John Langan has taught reading and writing at Atlantic Cape Com-munity College near Atlantic City, New Jersey, for over twenty-five years. The author of a popular series of college textbooks on both writing and reading, John enjoys the challenge of developing materials that teach skills in an especially clear and lively way. Before teaching,he earned advanced degrees in writing...
John Langan has taught reading and writing at Atlantic Cape Com-munity College near Atlantic City, New Jersey, for over twenty-five years. The author of a popular series of college textbooks on both writing and reading, John enjoys the challenge of developing materials that teach skills in an especially clear and lively way. Before teaching,he earned advanced degrees in writing at Rutgers University and in reading at Rowan University. He also spent a year writing fiction that,he says, "is now at the back of a drawer waiting to be discovered and acclaimed posthumously." While in school, he supported himself by working as a truck driver, a machinist, a battery assembler, a hospital attendant, and an apple packer. John now lives with his wife, Judith Nadell, near Philadelphia. In addition to his wife and Philly sports teams, his passions include reading and turning on nonreaders to the pleasure and power of books. Through Townsend Press, his educational publishing company, he has developed the nonprofit "Townsend Library"--a collection of more than thirty new and classic stories that appeal to readers of any age.
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Reading Listed by Rhetorical Mode
To the Instructor
PART ONE: ESSAY WRITIONG 短文写作
1 An Introduction to Writing
Point and Support
Structure of the Traditional Essay
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Reading Listed by Rhetorical Mode
To the Instructor
PART ONE: ESSAY WRITIONG 短文写作
1 An Introduction to Writing
Point and Support
Structure of the Traditional Essay
Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay
Writing as a Skill
Writing as a Process of Discovery
Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others
Keeping a Journal
Using a Computer
Review Activities
Using This Text
2 The Writing Process
Prewriting
Writing a First Draft
Revising
Editing
Review Activities
3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis
4 The Third Step in Essay Writing
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence
5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing
Revising Sentences
Editing Sentences
Practice in Revising Sentences
6 Four Bases for Revising Essays
Base 1: Unity
Base 2: Support
Base 3: Coherence
Base 4: Sentence Skills
Practice in Using the Four Bases
PART TOW: PATTERNS OF ESSAY DEVELOPMENT 短文的分类和写作手法
7 Introduction to Essay Development
Important Considerations in Essay Development
8 Description
READING: Lous Place Beth Johnson
9 Narration
READING: The Yellow Ribbon Pete Hamill
10 Examples
READING: Dad Andrew H. Malcolm
11 Process
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview Glenda Davis
12 Cause and Effect
READING: Taming the Anger Monster Anne Davidson
13 Comparison and Contrast
READING: Born to Be Different? Camille Lewis
14 Definition
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PART THREE: SPECLAL SKILLS 实用写作技巧
PART FOUR: HANDBOOK OF SENTENCE SKILLS 句子写作技巧指南
PART FIVE: READINGS FOR WRITING 以阅读带动写作
Reading Comprehension Chart
Credits
Index
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How to Read Well:Four General Steps
1.Concentrate as you read
2.Skim material before you read it
3.Read the selection straight through with a pen in hand
4.work with the material
How to Answer the Comprehension Questions:Specific Hints
'understanding vocabulary in context
'summarizing the selection in a title
'determining the main idea
'recognizing key supporting details
'making inferences
The following hints will help you apply each of these reading skills:
'vocabulary in context.
To decide on the meaning of an unfamiliar word,consider its context.
Ask yourself,"Are there any clues in the sentence that suggest what this word means?"
'subject or title.
Remember that the title should accurately describe the entire selection.It should be neither too broad nor too narrow for the material in... (查看原文)
I began to read this book written by John Langan for American college students and decided to practice writing essay in English everyday. When doing the Review Activities of Chapter 1, I found this interesting topic worth thinking: 7. In your own words, exp...
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1 有用 Doris yang 2010-05-07 22:38:25
一定要有毅力看完……虽然厚得连作者都说不必都看……
1 有用 teenytiny Adel 2010-08-08 10:40:01
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0 有用 李戴斯 2012-04-12 18:58:05
A bit simple but extraordinary neat and to the point. Especially compared to those long and nonsense Toefl writing
0 有用 mary 2011-01-15 21:15:49
据说是从美国引进的，语言挺地道的~
3 有用 J 2012-02-03 18:14:17
书不错，只不过没答案，对自学造成了蛮大的障碍！