<p>  This book provides readers with selected writings— of essays, textbooks, and fiction— from a diverse group of award-winning journalists and authors. It explores contemporary controversial issues, and a progression of skills and strategies, to successfully integrate the concepts of reading and writing, Specific readings cover a broad range of timely social, political, and philosophical themes adults can relate to—such as homelessness, impeachment, abortion, spousal abuse and murder, AIDS, date rape, the glass ceiling, cloning, and advertising of tobacco and alcohol. Contributors include Maya Angelou, Russell Baker, Art Buchwald, Ellen Goodman, John Grisham, Arthur Hope, Charles Krauthamer, Amy Tan, and Alice Walker.  For adult readers who want to become lifelong learners through development of their critical reading and thinking skills. </p>

Effective Reading in a Changing World (3rd Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Rinsky, Lee Ann

Wassman, Rose

History & Criticism

Pearson

Using an integrated approach, this work seeks to help adult readers of varying backgrounds to strengthen their cognitive abilities, view reading as a positive experience, develop the successful strategies needed for successful, lifelong reading, and explore contemporary controversial issues. It combines reading selections with in-depth practice activities, and questions for discussion and journal writing. The focus throughout is on the literal and inferential comprehension of book, essay and literary material, as well as on the skills and strategies necessary for critical thinking, vocabulary development and effective study techniques.

Effective Reading in a Changing World

Pearson College Div

Effective reading in a changing world

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