Developing college reading

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ISBN-10:

015501479X

ISBN-13:

9780155014794

Author(s): JACOBUS, LEE A.
Edition: 5th
Released: Jan 01, 1995
Format: Paperback, 422 pages
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Description:

Appropriate for reading improvement of developmental reading courses, DEVELOPING COLLEGE READING incorporates a selection of exceptional, high quality reading materials on diverse social issues such as, racial prejudice, feminism, ecology, and multiculturalism. It allows for careful progression of reading levels from the beginning to the end of the book and provides exercises that are consistent with grade level of passage. Features: * Previews of the vocabulary accompany each section of the book. * Readings are sequenced to increase in difficulty throughout the text starting at 4th grade reading level and ending at 12th grade. * Emphasizes critical thinking, different ways of reading and various reading strategies. * Provides exercises for each passage to test vocabulary, retention, concentration, capacity to draw inferences and reason. * Uses popular first-year textbooks for reading samples. New to this edition: * Presents several new readings on major social issues, as well as new passages by Frederik Douglass, Betty Lee Sung, Andre Dubus, Marion Wright Edelman, Gloria Bonilla-Santiago and others.

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