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Reading Skills For College Students (Book Alone), 7/E
Ophelia H Hancock, Macon College

ISBN-10: 0132208121
ISBN-13: 9780132208123

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 448 pp
Published: 05/25/2006


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Reading Skills for College Students increases students' reading skills and reading enjoyment!

 

The purpose of the seventh edition of Reading Skills for College Students is the same as previous editions--to improve the reading skills of college students and to increase their reading enjoyment. Hancock continues to help students improve their vocabulary, comprehension, reading rate, and study and test-taking abilities. The seventh edition covers all the reading skills required for college study, giving students hands-on practice with a variety of exercises. An abundance of information is available through expanding technology revolution; however, it takes advanced reading skills to select, read, and evaluate all this information.

 

Reading Skills for College Students serves as an excellent resource for the rest of students’ college careers by providing instruction on reading in six different major content areas. The author has included specific chapters on reading for Literature, History, Psychology, Biology, Computers and Data Processing, and Business courses.

 

 

 

  • Online Instructor's Manual with Tests–Contains tests with two levels of difficulty, with teaching suggestions and answers to all exercises.
    • Provides students with easy-to-use tools that encourage independence and skill-building. Enables instructors to devote time to teaching rather than devising their own tests.
  • Basic skills in reading–Covered in Part I; this section includes vocabulary, comprehension, rate, and study skills.
    • Teaches students skills they'll need throughout their college careers.
  • Content reading areas–Covered in Part II; this section includes literature, history, business, psychology, biology, and computer science.
    • Enables students to apply reading skills to different contexts that they are likely to encounter in their future academic programs.
  • Collection of reading selections in Part III–Drawn from textbooks, novels, newspapers, and magazines.
    • Presents students with a diversity of topics and styles that provide interest, encouraging good reading skills.
  • Graphics, charts, tables, and maps–Featured in a comprehensive chapter.
    • Enables students to view graphics as a part of reading passages.

NEW- Chapter 9: Purpose and Tone is new to the 7th edition. This chapter will provide students with additional skills needed to understand their reading and to be better prepared for college testing.

 

NEW- Chapter 15: History has been rewritten with a new passage and exercies. The title of the new passage is "A Changing America."

 

NEW- Chapter 19: Business in Part II: Reading in the Content Area is also new. This new chapter was added to provide students with practical information about one possible career choice. 

 

NEW- John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" is a new reading selction.

PART ONE: READING SKILLS.

 1. Study Skills.

 2. Context Clues.

 3. Structural Analysis.

 4. Dictionary Skills.

 5. Main Ideas.

 6. Details.

 7. Signal Words.

 8. Organizational Patterns.

 9. Purpose And Tone.

10. Inferences.

11. Critical Reading.

12. Graphics.

13. Rate.

PART TWO: READING IN THE CONTENT AREA.

14. Literature.

15. History.

16. Psychology.

17. Biology.

18. Computer Science And Data Processing.

19. Business.

PART THREE: READING SELECTIONS.

Selection One: "Evolution of a Flag" by Allyson Patton.

Selection Two: "Are We Tolerating More Dishonesty?" by Barbara Zigli.

Selection Three: "I'm Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge" by Adrienne Popper.

Selection Four: "Statue of Liberty National Monument."

Selection Five: "Hard Times" by Norman Strung.

Selection Six: "The Open Window" by Saki (H. Munro).

Selection Seven: "In the Blink of an Eye" by Shawna Vogel.

Selection Eight: "The Chaser" by John Collier.

Selection Nine: "They Dared Cocaine and Lost" Henry Hurt.

Selection Ten: "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, translated by Edgar V. Roberts.

Selection Eleven: "One Good Turn" by Witold Rybezynski.

Selection Twelve: "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty.

Selection Thirteen: "The Chrysanthemums" by Jon Steinbeck.

Selection Fourteen: "The Attic of the Brain" by Lewis Thomas.

Selection Fifteen: "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury.

Index.

    For courses in College Reading. This test ships automatically with MyReadingLab!

     

    Reading Skills for College Students increases students' reading skills and reading enjoyment!

     

    The purpose of the seventh edition of Reading Skills for College Students is the same as previous editions--to improve the reading skills of college students and to increase their reading enjoyment. Hancock continues to help students improve their vocabulary, comprehension, reading rate, and study and test-taking abilities. The seventh edition covers all the reading skills required for college study, giving students hands-on practice with a variety of exercises. An abundance of information is available through expanding technology revolution; however, it takes advanced reading skills to select, read, and evaluate all this information.

     

    Reading Skills for College Students serves as an excellent resource for the rest of students’ college careers by providing instruction on reading in six different major content areas. The author has included specific chapters on reading for Literature, History, Psychology, Biology, Computers and Data Processing, and Business courses.

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Prentice Hall is proud to present the seventh edition of READING SKILLS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. Thousands of students have used this successful text to improve their vocabulary, comprehension, reading rate and test taking.

 

Unlike many other texts, this READING SKILLS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS serves as an excellent resource for the rest of students’ college careers by providing instruction on reading in six different major content areas. The author has included specific chapters on reading for:

Literature,

History

Psychology

Biology

Computers and Data Processing

Business

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For Intermediate Reading (9-12 grade level)


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