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Reading Quest, The: Strategies and Practice for Effective College Reading
Gene Wintner, Northern Essex Community College

ISBN-10: 0205296866
ISBN-13: 9780205296866

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2000
Format: Paper; 470 pp
Published: 10/18/1999
Status: Out of Print

Suggested retail price: $70.20
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The Reading Quest provides instruction and practice with the fundamental comprehension and vocabulary strategies students need to become effective college readers.

The book shows students how to make reading an active process in which their meaningful engagement is key to their learning. The book takes an integrated approach by offering reinforcement and practice of already learned skills in subsequent chapters.

The book views reading improvement as an organic process involving the ongoing assimilation of more effective reading habits and the progressive accumulation of new vocabulary and concepts. The book engages students with meaningful content, with practice material being drawn from topics relevant to students' lives and from college disciplines.

Substantial practice material from a variety of sources in each chapter ensures adequate development of newly learned skills.

“Mastery Exercises” in each chapter provide feedback for teacher and student on the student's acquisition of desired competencies.

“Applying Your Skills” exercises and two longer reading selections in each unit provide opportunities to practice newly learned comprehension skills.

Extensive coverage of vocabulary is context based. Students learn vocabulary development skills in Chapters 2 and 3, and then apply the strategies to words from the practice readings.

Appendices provide additional vocabulary instruction in word pronunciation and word structure.

“Suggestions for Writing,” included at the end of each chapter, encourage students to respond to chapter material and assess their progress.

Twelve additional readings allow for supplementary practice while affording flexibility for instructors.

A section on evaluating Web sources helps students with the important skill of reading critically on the Web.

A learning styles inventory helps students assess their individual needs (Ch. 1).

Each chapter ends with “Suggestions for Writing.”

1.Reading for Life.

Importance of Reading Skills Today.

Goal Setting.

The Seven Keys to Effective Reading.

2.Using the Context.

The Vocabulary Building Process.

Context Clues.

Applying Your Skills.

Reading 1: Success Is a Choice.

Reading 2: Sleep and Dreams.

3.Learning and Remembering Word Meanings.

Using the Dictionary.

Context and Dictionary.

Remembering Word Meanings.

Applying Your Skills.

Reading 3: Viva! Barrios Unidos.

Reading 4: Names and Identity.

4.Pre-reading Strategies.

The Study-Reading Process.

Pre-Reading Strategies.

Applying Your Skills.

Reading 5: Psychology of Self-Awareness.

Reading 6: Dropouts: Students at Risk.

5.Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Reading for Main Ideas.

Identifying the Topic.

Stated Main Ideas.

Locating the Topic Sentence.

Supporting Details.

Major and Minor Details.

Implied Main Ideas.

Applying Your Skills.

Reading 7: Work and Career.

Reading 8: The Impact of Television.

6.Monitoring Comprehension.

Monitoring Comprehension.

Paraphrasing.

Goal Questions.

Applying Your Skills.

Reading 9: Can Animals Talk?

Reading 10: Hypnosis.

7.Recognizing Organization.

Transitions.

Signal Words.

Patterns of Organization.

Recognizing Patterns of Organization.

Applying Your Skills.

Reading 11: Fleeing from Southeast Asia: The Refugees.

Reading 12: Love Is Never Enough.

8.Inference.

Inference.

Inference and Humor.

Inference and Poetry.

Author's Purpose.

Author's Tone.

Applying Your Skills.

Reading 13: The Modern Presidency.

Reading 14: I Am Crow Dog.

9.Remembering More of What You Read.

Underlining and Notetaking.

Mapping.

Summarizing.

Self-Testing.

Applying Your Skills.

Reading 15: Maslow's Theory of Human Needs.

Reading 16: Nonverbal Communication.

10. Critical Reading.

Distinguishing Fact from Opinion.

Critical Reading and Inference.

Recognizing and Evaluating Supporting Material.

Evaluating Websites.

Applying Your Skills.

Reading 17: Are Women Better Cops?

Reading 18: Smart Cars.

Additional Readings.

Reading 19: The Power to Change.

Reading 20: Why We Dream What We Dream.

Reading 21: Appealing to Buying Motives.

Reading 22: Young, Single … and a Mom.

Reading 23: The Nature of Love.

Reading 24: The Web.

Appendices.

A. Pronouncing Unfamiliar Words.

B. Understanding Word Structure: Prefixes.

C. Understanding Word Structure: Roots.

Index.

Introductory Reading (6-9 grade level) (Developmental English)

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