English Skills With Readings - Softcover

Langan, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007092063X ISBN 13: 9780070920637

Publisher: McGraw-Hill College, 1998

Synopsis

One of the most comprehensive and well-respected books of its kind, this best-selling rhetoric/reader/handbook is designed for developmental writing courses that focus on paragraph writing skills in preparation for essay writing. ENGLISH SKILLS WITH READINGS features Langan's crystal-clear explanations and his wide range of motivating activities and writing assingments that effectively reinforce the four keys to effective writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. The fourth edition includes new coverage on using the computer, expanded coverage on the writng process, updated coverage on library resources, and fresh new examples, writing activities, editing tests, and readings.

About this title

About the Author:

John Langan has taught reading and writing at Atlantic Community College near Atlantic City, New Jersey, for over twenty years. The author of a popular series of college textbooks on both reading and writing, he enjoys the challenge of developing materials that teach skills in an especially clear and lively way. Before teaching, he earned advanced degrees in writing at Rutgers University and in reading at Glassboro State Collee. He also spent a year writing fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 007092063X
• ISBN 13: 9780070920637
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 672