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Academic Reading: College Major and Career Applications (with NEW MyReadingLab with Pearson eText Student Access Code Card)(English)

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In Academic Reading: College Major and Career Applications, Kathleen McWhorter offers a unique, contextualized approach that develops higher-level comprehension, vocabulary, and thinking skills while introducing readers to the six most popular academic disciplines and career fields and how to adapt their reading skills for these fields.

Table of Contents:
Brief Contents   Detailed Contents  vi   Preface  xii   The Top Ten College Majors  xx   Academic Success in College  1   Part 1      Fundamental Reading Strategies  21         Chapter 1   Strategies for Active Reading  21         Chapter 2   Fundamental Comprehension Skills  54         Chapter 3   Essential Vocabulary Skills  75   Part 2      Critical Reading Strategies  103         Chapter 4   Evaluating the Author's Message  103         Chapter 5   Evaluating the Author's Techniques  130         Chapter 6   Reading and Evaluating Arguments  154   Part 3      Academic Reading Strategies  177         Chapter 7   Patterns of Academic Thought  177         Chapter 8   Reading and Evaluating Graphics and Online Sources  222         Chapter 9   Using Writing to Learn  252   Part 4      Strategies for Specific Disciplines  277         Chapter 10  Reading in the Social Sciences  277         Chapter 11  Reading in Business  300         Chapter 12  Reading in the Liberal Arts, Humanities, and Education  323         Chapter 13  Reading in Mathematics  355         Chapter 14  Reading in the Life and Physical Sciences  382         Chapter 15  Reading in Technical and Applied Fields  407         Online Chapter: Reading Research, Practice, and Collateral Assignments          Credits  435         Index  441


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780321841407
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Longman Inc
  • Edition: 0007-
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: College Major and Career Applications (with NEW MyReadingLab with Pearson eText Student Access Code Card)
  • Width: 186 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0321841409
  • Publisher Date: 28 May 2012
  • Binding: SA
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 464
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 0 gr


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