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Reader's Handbook, The: Reading Strategies for College and Everyday Life


Author(s): Smith, Brenda D.
ISBN10:  0321104137
ISBN13:  9780321104137
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  1/1/2004
Publisher(s): Longman

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SummaryTable of Contents
"The Reader's Handbook" is a unique reference tool that provides all the skills, tools, and techniques necessary to read effectively in both college and everyday life." "The Reader's Handbook" is organized into three parts: Part 1 is an explanation of strategies for mastering discrete reading skills; Part 2 focuses on reading in a wide variety of different academic disciplines; and Part 3 covers reading in the everyday world (print media, electronic media, contemporary fiction, graphics, mail, workplace, etc.) "The Reader's Handbook" is meant as a resource for lifelong learning, and contains practice material throughout. Its companion volume, "The Lifelong Reader," offers a wealth of additional readings and practices organized along the Handbook's table of contents. A handbook for people seeking to develop their reading skills or nurture a love of reading.
Brief Contents v
Preface vii
Part One Reading Strategies
1(166)
The Reading Process
3(18)
What are the benefits of being a good reader?
3(3)
What is previewing?
6(7)
How do you build meaning while reading?
13(3)
Why recall after reading?
16(5)
Vocabulary
21(27)
How do you learn new words?
21(2)
What clues help unlock the meaning of new words?
23(13)
What resources can help you with words?
36(8)
What are analogies?
44(2)
What are acronyms?
46(2)
Main Idea
48(23)
What is a main idea?
48(1)
What is a topic?
49(6)
What is a detail?
55(4)
What are the strategies for stating main ideas?
59(12)
Details and Organizational Patterns
71(24)
Can you recognize levels of importance of details?
71(2)
Can you distinguish major and minor details?
73(4)
Can you follow detailed directions?
77(2)
What are the patterns for organizing ideas?
79(12)
How do transitional words signal organizational patterns?
91(4)
Inference
95(18)
What is an inference?
95(6)
What is figurative language?
101(4)
How do you recognize implied meaning?
105(3)
How do you draw conclusions?
108(5)
Point of View
113(20)
What is the author's point of view?
113(4)
What is the reader's point of view?
117(4)
How do facts and opinions differ?
121(1)
What is the author's purpose?
122(2)
What is the author's tone?
124(9)
Critical Thinking
133(19)
What is critical thinking?
133(4)
What are the steps in critical thinking?
137(12)
How do creative and critical thinking differ?
149(3)
Reading Rate
152(15)
What is your reading rate?
152(4)
What are the techniques for faster reading?
156(6)
Why skim?
162(1)
Why scan?
163(4)
Part Two Reading in the Disciplines
167(180)
Techniques for Remembering Textbook Information
169(15)
How do you organize college textbook reading?
169(1)
What is annotating?
170(3)
What is summary writing?
173(1)
What is notetaking?
174(2)
What is outlining?
176(2)
What is mapping?
178(2)
What are mnemonics?
180(4)
Reading in the Humanities
184(21)
What are the humanities?
184(1)
How is history interpreted?
185(8)
Are speech and communication more than just words?
193(2)
What is an English composition?
195(2)
How can philosophy teach you how to think?
197(4)
For further practice: Extended reading selection in history
201(4)
Reading Literature, Poetry, and Drama
205(24)
What is literature?
205(5)
How do literary genres differ?
210(11)
How is literature interpreted?
221(4)
For further practice: Extended reading selection in literature
225(4)
Reading in the Social Sciences
229(24)
What are the social sciences?
229(2)
What is psychology?
231(6)
What is sociology?
237(4)
What is anthropology?
241(4)
What is political science?
245(3)
For further practice: Extended reading selection in psychology
248(5)
Reading in the Life and Natural Sciences
253(26)
What are the life and natural sciences?
253(1)
What is biology?
254(6)
What is chemistry?
260(4)
What are the allied health sciences?
264(5)
What are geography and geology?
269(3)
What is astronomy?
272(1)
What is environmental science?
273(2)
For further practice: Extended reading selection in biology
275(4)
Reading in Mathematics and Computer Sciences
279(20)
How can you get the most from your mathematics textbook?
279(8)
What problem-solving strategies can you depend on?
287(6)
How can you get the most from your computer science textbook?
293(3)
For further practice: Extended reading selection in computer science
296(3)
Reading in the Business Disciplines
299(25)
What are the goals of college business courses?
299(2)
How do management and marketing differ from the other business disciplines?
301(14)
What is accounting?
315(1)
What is economics?
316(3)
For further practice: Extended reading selection in business
319(5)
Reading Vocational and Technical Material
324(23)
Why choose a vocational or technical school?
324(1)
What is horticulture?
325(5)
What are electricity, electronics, and computer technology?
330(7)
What is automotive technology?
337(3)
What is heating and air conditioning technology?
340(1)
For further practice: Extended reading selection in electronics
341(6)
Part Three Reading in Everyday Life
347
Reading Past and Present
349(17)
Why did people want to read and write?
349(5)
How did people learn to read in America?
354(3)
What are modern beliefs, theories, and trends in teaching reading?
357(3)
Why have book clubs become so popular?
360(1)
How is book club business conducted?
361(5)
Reading Print Media
366(18)
How do print media consumers make intelligent purchasing decisions?
366(1)
How are newspapers organized and what are their elements?
367(8)
How do you choose a newspaper?
375(2)
How do you differentiate magazines?
377(7)
Reading Electronic Media
384(20)
What are the Internet and the World Wide Web?
384(1)
What is e-mail?
385(6)
How do you navigate the World Wide Web?
391(9)
How do you read electronic material critically?
400(4)
Reading Contemporary Fiction and Nonfiction
404(19)
What are the different types of contemporary fiction?
404(11)
What are the different types of contemporary nonfiction?
415(3)
What should you consider when selecting a book?
418(5)
Reading Graphics
423(16)
What do graphics do?
423(1)
How do you read graphic material and visual aids?
424(15)
Reading in the Workplace
439(17)
How should you manage workplace reading?
439(1)
What are the different types of workplace reading?
440(16)
Reading Personal Mail
456(14)
What should you expect from a letter?
456(3)
What are the different parts of a bill?
459(3)
How do you respond to direct mail advertisements?
462(8)
Reading Reference Works and Scholarly Articles
470
What reference works are available?
470(4)
How do you find relevant research references?
474(7)
How do you read scholarly articles?
481
Appendixes
A Writing Effectively
1(1)
B ESL Pointers: Making Sense of Figurative Language and Idioms
1(1)
C Test-taking Strategies
1(1)
Glossary 1(1)
Credits 1(1)
Index 1

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