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  1. Academic Reading (8th Edition) 8th Edition

    Academic Reading: College Major and Career Applications focuses on developing essential reading skills while showing students how to adapt them to specific academic disciplines and career fields.. Kathleen McWhorter offers a unique, contextualized approach that focuses on academic reading skills and also motivates students towards a particular area of interest or field of study.

  2. Amazon.com: Academic Reading: 9780321104243: McWhorter, Kathleen T.: Books

    Academic Reading 5th Edition. Academic Reading. 5th Edition. by Kathleen T. McWhorter (Author) 4.2 8 ratings. See all formats and editions. Academic Reading is an advanced reading text that offers excellent coverage of reading comprehension and critical thinking and provides strategies for reading in the major academic disciplines.

  3. The Word on College Reading and Writing

    Basically, reading the book alone would offer little insight to reading and writing at an early academic level. Content Accuracy rating: 4 The majority of the information presented seems accurate, though, as mentioned, much of the content is quick and conversational.

  4. Longman Academic Reading Series 1 with Essential Online Resources

    Longman Academic Reading Level 1. Digital. Print. Description. Additional Information. The Longman Academic Reading Series is a five-level series that prepares English language learners for academic work. The aim of the series is to make students more effective and confident readers by providing high-interest readings on academic subjects and ...

  5. Mastering Academic Reading: Top 5 Books for Excellence

    2. Limited Depth: While the book offers practical tips, readers seeking a deeper exploration of the psychology behind reading and cognitive processes involved in speed reading may find the book ...

  6. Longman Academic Reading Series 3: Reading Skills for College

    The Longman Academic Reading Series is a five-level series that prepares English language learners for academic work. The aim of the series is to make students more effective and confident readers by providing high-interest readings on academic subjects and by teaching them skills and strategies for effective reading, vocabulary building, note-taking, and critical thinking.

  7. Reading

    Some sample reading goals: To find a paper topic or write a paper; To have a comment for discussion; To supplement ideas from lecture; To understand a particular concept; To memorize material for an exam; To research for an assignment; To enjoy the process (i.e., reading for pleasure!). Your goals for reading are often developed in relation to ...

  8. Managing academic reading

    After you have read a chunk, make brief notes remembering to record the page number as well as the complete reference (Author, title, date, journal/publisher, etc) At the end of the chapter or article put the book aside and go over your notes, to ensure that they adequately reflect the main points.

  9. Academic reading (Chapter 9)

    Reading, as a skill, is normally linked with writing. This is a fundamental characteristic of the target academic situation in which students are typically reading books and journals, noting, summarising, paraphrasing, and then writing essays, etc. In practice material for reading, the link with writing is normally included.

  10. Mastering Academic Reading

    Journal articles and book excerpts predominate, but Mastering Academic Reading also offers a book review and a government pamphlet as well. Since one aspect of reading practice builds on others, the units are laid out in tiers, not in sections. Each unit has been organized into three tiers. In general, there is one reading per tier, although ...

  11. Guide to Academic Reading

    Guide to Academic Reading. Reading is fundamental to college success, regardless of your major or field of study. According to the University of Michigan-Flint, the average college student enrolled in standard courses should study between four and six hours per day. Reading comprehension and retention of facts and data are two skills you need ...

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  13. The Difference Between Academic and Pleasure Reading, and Why It

    The Difference Between Academic and Pleasure Reading, and Why It Matters For Kids. Ashlie Swicker Apr 10, 2023. Flatiron Books, publisher of HOUSE OF COTTON by Monica Brashears. Magnolia Brown is nineteen years old, broke, and effectively an orphan. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, her predatory landlord, and the ...

  14. Academic Reading Books

    avg rating 4.34 — 3,180,659 ratings — published 2003. Want to Read. Rate this book. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Books shelved as academic-reading: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Macbeth: Moment by Moment by William Shakespeare, Hamlet by William Shakespea...

  15. Reading

    A Strategic Approach to Academic Reading and Vocabulary. Authors: Ken Pakenham, Jessica Williams, Jo McEntire, David Wiese & Pamela Vittorio . English Type: American English . ... Reading Extra A resource book of multi-level skills activities. ISBN: 9780521534055 . Author: Liz Driscoll . English Type: British English . Publication date: March ...

  16. Open Research Library

    The Open Research Library (ORL) is planned to include all Open Access book content worldwide on one platform for user-friendly discovery, offering a seamless experience navigating more than 20,000 Open Access books.

  17. Welcome to Open Library

    Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

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    Harness the power of visual materials—explore more than 3 million images now on JSTOR. Enhance your scholarly research with underground newspapers, magazines, and journals. Explore collections in the arts, sciences, and literature from the world's leading museums, archives, and scholars. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals ...

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    Transform Higher Education and Student Learning. Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. Download, edit and distribute them at no cost. Now offering 1495 open textbooks, the Open Textbook Library is supported by the Open Education Network. Browse Subjects.

  20. Longman Academic Series

    Longman Academic Writing Series Level 1-5. Now with enhanced digital resources. This five-level writing series, organized by rhetorical genres, develops student writing from composing sentences to writing research papers. Rigorous development of sentence structure, grammar, and mechanics improves writing skills. Self-editing and peer-editing ...

  21. Academic Reading List Books

    Academic Reading List Books Showing 1-50 of 219 Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback) by. Zora Neale Hurston (shelved 2 times as academic-reading-list) avg rating 3.98 — 351,532 ratings — published 1937 Want to Read saving… Want to Read; Currently Reading ...

  22. Academic Books

    Academic. 1. The formal definition is that text should consist of arguments and debate, rather than simply present factual knowledge. Non-fiction studies, arguments, views. 2. Many books (mainly fiction) with a school setting have this tag. See also: * education. * high school.

  23. Five Books for People Who Really Love Books

    For my part, I like reading more than I like almost anything else. And so, in the manner of my parents, I like to read books about books. Writers who write about writing, readers who write about ...

  24. Reading

    Readings to Enhance Academic Skills. Authors: Carol M. Shaffer-Koros & Jessie M. Reppy . English Type: American English ... Publication date: July 1993. View product. Effective Reading Teacher's book . ISBN: 9780521317603 . Authors: Simon Greenall & Michael Swan . English Type: British English . Publication date: August 1986. £28.17 Paperback ...

  25. Google Play Books & Audiobooks

    Best in class reading and listening experience. * Read or listen on Android, iOS, or your web browser, even when you're offline. * Pick up where you left off on any device. * Customize your reading experience. Adjust the text size, font type, margins, text alignment, brightness, and background colors. * Track your reading progress.

  26. Where to buy cheap books: Find new or used reads for sale online

    Searching for inexpensive books can be a great way to expand your reading palate. Get into the habit of checking out sale sections as well. Many bookstores have a discount table or sell used books ...

  27. Oxford University Press

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  28. 6 New Books We Recommend This Week

    Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week lean toward the multinational: a historical novel set on a Swedish island, a World War II account ...

  29. The Roots of Progressive Radicalism: Nellie Bowles vs. Musa al-Gharbi

    Al-Gharbi, the academic, is less charitable, arguing that social-justice sloganeering can serve as a means for elites to hoard symbolic capital while deflecting unwelcome scrutiny of their wealth and privilege. Yet I think it's still possible to read the two books as complementary texts.

  30. Here are the best fiction books to read this summer : NPR

    American Spirits by Russell Banks The three stories in this collection are set in a fictional town, but seem so familiar: a local guy who got in a dangerous beef with an out-of-towner that bought ...