This text covers the essential reading and study skills needed for success in college courses and teaches students how to closely study, skim and read rapidly, depending on study goals and the nature of the material. Intended for use on undergraduate English courses. Sixth revised edition.

READING AND STUDY SKILLS, Fifth Edition, Form B, is the alternate version of the Fifth Edition, Form A. It provides students with the essential reading and study skills they need to become independent learners in college. The book is also a brief guide to important word skills, and it includes coverage of motivational skills that help students approach their courses with the right attitudes. Students learn by doing, and so the book offers an abundance of practice activities. In all, there are over 200 exercises that help students learn key comprehension skills. The latest edition contains a complete chapter taken from an introductory sociology text, with which students can practice their reading and study skills. Form B differs from Form A in its reading selections and activities. Instructors, thus, can separate forms of the book from one semester to the next, or from one class to the next. (view table of contents)

This best-selling sentence-level worktext by John Langan continues to help students master the essential grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and usage skills needed for clear, thoughtful writing. The eighth edition of Sentence Skills, Form B features a new 4-color design that adds visual appeal and highlights key concepts to students. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Advancing College Reading Skills

Written for courses in basic writing, Sentence Skills, Fifth Edition, Form B, is the alternate version of the Fifth Edition, Form A, which is known for its especially effective instruction on grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and usage rules needed for clear writing. Clear, readable explanations and an abundance of practice and editing and proofreading tests characterize Sentence Skills. With the Fifth Edition comes a convenient Instructor's Edition, as well as refinements to the worktext-with expanded practice in writing simple paragraphs and essays in Part Four, "Writing Assignments." The alternate forms provide different exercises and examples, but offer the same basic instruction. Thus, if instructors want to use different books from one semester to the next, or from one class to the next, they can do so with full ease, as minimal syllabus adjustment is required.

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Focusing on grammar mechanics and sentence construction, this work covers basic writing skills and provides an alternate version to Form A, with fresh exercises and assignments. A number of tests are also included. Self-teaching is encouraged; students may check their answers to introductory projects and practice activities. This new edition features an instructor's edition with all the answers to the tests and activities. The material has been expanded to cover: more details on using the comma and the apostrophe; information on run-on sentences; two combined editing tests; and three updated chapters. In particular, the "Writing Assignments" section now provides a wider variety of writing assignments to give students more practice writing simple paragraphs and essays. Many companion texts are available, including: an instructor's manual (0-07-036412-5), a 5.25" diskette drill tutorial (0-07-837794-3), a 3.5" diskette drill tutorial (0-07-839452-X), a MAC drill tutorial (0-07-837681-5), revised ditto masters with more tests and activities (0-07-074611-7) and an annotated instructor's edition (0-07-036411-7). (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Book by Smith, R. Kent, Langan, John, Goldstein, Janet M.

Offers tips on improving college reading skills, including advice on mastering tests and considering vocabulary in context.

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Product Description: Improve your English.

Designed for instructors who prefer to teach composition with a separate handbook or some other combination of texts, this brief edition of The Macmillan Writer, Fourth Edition, contains everything from the very popular regular edition except the Handbook. Students get a rhetoric, reader, and research guide as well as plentiful exercises -- all in a shorter and more economical volume.