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Breaking Through
by Brenda Deutsch Smith, Leeann Morris, and Deborah Deutsch Smith
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.