Academic Literacy: Readings and StrategiesHoughton Mifflin, 2001 - 590 pages Designed for mid-level developmental readers, "Academic Literacy combines a reading strategies handbook with discipline-specific readings. Part I, "Handbook for Reading and Study Strategies, emphasizes active reading and the basics of comprehension: topics, main ideas, supporting details, patterns of organization, understanding vocabulary, and notetaking. The seven chapters in Part II, "Discipline-Specific Readings, introduce students to readings typically encountered in seven different college disciplines. |
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able academic ACTIVITY American answer appear apply begin businesses called cause chapter clause clue complete conclusions consider contains context contrast course create critical define definition determine developed dictionary discuss effect entry essay evidence example expect experience explain fact feel focus give identify illustrates important indicate inferences instance knowledge language listening look main idea main-idea sentence major Managers material meaning Note Once opinion organized paragraph particular pattern person practice prediction prefix prepared probably problem questions reader reading reasons refer relationship result root selection signal words similar single sometimes Source statement strategies suggested term things tion topic understand unknown word usually visual aid women write
References to this book
Reading Success for Struggling Adolescent Learners Susan Davis Lenski,Jill Lewis No preview available - 2008 |