Langan, John
Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills / John Langan. - 6th ed. - West Berlin, NJ : Townsend Press, Inc., 2014. - xii, 652 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - TP Reading Series .
"TEN STEPS TO IMPROVING COLLEGE READING SKILLS, Sixth Edition, will help you become a better reader and a stronger thinker. The book carefully explains and illustrates ten key reading skills that are widely recognized to be essential for literal and critical comprehension. It then provides numerous high-quality activities and high-interest reading selections to help you practice and master those skills." (Book Cover). TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface: To the Instructor INTRODUCTION 1. How to Become a Better Reader and Thinker 2. Reading for Pleasure and Power 3. Some Quick Study Tips PART ONE Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills 1. Vocabulary in Context Reading: Night Watch / Roy Popkin Mastery Tests 2. Main Ideas Reading: Here’s to Your Health / Joan Dunayer Mastery Tests 3. Supporting Details Reading: Child-Rearing Styles / Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds Mastery Tests 4. Implied Main Ideas Reading: Rowing the Bus / Paul Logan Mastery Tests 5. Relationships I Reading: Wonder in the Air / Jeff Gammage Mastery Tests 6. Relationships II Reading: Students in Shock / John Kellmayer and Alina Wyden Mastery Tests 7. Inferences Reading: Gender Inequality in the 21st Century / James M. Henslin Mastery Tests 8. Purpose and Tone Reading: The Scholarship Jacket / Marta Salinas Mastery Tests 9. Argument Reading: In Praise of the F Word / Mary Sherry Mastery Tests 10. Critical Reading Reading: The 2,000-Year-Old Wonder Drug / David B. Agus Mastery Tests PART TWO Ten Reading Selections 1. The Yellow Ribbon / Pete Hamill 2. College Athletes Should be Paid / Ann Kaufman 3. Shame / Dick Gregory 4. The Bystander Effect / Dorothy Barkin 5. Growing Less Dumb / Eileen Brenoff Coping with Nervousness / Rudolph F. Verderber Compliance Techniques: Getting People to Say Yes / Shelley E. Taylor, Letitia Anne Peplau, and David O. Sears 8. Lizzie Borden / James Kirby Martin and others 9.Nonverbal Communication / Anthony F. Grasha 10. The Power Within / John Langan PART THREE Relationships and Combined-Skills Tests 1. Relationships Tests
2. Combined Skill Tests Appendixes Pronunciation Guide Writing Assignments Limited Answer Key
High-Intermediate. Reading level 8-12.
9781591944232 (Student Book.) 9781591944249 (Instructor's Ed.)
Reading--(Higher Education)
Reading Comprehension.
College Readers.
Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills / John Langan. - 6th ed. - West Berlin, NJ : Townsend Press, Inc., 2014. - xii, 652 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - TP Reading Series .
"TEN STEPS TO IMPROVING COLLEGE READING SKILLS, Sixth Edition, will help you become a better reader and a stronger thinker. The book carefully explains and illustrates ten key reading skills that are widely recognized to be essential for literal and critical comprehension. It then provides numerous high-quality activities and high-interest reading selections to help you practice and master those skills." (Book Cover). TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface: To the Instructor INTRODUCTION 1. How to Become a Better Reader and Thinker 2. Reading for Pleasure and Power 3. Some Quick Study Tips PART ONE Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills 1. Vocabulary in Context Reading: Night Watch / Roy Popkin Mastery Tests 2. Main Ideas Reading: Here’s to Your Health / Joan Dunayer Mastery Tests 3. Supporting Details Reading: Child-Rearing Styles / Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds Mastery Tests 4. Implied Main Ideas Reading: Rowing the Bus / Paul Logan Mastery Tests 5. Relationships I Reading: Wonder in the Air / Jeff Gammage Mastery Tests 6. Relationships II Reading: Students in Shock / John Kellmayer and Alina Wyden Mastery Tests 7. Inferences Reading: Gender Inequality in the 21st Century / James M. Henslin Mastery Tests 8. Purpose and Tone Reading: The Scholarship Jacket / Marta Salinas Mastery Tests 9. Argument Reading: In Praise of the F Word / Mary Sherry Mastery Tests 10. Critical Reading Reading: The 2,000-Year-Old Wonder Drug / David B. Agus Mastery Tests PART TWO Ten Reading Selections 1. The Yellow Ribbon / Pete Hamill 2. College Athletes Should be Paid / Ann Kaufman 3. Shame / Dick Gregory 4. The Bystander Effect / Dorothy Barkin 5. Growing Less Dumb / Eileen Brenoff Coping with Nervousness / Rudolph F. Verderber Compliance Techniques: Getting People to Say Yes / Shelley E. Taylor, Letitia Anne Peplau, and David O. Sears 8. Lizzie Borden / James Kirby Martin and others 9.Nonverbal Communication / Anthony F. Grasha 10. The Power Within / John Langan PART THREE Relationships and Combined-Skills Tests 1. Relationships Tests
2. Combined Skill Tests Appendixes Pronunciation Guide Writing Assignments Limited Answer Key
High-Intermediate. Reading level 8-12.
9781591944232 (Student Book.) 9781591944249 (Instructor's Ed.)
Reading--(Higher Education)
Reading Comprehension.
College Readers.