Title:
Ten steps to improving college reading skills / John Langan.
Author:
Langan, John, 1942-
Publication Information:
West Berlin, N.J. : Townsend Press, c2008.
Call Number:
LB2395.3 .L36 2008
Abstract:
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.
Series Title:
Townsend Press reading series
Edition:
5th ed.
ISBN:
9781591940999
Series:
Townsend Press reading series
Physical Description:
xii, 628 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
How to become a better reader and thinker -- Reading for pleasure and power -- Some quick study tips -- Vocabulary in context -- Main ideas -- Supporting details -- Implied main ideas -- Relationships I -- Relationships II -- Inferences -- Purpose and tone -- Argument -- Critical reading -- Ten reading selections -- Combined-skills test.
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