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Reading for Thinking
Incorporating a wealth of practice exercises and high-interest readings, READING FOR THINKING focuses on improving reading skills at the "micro-level" and moving on to the "macro-level." Over half of the book is devoted to evaluating, drawing inferences, and identifying tone, bias, and purpose. The Seventh Edition continues to focus on developing students' comprehension and critical-thinking skills. Flemming uses a carefully designed sequence of explanations and exercises that allows students to approach critical reading as a natural extension of essential comprehension skills, rather than a discrete set of new strategies. Armed with the ability to both analyze and evaluate a writer's work, students apply those twin intellectual tools to Flemming's trademark high-interest readings to determine purpose, analyze evidence, detect bias, recognize tone, and compare opposing points of view. Vocabulary quizzes have been added to each chapter.
704 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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November 1, 2019
I'm not entirely sure who this book has been written for, but I think it a good title to give to a recent high school student who feels they might not be totally prepared for academic readings in their upcoming freshman year at college.
The book starts by describing general methods that can be used to increase one’s comprehension of academic texts that can be applied to a variety of reading types. The third chapter of the book includes strategies for identifying “paragraph elements” which should help students pick out the important details and connections from the texts they are reading.
I also like the section of the book on building an academic vocabulary.
What makes this book a great "summer before college" book is that it contains a couple of dozen really wonderful academic articles, close to the level of what students will be expected to read in their first few months at school. These are accompanied by ample skill-building exercises.
It is also worth mentioning that this is a great book for students studying at higher levels who use English as a second language and need some practice dealing with academic texts written in English.
The book starts by describing general methods that can be used to increase one’s comprehension of academic texts that can be applied to a variety of reading types. The third chapter of the book includes strategies for identifying “paragraph elements” which should help students pick out the important details and connections from the texts they are reading.
I also like the section of the book on building an academic vocabulary.
What makes this book a great "summer before college" book is that it contains a couple of dozen really wonderful academic articles, close to the level of what students will be expected to read in their first few months at school. These are accompanied by ample skill-building exercises.
It is also worth mentioning that this is a great book for students studying at higher levels who use English as a second language and need some practice dealing with academic texts written in English.
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