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The Reader's Voice: Developing Your Understanding and Enjoyment of College Reading, 1/e

BASIC APPROACH

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

The Reader's Voice focuses on the reading process as an interaction between the reader and the writer, including emotional as well as intellectual responses.

Skills are taught in carefully sequenced strategies that allow students to monitor their own reading process as they move from a personal response to a more objective analysis and finally to a thoughtful evaluation. Readings are thematically arranged to encourage student interest and build critical thinking skills. Vocabulary and study skills are also featured.

FEATURES

• Readings are arranged around high-interest themes—learning for yourself; popular culture; men and women, boys and girls; and working and careers.
• "Linking Ideas on a Theme" feature promotes active engagement with the ways readings are related.
• Skills presented as strategies give students practice in observing their own thinking as they build confidence.
• Writing activities are included for each reading selection, building gradually from subjective response and questioning to summary, analysis, and finally to critical evaluation.
• Collaborative activities are also included for each reading. Students learn that talking with others is a way to develop their thinking about what they're reading.
• Summaries at the end of each chapter remind students of how the strategy they have just learned ties with the idea of the reader's voice. The steps of each strategy are reviewed, along with key terms. Students are encouraged to reflect on their own progress.
• "Time Out for You," a special feature in every chapter, includes self-reflection activities and study skills.

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