Good Reasons for Reading: A Basic Course - Softcover

Carrie Dobbs; Frank Dobbs

 
9780136309635: Good Reasons for Reading: A Basic Course

Synopsis

These three texts help students build academic vocabulary and sharpen reading skills for college-level or college-prep material.-- Good Reasons for Reading introduces ideas from different cultures, presents appropriate vocabulary, and provides exercises that let students interact with the readings.-- More Reasons for Reading features five units, each with three in-depth readings on a major topic, along with vocabulary and skills exercises.-- Reading for a Reason covers the relationship between parts of a sentence, between sentences, and between paragraphs. The readings in this text have a scientific/ technical focus -- language, genetics, anthropology, and artificial intelligence.

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From the Back Cover

This text is designed to teach the rhetorical patterns of English as they differ from the rhetorical patterns of other languages. Ideas from different cultures are introduced as well as some scientific concepts. Readers will build and enhance their vocabulary, expand their knowledge of the world and sharpen reading a comprehension abilities.

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