Reading Beyond Words

As a primary text for a variety of reading courses, Reading Beyond the Words provides selections from introductory text-books in the social sciences, sciences, and humanities, as well as college-level fiction, poetry, and essays. Reading-study skills - how to identify main ideas, basic writing patterns, bias , tone inferences, and critical thinking - are stressed throughout the text, and support the book's goal of preparing students for a lifetime of writing success. Features: * Well-designed sequence for acquiring reading-study skills makes the process easy and attractive to students. * Comprehension questions build critical thinking skills. * Reading direction includes learning activities in poetry and fiction. New to this edition: * Reorganization of the first five chapters prepares students for progressively sophisticated learnining skills. * Greater number of academic readings and multi-cultural materials. * Chapter organization is now more useful and accessible to students. * New appendices on reading graphic aids and listening skills.