English Skills - Softcover
This combined rhetoric/worktext is designed for basic skills writing courses that focus on the paragraph. "English Skills" features John Langan's clear explanations and his wide range of motivating activities and assignments that reinforce the Four Bases of Effective Writing: Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills.
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New Student CD-ROM: Every copy of the text comes packaged with the English Skills CD-ROM.
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Chapter for Non-Native Speakers: The Fifth Edition has a new chapter in the Sentence Skills section for non-native speakers. It is complete with exercises and activities.
The Internet: A revised and updated chapter on using the library includes helpful advice on using the internet.
Model Research Paper: This new paper follows the latest MLA guidelines and incorporates a variety of electronic sources.
More Process: A new chapter in Part One, The Writing Process, uses sample student paragraphs to demonstrate how prewriting and revision are essential parts of the act of writing, and a major new section on revising sentences has been added.
About the Author:
The Langan Support Hotline: 1-800-MCGRAWH (800-624-7294) or langan@mcgraw-hill.com
Staffed from 8 to 6 EST, the Langan line offers:
Expert answers to text queries and concerns from McGraw-Hill editors and staff
Fast fulfillment of Desk/Exam Copy Requests
Updates on the Langan Series
Information on Special Discount Packages
Technology Advice and Support
Chapter for Non-Native Speakers: The Fifth Edition has a new chapter in the Sentence Skills section for non-native speakers. It is complete with exercises and activities.
The Internet: A revised and updated chapter on using the library includes helpful advice on using the internet.
Model Research Paper: This new paper follows the latest MLA guidelines and incorporates a variety of electronic sources.
More Process: A new chapter in Part One, The Writing Process, uses sample student paragraphs to demonstrate how prewriting and revision are essential parts of the act of writing, and a major new section on revising sentences has been added.
John Langan has taught reading and writing at Atlantic Community College near Atlantic City, New Jersey, for over twenty years. The author of a popular series of college textbook on both reading and writing, he enjoys the challenge of developinging materials that teach skills in an especially clear and lively way. Before teaching, he earned advanced degrees in writing at Rutgers University and in reading at Glassboro State Collee. He also spent a year writing fiction.
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