by further engaging students and improving results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them develop their reading skills -- ultimately promoting transference of those skills to college-level work. Key exercises and readings from McWhorter's text are available within MyReadingLab, strengthening the connection between the classroom and students' independent work. NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyReadingLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyReadingLab search for: 013411874X / 9780134118741 Guide to College Reading, Books a la Carte Edition Plus MyReadingLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 11/e Package consists of: 0133995208 / 9780133995206 MyReadingLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card 0134105141 / 9780134105147 Guide to College Reading, 11/e, Books a la Carte Edition
Download or read book New Worlds written by Joe Cortina and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2007 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New Worlds" is an introductory college reading improvement text that applies the successful approach of the authors' "Opening Doors" and "Comprehending College Textbooks," and Janet Elder's "Exercise Your College Reading Skills," in a format designed to help lower-level developmental reading students succeed in college. This approach presents skills clearly, in a structured approach that emphasizes comprehension and provides thorough, on-going practice and application of the skills. This second edition includes fuller explanations, more practice exercises, ten new reading selections, expanded quizzes for all reading selections, and a wealth of new media support.
Download or read book Active Reading Skills written by Kathleen T. McWhorter and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Active Reading Skills, based on the premise students learn best by doing, teaches essential reading and thinking skills using concise instruction, guided practice, extensive application, and feedback. Each of the twelve chapters focuses on a specific reading skill and includes instruction, practice exercises, quizzes, and mastery tests. Because the skill instruction is brief, students spend more time applying the skills through extensive practice. The actual instruction and exercise format were designed to accommodate a variety of learning styles to reach students.
Download or read book Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills written by John Langan and published by Ingram. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully explains and illustrates ten key reading skills that are widely recognized to be essential for literal and critical comprehension. Provides activities and reading selections to help you practice and master those skills.
Download or read book ELT in Asia in the Digital Era Global Citizenship and Identity written by Suwarsih Madya and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings book captures a wide range of timely themes for readers to be able to foresee the digital era's impact on English teaching in non-English speaking countries. English used in the global environment, the frequent mobile communication, and the use of AI-based translators are bringing about dramatic changes in our English language learning and teaching. Who can provide us the wisdom to know what to do? Those scholars going through these complex environmental changes! A collection of puzzle pieces may bring us a better contour for the future than a perfectly edited book. It's indeed a pleasure reading these insightful pieces to gain wisdom for the future of ELT practices in global contexts.
Download or read book Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills written by John Langan and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully explains and illustrates ten key reading skills that are widely recognized to be essential for literal and critical comprehension. Provides activities and reading selections to help you practice and master those skills.
Download or read book Reading Skills for College Students written by Ophelia H. Hancock and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2006 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For courses in College Reading. Reading Skills for College Students increases students' reading skills and reading enjoyment! The purpose of the seventh edition of Reading Skills for College Students is the same as previous editions--to improve the reading skills of college students and to increase their reading enjoyment. Hancock continues to help students improve their vocabulary, comprehension, reading rate, and study and test-taking abilities. The seventh edition covers all the reading skills required for college study, giving students hands-on practice with a variety of exercises. An abundance of information is available through expanding technology revolution; however, it takes advanced reading skills to select, read, and evaluate all this information. Reading Skills for College Students serves as an excellent resource for the rest of students' college careers by providing instruction on reading in six different major content areas. The author has included specific chapters on reading for Literature, History, Psychology, Biology, Computers and Data Processing, and Business courses.
Download or read book Groundwork for College Reading 4th written by John Langan and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [This text]is designed to develop effective reading and clear thinking. [It] begins with basic matters: having the right attitude, learning key study skills, and developing a reading habit. [It] consists of ten additional readings that will help improve both reading and thinking skills. [It also] consists of twelve combined-skills tests. The tests provide a review of the comprehension skills [to] prepare students for the standardized reading exam that is often a requirement at the end of a semester. -Pref. to the instructor.
Download or read book More Reading Power written by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'More reading power' Seecond edition, is a student-centered reading skills textbook based on a cognitive skills approach. Its four key sections, designed to be used concurrently, help intermediate to high-intermediate students develop solid reading skills necessary in school, college, or business."--Cover.
Download or read book The Cultural and Artistic Legacy of Oliver Mtukudzi written by Munyaradzi Nyakudya and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-10 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves into a critical and comprehensive analysis of Mtukudzi’s legacy, as an outstanding musician who anchored his music on cultural identity specifically through the artistic manipulation of language. As a cultural worker, his remit extended beyond performance. This raised his stature to the levels of such African music icons as Fela Kuti of Nigeria, Salif Keita of Mali and Miriam Makeba/Hugh Masekela of South Africa, all towering giants in African musical performance. This volume examines how Mtukudzi artistically manipulated language to convey a timeless message of cultural identity, fighting for the respect of rights for women, children and all. It unpacks how Mtukudzi subtly uses language to put across political views that speak truth to power, harnessing Zimbabwean language to articulate and promote the nation’s cultural heritage and to advocate for societal development and the promotion of rights of vulnerable groups. The chapters in this volume are a mix of interdisciplinary Zimbabwean scholars of linguistics, performance studies, religion, history, communication and media studies, unravelling Mtukudzi as a fighter for human rights and justice who subtly critiqued political systems and practices. It concludes that Mtukudzi strove to be a cultural worker who used the power of language through music to contribute towards the rehabilitation of a battered African identity.
Download or read book Reading for Understanding written by Ruth Schoenbach and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As elegantly practical as it is theoretically elegant. It is a guided tour, as one examines the tools of expert teachers as they engage students in a journey that is aptly dubbed Reading Apprenticeship?learning how to become a savvy, strategic reader under the tutelage of thoughtful, caring, and demanding teachers.? P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley, and founding editor of the Handbook of Reading Research. Reading for Understanding is a monumental achievement. It was a monumental achievement when it came out as a first edition in 1999, bringing years of rigorous reading research together in a framework for teaching that made sense in actual secondary school classrooms. Now, just thirteen years later, Schoenbach and Greenleaf have several randomized clinical trials and multiple on-going studies at their fingertips to demonstrate the effects of this approach for developing the reading and thinking of young people in our nation?s middle and high school classrooms, as well as in community college classrooms. Their careful work on developing disciplinary literacy among all students represents a passion for and commitment to supporting students?and their teachers?in reading for understanding, which translates to reading for enjoyment, self-awareness, learning, and for purposeful and informed action in our society. ?Elizabeth Moje, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Associate Dean for Research, School of Education, University of Michigan Reading Apprenticeship has proven to be an inspiration to Renton Technical College faculty and students alike. They have learned together to view themselves as readers in transformative ways, as they embrace powerful techniques to increase reading comprehension. The ideas and strategies in Reading for Understanding anchor this new and broad-based energy around reading and an enthusiasm among our faculty to model effective reading strategies for our students. ?Steve Hanson, President, Renton Technical College, Renton, Washington Reading for Understanding has the finest blend I have seen of research, strategies, and classroom vignettes to deepen teacher learning and help them connect the dots between theory and practice. ?Curtis Refior, Content Area Literacy Coach, Fowlerville Community Schools, Fowlerville, Michigan A teacher-tested, research-based resource for dramatically improving reading skills Published in partnership with WestEd, this significantly updated second edition of the bestselling book contains strategies for helping students in middle school through community college gain the reading independence to master subject area textbooks and other material. Based on the Reading Apprenticeship program, which three rigorous "gold standard" research studies have shown to be effective in raising students' reading achievement Presents a clear framework for improving the reading and subject area learning of all students, including English learners, students with special needs, as well as those in honors and AP courses Provides concrete tools for classroom use and examples from a range of classrooms Presents a clear how-to for teachers implementing the subject area literacies of the Common Core Standards Reading for Understanding proves it's never too late for teachers and students to work together to boost literacy, engagement, and achievement.
Download or read book Journal of Developmental Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Reading Skills Contemporary Readings for College Students written by Deanne Spears and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 2003-07-29 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular source selections that challenge and engage make Improving Reading Skills an ideal text for introductory developmental reading students.
