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Designed for use in the first reading course, Guide to College Reading focuses on the key areas of reading comprehension, vocabulary improvement, and textbook reading while addressing the learning characteristics, attitudes, and motivational levels of reading students.   Guide to College Reading is intended to equip students with the skills they need to handle the diverse reading demands of college courses and guide them in becoming active learners and critical thinkers. The Seventh Edition offers students a new Contemporary Issues Mini-Reader, new tips in each chapter on taking reading tests, Internet activities for skill reinforcement, a revised and updated section on reading graphics, a new section on reading across the disciplines, and a new section on reading and evaluating electronic sources. The new edition uses a visually appealing four-color design, including interactive visual chapter openers.

Table of Contents:
Preface.   Quick Guide to This Book         How Do You READ?       1. Successful Attitudes toward Reading and Learning. Start with a Positive Attitude. Build Your Concentration. Analyze Your Learning Style. Learning Style Questionnaire. Pay Attention to Comprehension Signals. Work on Improving Your Comprehension. Self-Test Summary. Getting More Help With…Active Reading Skills. Test Taking Tips: Start With the Right Attitude.         Mastery Test 1: Reading Selection: Primary Colors, Kim McLarin . I. VOCABULARY: THE KEY TO MEANING. 2. Using Context Clues. What is Context?       Types of Context Clues. The Limitations of Context Clues. Self-Test Summary . Getting More Help With…Context Clues. Test Taking Tips: Using Context.         Mastery Test 1: Vocabulary Skills.         Mastery Test 2: Vocabulary Skills.         Mastery Test 3: Vocabulary Skills.         Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: Climbing Mt. Everest, Seaborn “Beck” Weathers. 3. Learning Word Parts. Finding Meanings in Compound Words. Learning Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes. Prefixes. Roots. Suffixes.    How to Use Word Parts. Self-Test Summary . Getting More Help With…Word Parts . Test Taking Tips: Using Word Parts.         Mastery Test 1: Vocabulary Skills .         Mastery Test 2: Vocabulary Skills .         Mastery Test 3: Vocabulary Skills .         Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: The Dolphin Affair, Dan Greenburg . 4. Learning New Words. Word Information Sources. Using Your Dictionary. Pronouncing Unfamiliar Words. A System for Learning New Words. Self-Test Summary . Getting More Help With…Learning New Words . Test Taking Tips: Taking Vocabulary Tests.         Mastery Test 1: Dictionary Skills .         Mastery Test 2: Dictionary Skills .         Mastery Test 3: Dictionary Skills .         Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: She Said Yes! She Said Yes! She Said Yes!, Michael Kernan .   II. COMPREHENSION SKILLS. 5. Reading as Thinking. Preview. Develop Questions to Guide Your Reading. Read for Meaning. Test Your Recall as You Read. Review after You Read.. Building a System: SQ3R. . Self-Test Summary . Getting More Help With…Understanding What You Read. Test Taking Tips: Reading Comprehension Passages.         Mastery Test 1: Thinking Skills .         Mastery Test 2: Thinking Skills .         Mastery Test 3: Thinking Skills, The Real World: Bilingual Children, Conger and Galambos .         Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: Body Piercing and Tattooing, Rebecca J. Donatelle . 6. Understanding Paragraphs: Topics, Stated Main Ideas, and Implied Main Ideas. General and Specific Ideas. Identifying the Topic. Finding the Stated Main Idea. Identifying Topic Sentences. Implied Main Ideas. Self-Test Summary . Getting More Help With…Topics and Main Ideas. Test Taking Tips: Answering Questions on the Topic and Main Idea.         Mastery Test 1: Inference Skills .           Mastery Test 2: Paragraph Skills .           Mastery Test 3: Paragraph Skills .           Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: Don’t Ask, Deborah Tannen .   7. Understanding Paragraphs: Supporting. Details and Transitions.   Recognizing Supporting Details.   Types of Supporting Details.   Transitions.   Paraphrasing Paragraphs.   Self-Test Summary .   Getting More Help With…Supporting Details and Transitions. Test Taking Tip: Answering Questions about Supporting Details.         Mastery Test 1: Sentence Skills .           Mastery Test 2: Paragraph Skills .           Mastery Test 3: Paragraph Skills .           Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: The Beautiful Laughing Sisters, Mary Pipher .   8. Following the Author’s Thought Patterns. Six Common Thought Patterns.   Other Useful Patterns of Organization.   Self-Test Summary .   Getting More Help With…Thought Patterns. Test Taking Tips: Answering Questions about Organizational Patterns .         Mastery Test 1: Sentence Skills .           Mastery Test 2: Paragraph Skills .           Mastery Test 3: Paragraph Skills .           Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: Right Place, Wrong Face,Alton Fitzgerald White . III. TEXTBOOK READING SKILLS. 9. Reading Textbook Chapters. Textbook Learning Aids.   How Textbook Chapters Are Organized. Approaching Textbooks in New Fields of Study. Reading Technical Material.   Self-Test Summary . Getting More Help With…Reading Textbooks. Test-Taking Tips: Studying for Exams in Your Other Courses.         Mastery Test 1: Technical Writing Skills .           Mastery Test 2: Textbook Skills .           Mastery Test 3: Textbook Skills .           Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: Legible Clothing, Joseph A. DeVito .   10. Reading Graphic and Electronic Information. A General Approach to Graphics.   Types of Graphics.   Charts.   Types of Electronic Learning Aids.   Internet Sources.   Self-Test Summary.   Getting More Help With…Reading Graphic and Electronic Sources.         Mastery Test 1: Graphic Skills .           Mastery Test 2: Graphic Skills .           Mastery Test 3: Graphic Skills .           Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: Diversity in U.S. Families, James M. Henslin . 11. Organizing and Remembering Information. Highlighting and Marking.   Outlining.   Mapping.   Summarizing.   Immediate and Periodic Review.   Self-Test Summary . Getting More Help With…Organizing and Remembering Information. Test-Taking Tips: Using Highlighting and Summarizing .           Mastery Test 1: Highlighting Skills .           Mastery Test 2: Mapping and Summarizing Skills .           Mastery Test 3: Outlining Skills .           Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: Planning a Fitness Program, Rebecca J. Donatelle .   IV. CRITICAL READING. 12. Interpreting the Writer’s Message and Purpose. Connotative Meanings.   Implied Meanings.   Figurative Language.   Understanding the Author’s Purpose.   Getting More Help With…Interpreting the Writer’s Message and Purpose. Test-Taking Tips: Answering Inference Questions . Self-Test Summary .           Mastery Test 1: Interpretative Skills .           Mastery Test 2: Interpretative Skills .           Mastery Test 3: Interpretative Skills .           Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: Dreams for Sale, Kenneth R. Weiss .   13. Evaluating: Asking Critical Questions. What Is the Source of the Material?   Is an Internet Source Reliable?   What Is the Authority of the Author?   Does the Writer Make Assumptions?   Is the Author Biased?   Is the Writing Slanted?   How Does the Writer Support His or Her Ideas?   Is It Fact or Opinion?   Does the Writer Make Value Judgments?   Self-Test Summary .   Getting More Help With…Evaluating. Test-Taking Tips: Answering Questions about Sources .         Mastery Test 1: Critical Reading Skills .           Mastery Test 2: Critical Reading Skills .           Mastery Test 3: Critical Reading Skills .           Mastery Test 4: Reading Selection: Arming Myself With a Gun Is Not the Answer, Bronwyn Jones . V. A FICTION MINI READER. Reading and Interpreting Short Stories.   The Story of An Hour, Kate Chopin. Thank You, M’am, Langston Hughes. The Chaser, John Collier. The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe. The Lady, or the Tiger?, Frank R. Stockton. VI. A CONTEMPORARY ISSUES MINI READER. Issue 1: Vegetarianism. Why Go Veg?, Barbara Tunick. “I Don’t Eat Red Meat”: A Health Strategy or a Platitude?, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter. Issue 2:   Gay Marriage. Why the M Word Matters to Me, Andrew Sullivan. Should Gay Marriage Be Legally Recognized? No, Ron Crews. Issue 3:   The Right to Die. What to Do About Terri, Richard Jerome, with Lori Rozsa and Don Sider. When Living Is a Fate Worse than Death, Christine Mitchell. Issue 4:   Human Organ Donation. The Case for Selling Human Organs, Ronald Bailey. In Science’s Name, Lucrative Trade in Body Parts, John M. Broder, Sandra Blakeslee, Charlie LeDuff, and Andrew Pollack. Progress Charts.   Endnotes.   Credits.   Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780321455079
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Longman Inc
  • Height: 232 mm
  • No of Pages: 624
  • Width: 191 mm
  • ISBN-10: 032145507X
  • Publisher Date: 07 Sep 2007
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 953 gr


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