Reading Skills for Success A Guide to Academic Texts

Name: Reading Skills for Success A Guide to Academic Texts
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ISBN: 9780472089130

ISBN-10: 0472089137

ISBN-13: 9780472089130

Edition: 2003

Authors: Thomas A. Upton

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Reading Skills for Success is a guide to advanced reading skills that can be used in conjunction with any freshman-level text. It is an excellent sequel to Reader's Choice, 4th edition. Students using this book will develop their text-based processing skills by developing better understanding of word-level clues and recognizing different types of text structures. The appendixes include two sample textbook chapters -- the first on ecosystems and the second on the diffusion of languages -- so students may practice what they have learned. Activities are designed to improve: analytical reading of academic prose the ability to apply one's knowledge to what is read by identifying textual…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 1/5/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




World-Level Clues to Meaning



Vocabulary Development Strategies: Using Context Clues



Recognizing Technical Terms Defined in Context



Pronouns and Restatements: Identifying Continuing Ideas



Understanding Expository Text Structures



Logical Connectors: Recognizing Development of Ideas



Determining Main Ideas



Enumeration and Classification Organization



Comparison-Contrast Organization



Time Order and Cause-and-Effect Organization



Reading to Study



Improving Study Skills: Introduction to Reading Strategies



Study-Reading Strategies: SQ3R



Taking Notes: The Cornell Method



Sample Textbook Chapter: Ecosystems: How They Work



Sample Textbook Chapter: The Diffusion of Languages



Reading for Pleasure



Vocabulary Development Strategies: Using Word Parts



Additional Vocabulary Identification Practice



Additional List of Common Academic Vocabulary



Additional Main Ideas and Organizational Structure Practice


References


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