The lower-level text in Brenda Smith's two-book series, Breaking Through: College Reading, Eleventh Edition motivates and helps equip readers with the skills they need to achieve their academic and career goals. The text emphasizes the building of prior knowledge - or schemata - one of the most critical elements in helping developing readers achieve.KEY TOPICS:
Successful Reading; Stages of Reading; Textbook Learning; Vocabulary; Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details; Supporting Details and Organizational Patterns; Inference; Analytical Reasoning; Critical Reading; Survivor Casebook: Apply Your Reading Skills; Sample Textbook Chapter; Word Parts: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes; Spelling Confusing Words; ESL: Making Sense of Figurative Language and Idioms; Test-Taking Preparation and Practice; Practice for Reading Efficiency.MARKET:
A useful guide and reference for individuals who wish to improve their reading skills to pursue academic studies.
- ISBN10 0321879406
- ISBN13 9780321879400
- Publish Date 31 August 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 July 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Longman Publishing Group
- Edition 10th ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Language English