Reader's Corner : Expanding Perspectives Through Reading

by Kanar, Carol C.

• ISBN13: 9780618775408
• ISBN10: 0618775404
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Heinle

Summary

Written for upper-level developmental courses, The Reader's Corner features compelling reading selections and strategies that build strong critical thinking and analytical skills. The readings vary in length and reflect a range of sources, from the Associated Press to the works of authors such as Dave Barry, Caroline Huang, and William Raspberry. Longer selections allow students to apply new skills and strategies to material similar what they will encounter in other college courses. Unlike traditional texts that teach reading skills through "skill and drill" exercises, The Reader's Corner inspires students to think critically about what they read by offering a more authentic reading experience. The Third Edition presents new textbook readings and poetry selections, providing students with additional opportunities to practice their skills and work with college-level readings. A robust pre- and post-reading apparatus accompanies each selection and helps build students' vocabulary, critical-reading, and critical-thinking skills.

Table of Contents

Starting Points The Readings in This Book Reading as a Process Practical Strategies for the Readings Essential Reading Skills

Americans in Transition

Jackie Robinson

The Ritual of Fast Food

The Power of the Pill

Boomer Nation

My Spanish Standoff

The Good Daughter

9-11

Beyond the Gender Myths

Of Cosmic Proportions

Americans in the New Millennium

Personal Challenges

I Saw Anne Frank Die

Back to School

How I Quit Smoking, If I Really Did

The Boy Who Sees with Sound

Drive

Longevity and Livability

A Drag Racer

Dreams Do Come True...Someday

From The Grapes of Wrath, a novel

Tropical Storms

Hard Questions for All

Have Today's Schools Failed Male Students?

Why Do Students at U.S. Military-Base Schools Excel?

Black & Middle Class: Both a Victim of Racial Profiling--and a Practitioner

Complaint

Death Shows Binge Drinking Still Plagues Many Campuses

Heat Wave, the Editors of Time

Does a Raunchy Culture Produce Raunchy Kids?

Frightening--and Fantastic

My Long-Distance Life

Divorce and Its Effects on Children

Focuson Work and Careers

A Year of African Life Opened My Eyes

Internships: Previewing a Profession

You're a What?

Research Chef

E-Learning as Easy as ABC

Foul Language Could Be a Curse on Your Career

Until Dust Do Us Part

Science and the Gender Gap

Home-Work Paradox Persists

Barriers to Communication

What Is Listening?

More Perspectives

Some Dying Patients Need Help

Suicide Issue Diverts Us from the Real Problems

In Opposition to the Death Penalty

In Defense of the Death Penalty

An Immigration Policy for 'Real Americans'

English Spoken Here

My Papa's Waltz

Those Winter Sundays

I Have a Dream

Prejudice and Stereotypes

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