Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills (DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH) - Softcover

Mather, Peter; McCarthy, Rita Romero

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007351358X ISBN 13: 9780073513584

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2015

Synopsis

Reading and All That Jazz, an introductory-to-intermediate reading text, motivates and engages readers with contemporary and relevant readings while building the essential reading skills and vocabulary needed for literal and critical comprehension. With multiple practice opportunities and an adaptive learning plan via Connect Reading, Reading and All That Jazz provides for genuine thinking, assessment, and interpretation.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr. Mather earned his B.A. in Government from the University of the Redlands, his M.A. in African Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, his M.A. in Reading from California State Univeristy, Los Angeles, and his Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Southern California. He has taught reading at the secondary, adult-education, and community-college levels for over twenty years. He has published articles in the Journal of Reading.

Ms. McCarthy earned a B.A. in Sociology and History from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. in Education from Arizona State University. She has taught at the elememtary, secondary, adult-education, and community-college levels for over twenty years. For the past ten years, she has taught developmental reading and E.S.L. classes at Glendale Community College. Ms. McCarthy has published articles in professional journals and other media on the use of bibliotherapy. She has also published reading lists for beginning and remedial readers and is a reading specialist.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007351358X
• ISBN 13: 9780073513584
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 592