Download or read book Mastering Critical Reading A Guide for English Language Students written by Lely Novia and published by Ananta Vidya. This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Mastering Critical Reading: A Guide for English Language Students” is a useful book that helps students master the art of critical reading. It covers various skills, such as understanding texts, evaluating arguments, and integrating information. It also shows how to apply these skills in real-world situations. The book helps students to read different kinds of texts, separate facts from opinions, identify assumptions and biases, and write effective critical responses. By improving their critical reading and thinking skills, students can achieve better academic and professional outcomes.
Download or read book Business English for Students A Practical Guide to Success in the Professional World written by Lely Novia and published by Ananta Vidya. This book was released on with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Business English for Students: A Practical Guide to Success in the Professional World” is a book that helps students develop the essential language skills and strategies they need to excel in the competitive business world. It covers the gap between academic knowledge and real-world business communication, with essential vocabulary, grammar, conversational skills, and diverse business scenarios. The book provides engaging exercises, practical examples, and industry-specific vocabulary, to help learners succeed in a global and fast-paced environment. The book also encourages students to embrace challenges and continuous growth, building confidence, clarity, and professionalism in their communication. Whether they want to pursue careers in finance, marketing, technology, or any other field, “Business English for Students: A Practical Guide to Success in the Professional World” is the ultimate resource for students to master the complexities of the professional world and start a rewarding career journey. Let this practical guide be your key to success and unlock the door to a prosperous future.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Critical Reading written by Amy Wall and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to looking at literature with your own two eyes. What students know about Shakespeare, Orwell, Dickens, and Twain is primarily what their instructors tell them. Here’s a book that teaches the students how to move on to the next level—evaluate and read critically on their own, trust their own opinions, develop original ideas, analyze characters, and find a deeper appreciation for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more. • Ideal companion for college students and accessible for the casual reader as well. • Covers fiction, poetry, narrative nonfiction, biographies and memoirs, essays and editorials, and newspapers, magazines, and journals. • Features examples from published writing. • Includes a reading list and a glossary of literary terms.
Download or read book Critical Reading Study Guide written by Bryan Holcombe and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is meant for students scoring in the 600-750 range on Critical Reading. As an experienced SAT tutor who has received multiple 800s on the Critical Reading tests, Bryan Holcombe offers specific advice to bring your score from good to exceptional. All the strategies and practice you need to successfully raise your score to an elite level are condensed into a concise, 50 page guide. This handy little book breaks down every type of question you will find on the Critical Reading test. The best feature of this book is its clear explanations. Holcombe is an experienced SAT tutor, as well as a special education teacher in a public school. His ability to reach SAT students of any level shines through his with his writing. His method of organizing the information also reflects his experience as a teacher - Holcombe lays out the material step-by-step, and uses a structured method of explaining each question type, how often they'll appear, and what strategies to use to successfully approach them.Holcombe recommends using this book in conjunction with the CollegeBoard's blue book. He lays out the strategies that you'll need to improve your method of answering the questions, and offers over 30 test questions (complete with full explanations) to show what his strategies look like in action.All in all, this little book packs a big punch when it comes to mastering the Critical Reading section.
Download or read book Mastering the SAT Critical Reading written by Thomas R Davenport and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-12-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get in shape to tackle the SAT Critical Reading Test with this in-depth workout. It includes an overview, proven test-taking strategies, and specifics for the SAT vocabulary, plus strategies and practice questions for the sentence completion and reading comprehension sections. Two practice tests with answers help you fine-tune your skills. This guide gives you the information and practice you need to improve your score—fast!
Download or read book Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates written by Mike Wallace and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading critically, and writing using critical techniques, are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work. Practical and engaging, Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates is bursting with tools for analysing texts and structuring critical reviews, helping you to gradually build your skills beyond undergraduate level and gain confidence in your ability to critically read and write. New to this 3rd edition: Introduces a technique for developing critical thinking skills by interrogating paper abstracts Additional diagrams, exercises and concept explanations, enabling you to more easily understand and apply the various approaches A glossary, to help with understanding of key terms. Also new for this edition, a Companion Website provides additional resources to help you apply the critical techniques you learn. From templates and checklists, access to SAGE journal articles and additional case studies, these free resources will make sure you successfully master advanced critical skills. If you need to engage with published (or unpublished) literature such as essays, dissertations or theses, research papers or oral presentations, this proven guide helps you develop a reflective and advanced critical approach to your research and writing. The Student Success series are essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to planning your dream career, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips and resources for study success!
Download or read book A Beginner s Guide to Critical Reading written by Richard Jacobs and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings literature to life through a combination of fascinating texts, critically up-to-the minute readings and Jacobs' enthusiastic, lively approach.
Download or read book Critical Reading and Thinking Skills written by Donald L. Barnes and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Critical Reading Critical Thinking written by Richard C. Pirozzi and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Critical Readingequips students with the critical reading, writing, thinking, and problem-solving skills essential to understanding and responding to current issues and ideas.
Download or read book Reading Critically Writing Well written by Rise B. Axelrod and published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This book was released on 2007-12-21 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many instructors prefer to teach critical reading and writing without using a full-scale rhetoric. For them, Axelrod and Cooper have adapted the immensely successful approach of The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing and applied it to a reader, creating a book that provides both structure for students and flexibility for instructors. Chapter One introduces two general approaches to critical reading, showing students how to "read for meaning" and "read like a writer." Each of the following chapters then provides step-by-step guides to applying this knowledge in reading and writing a specific genre, ranging from autobiography to argument.
Download or read book The Thinker s Guide to Analytic Thinking written by Linda Elder and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking explores the practice of analyzing problems and opportunities and provides a framework for finding common denominators, inconsistencies, biases, and underlying causes. It helps readers learn to think within the logic of subjects and professions. By offering proper tools for analysis and assessment of thought, it empowers readers to address any decision with confidence. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.
Download or read book Analyze Anything written by Gregory Fraser and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How well can you decode the signs that permeate our daily lives? All of us, consciously or not, constantly engage in the acts of reading and interpreting the signs in the world around us. But how do we sharpen these skills, deepen our awareness of meaning in a complex world, and ultimately reach our full potential as university writers? This book answers the needs of students of composition, culture studies, and literature, providing a process-orientated guide to analyzing anything.
Download or read book Reading Critically Writing Well written by Rise B. Axelrod and published by Bedford Books. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more critical reading coverage than any other composition text, Reading Critically, Writing Well helps students read for meaning and read like a writer. A robust catalog of reading strategies complement assignment chapters that cover four expository genres, including autobiography/literacy narratives and reflection, and four argumentative genres, including evaluation and proposal. Each chapter starts with a guide to reading that challenges students to analyze the authors' techniques, and concludes with a step-by-step guide to writing and revising that helps them apply these techniques to their own essays. The provocative readings throughout represent an array of topics and disciplines. This new edition brings on noted reading scholar Ellen Carillo (University of Connecticut), and provides more opportunities for students to learn and practice complex reading and writing strategies, with a new emphasis on inquiry, curiosity, and habits of mind. Accessible instruction, engaging readings, and effective writing assignments make Reading Critically, Writing Well ideal for instructors who want to demonstrate critical analysis and the effective rhetorical choices that students can make in their own writing.
Download or read book The Critical Reader written by Erica L. Meltzer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended to clearly and systematically demystify what is often considered the most challenging section of the SAT, The Critical Reader, 2nd Edition, provides a comprehensive review of the reading skills tested on the redesigned exam for students who are serious about raising their scores. Includes: -A chapter-by-chapter breakdown of question types, with in-depth explanations and numerous examples demonstrating how to work through each type. -Techniques for comprehending complex passages and identifying key information quickly and efficiently. -Extensive strategies for simplifying and answering paired supporting evidence questions as well as informational graphic questions. -A list of alternate definitions of common words, plus strategies for using context clues to decipher the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. To allow students to apply the strategies outlined in this book to College Board material while focusing on the specific areas in which they are seeking to improve, this book also includes a list of all the Reading questions from the Khan Academy exams/College Board Official Guide, 3rd Edition (2015), arranged both by category and by test. Note: If you are preparing for the AP English Language and Composition exam, a separate AP Edition is now available in beta form (multiple-choice reading only) at https://www.createspace.com/7045612.
Download or read book An Introduction to Critical Reading written by Thomas Barnwell and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appropriate for courses in college reading, this text is a four-genre anthology - poetry, short stories, essays, and textbook chapters. New pieces from ethnically diverse authors have been added throughout the book. All of the exercises and pedagogy are found in the instructor's manual, not in the student text. The instructor's manual contains fully developed exercises on each piece in the book, an essay on teaching students to read textbook chapters, and transparency masters with examples of outlining. The instructor's manual also suggests ways of using the selections to improve reading skills and critical thinking. This facilitates flexible use in the classroom.
Download or read book Critical Reading Across the Curriculum Volume 1 written by Robert DiYanni and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful strategies, tools, and techniques for educators teaching students critical reading skills in the humanities. Every educator understands the importance of teaching students how to read critically. Even the best teachers, however, find it challenging to translate their own learned critical reading practices into explicit strategies for their students. Critical Reading Across the Curriculum: Humanities, Volume 1 presents exceptional insight into what educators require to facilitate critical and creative thinking skills. Written by scholar-educators from across the humanities, each of the thirteen essays in this volume describes strategies educators have successfully executed to develop critical reading skills in students studying the humanities. These include ways to help students: focus actively re-read and reflect, to re-think, and re-consider understand the close relationship between reading and writing become cognizant of the critical importance of context in critical reading and of making contextual connections learn to ask the right questions in critical reading and reasoning appreciate reading as dialogue, debate, and engaged conversation In addition, teachers will find an abundance of innovative exercises and activities encouraging students to practice their critical reading skills. These can easily be adapted for and applied across many disciplines and course curricula in the humanities. The lifelong benefits of strong critical reading skills are undeniable. Students with properly developed critical reading skills are confident learners with an enriched understanding of the world around them. They advance academically and are prepared for college success. This book arms educators (librarians, high school teachers, university lecturers, and beyond) with the tools to teach a most paramount lesson.
Download or read book Critical Thinking Reading and Writing written by Sylvan Barnet and published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The unique collaborative effort of a professor of English, a professor of philosophy, and - in new coauthor John O'Hara - a professor of critical thinking, Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing is a compact but complete guide to critical reading, writing, and argumentation. It draws on the authors' varied expertise in persuasive writing and argumentation to help students move from critical thinking to argumentative and researched writing. Order this edition for the most current topics your students will want to read, discuss, and write about."--Back cover