Student Text (A Community of Readers) - Softcover

Alexander, Roberta; Lombardi, Jan

 
9780618918669: Student Text (A Community of Readers)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0618918663 ISBN 13: 9780618918669
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2006

Synopsis

Organized around high-interest contemporary themes, A Community of Readers presents college-level reading skills in the context of current and real-life issues relevant to students. A Community of Readers offers guided, in-depth instruction in all segments of the reading and learning process: reading, discussing, writing, and critical thinking. The authors use a unique system to teach the reading process called PRO (Prepare to Read, Read Actively and Reflect, and Organize to learn), which gives students a concrete learning device to follow. Each chapter introduces a key reading skill (main idea, vocabulary, inference), with all readings in that chapter centered on the same theme; this thematic organization helps students develop schema while improving their reading skills. The Fourth Edition emphasizes basic reading skills as well as higher level, critical reading skills, examining fact and opinion, understanding bias, and thinking critically.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0618918663
ISBN 13 
9780618918669
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
4
Number of pages
608