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9780073660295

New Worlds : An Introduction to College Reading

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  • ISBN13:

    9780073660295

  • ISBN10:

    0073660299

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-10-21
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

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Summary

"New Worlds" is an introductory college reading improvement text that applies the successful approach of the authors' "Opening Doors" and "Comprehending College Textbooks," and Janet Elder's "Exercise Your College Reading Skills," in a format designed to help lower-level developmental reading students succeed in college. This approach presents skills clearly, in a structured approach that emphasizes comprehension and provides thorough, on-going practice and application of the skills. This second edition includes fuller explanations, more practice exercises, ten new reading selections, expanded quizzes for all reading selections, and a wealth of new media support.

Table of Contents

PART 1: A NEW WORLD OF LEARNING: GETTING STARTED IN COLLEGE

Chapter 1: Being Successful in College: A New World of Reading and Studying

Reading Selection 1: Coping with Stress and Making It Work for You (Wellness)

Chapter 2: Developing a College Vocabulary: A New World of Words

Reading Selection 2: Road Rage: Aggressive Driving (Health)

PART 2: A NEW WORLD OF UNDERSTANDING: USING CORE COMPREHENSION SKILLS TO READ COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS

Chapter 3: Determining the Topic

Reading Selection 3: Three Parenting Styles (Human Development)

Chapter 4: Locating the Stated Main Idea

Reading Selection 4: Identifying Your Job Opportunities (Marketing)

Chapter 5: Formulating Implied Main Ideas

Reading Selection 5: The Vietnam Memorial and the AIDS Quilt (Art appreciation)

Chapter 6: Identifying Supporting Details

Reading Selection 6-1: Smart Cards (Information technology)

Reading Selection 6-2: Buddha (History)

Chapter 7: Recognizing Authors’ Writing Patterns

Reading Selection 7-1: The Common Cold (Health)

Reading Selection 7-2: Theory X and Theory Y (Business)

PART 3: A NEW WORLD OF THINKING CRITICALLY

Chapter 8: Reading Critically

Reading Selection 8-1: “A Day Away” from Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou (Literature)

Reading Selection 8-2: “A Passage of Hands”: from About This Life by Barry Lopez (Literature)

Chapter 9: Reading Critically to Evaluate Written Material

Reading Selection 9-1: Police Power in Japan (Sociology)

Reading Selection 9-2: Dual-Earner Couples (Human development)

PART 4: A NEW WORLD OF STUDYING

Chapter 10: Approaching College Reading and Studying

Reading Selection 10: Sole Proprietorships (Business)

Chapter 11: Applying Core Comprehension Skills When You Study

Reading Selection 11: AIDS (Health)

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