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Originally published in 1982. This book is concerned with the new kinds of demands on our reading ability made by the work we undertake for A-level, or in college, or at university, or indeed at work. It is not a speed reading book, or a reading skills book. Anyone with a lot of reading to get through may not want to read all of it quickly. Some things can be skimmed through; others take a lot of reading. This book helps readers discriminate and gives techniques to assume responsibility for their own reading.
The book takes the form of a reading workbook, and consists of a number of exercises together with an interleaving commentary, along with suggestions for further work. It can be used by the individual student, by students in groups or with a teacher, and as a sourcebook for courses in study skills.
List of contents
Foreword 1. The Approach: An Overview 2. Reading Tactics and Reading Strategies 3. Reading Purposes 4. Reading for Meaning 5. Meaning and Strategy 6. Reading Outcomes 7. Becoming a Competent Reader: Putting it Together. Epilogue
About the author
Sheila Harri-Augstein, Michael Smith, Laurie Thomas
Summary
Originally published in 1982. This book is concerned with the kinds of demands on our reading ability made by work or study. It gives readers techniques to assume responsibility for their own reading. In the form of a workbook, it consists of a number of exercises together with interleaving commentary, along with suggestions for further work.
