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Developing Vocabulary, 1/e

BASIC APPROACH

(Note: This textbook was published by our college division for use by students at post-secondary institutions whose writing skills are below the level needed to succeed in college English. Please review this text carefully to ensure appropriateness of content for your students.)

The first in a new 3-book series, Developing Vocabulary builds a college-level vocabulary to prepare students for studies within academic the various disciplines and everyday situations.

This skills-based series provides plentiful exercises requiring students to explore words through context clues, word analysis, proper usage, and application so that the chapters are associative, comprehensive, and generative. This series makes a perfect companion to the Henry reading series (The Skilled Reader, The Effective Reader, and The Master Reader) or stand-alone.

FEATURES

• Word lists—Every chapter opens with a discipline-specific list of common terms the student may expect to encounter, laying a foundation for success.
• "Getting Ready to Read About" feature—A three-part structure opens each chapter: an introduction that includes a visual, information about a particular college course, and the word parts to help students understand discipline specific vocabulary.
• Vocabulary in Context—To help students remember the meaning of the word, chapter exercises require students to explore words through context clues.
• Synonyms and Antonyms—Used as a means of broadening the scope of the student's vocabulary, exercise on synonyms and antonyms are included in each chapter.
• "Stop and Think" feature—Two end-of-chapter exercises provide additional practice with new words.
• "Visual Vocabulary" feature—This feature was developed to help visual learners use images to develop their college vocabularies. Photographs and drawings are accompanied by captions for students to complete as a quick test of vocabulary development and reading comprehension.
• Textbook excerpts—So that students can gain experience in reading across the content areas, numerous readings are excerpts and adaptations of textbooks from across the disciplines.
• Unit Review Tests—Each unit is closed by a comprehensive test to reinforce the material and offer more practice

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