This book presents some basic principles about how active thinking works and suggests a number of strategies you can use to make your own thought processes more effective and efficient.
Good mechanics sometimes use a current repair manual when repairing a car, and cooks often consult a recipe book, but only a few people (both at school and at work) regularly use a dictionary. Dictionaries are easy to use and contain much more helpful information than most people think.
so you need to know how to get the most out of your dictionary.
Spelling accurately isn’t as difficult as many people think. You have already learned how to spell hundreds of words correctly. Now all you have to do is identify and master the ones you have trouble with. The words you will learn in this spelling program are those that many people have trouble with.
Extensive Reading for Academic Success is a four-book series that presents academic-style reading passages designed for advanced English language learners. Each book in this series contains 80 passages covering a remarkably wide range of topics, divided into broad categories. These categories include diverse aspects of literature and the humanities, world history, science, sociology, linguistics, art, music, information technology, and communications.
This is one of a series of support modules intended for the use of adults improving their literacy skills. This support module may be used with BAU-ENG 5.1, Listening Skills; BAU-ENG 5.2, Following Oral Instructions; BAU-ENG 5.3, Speaking Skills; IAU-ENG 4.1, Speaking Skills, and IAU-ENG 4.2, Listening Skills.
