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Reading For Results With Cd-rom, Eighth Edition
Reading For Results With Cdrom Eighth Edition Author:Laraine E. Flemming The aim of this text is to help students discover the key elements of individual paragraphs and then apply what they have learned to longer, multi-paragraph selections drawn from textbooks, magazines, and newspapers. By incorporating writing suggestions and critical thinking questions throughout the text with readings carefully chosen to stimula... more »te student interest, this text aims to encourage students to develop and express their own opinions so that they become better readers and better thinkers. Selections have been chosen from a variety of sources to incite discussion, to engage students in active reading, and to prepare students for courses in a variety of disciplines. The selections intend to offer students the opportunity to apply each reading skill and also acquaint students with content and organization common to academic sources, thus providing valuable information for both academic and workplace success. Starting with the paragraph, students are guided through the process of discovering main ideas and supporting details, how to recognize patterns of organization, and how to distinguish fact from opinion. New skills build on old ones, and students apply what they have learned to longer, multi-paragraph sections. Discussion questions and writing suggestions intend to encourage students to connect reading and writing, and to make them think and read critically. Exercises follow each newly introduced concept, providing students with practice and review opportunities. The explanations coupled with the exercises reinforce each new concept or skill, preparing students to take end-of-chapter tests. Vocabulary instruction is also included.« less