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Reading and Study Skills L Now in its tenth successful edition, Reading and Study Skills N has long been a favorite of both instructors and students g alike. From its step-by-step, comprehensive coverage of the essential reading and study skills, to its practical, sensible a style and tone, this text encourages and motivates students N TENTH EdiTioN to get the most out of their reading and shows them how to master key study skills in order to have rewarding college experiences. The new edition includes: R Two new readings. “Wired for Touch” and “A Door Swings Open” in Part Six offer e a moving look at the importance of human touch to our everyday lives and an inside a view of how one woman coped with a life-threatening illness. These additions, along d with eight other readings in Part Six, give students further practice in reading i n comprehension while providing thought-provoking subject mater. g A complete textbook chapter. Part Two: Study Skills includes a newly revised text- a book chapter from the popular introductory sociology text, Hughes and Kroehler’s n Sociology: The Core. The chapter covers marriage and family issues in the United d States with a focus on the special challenges American families and society face as a whole. This chapter—presented in its entirety—is accompanied by activities giving S students extensive practice in reading, responding to exercises, understanding various t graphics (such as tables and graphs), and taking study notes on a full-length chapter. u d Additional guidance on self-motivation. Part One: Motivational Skills now includes y a useful set of tips and strategies to help students develop self-motivation so that they M can be more effective learners and participants in their everyday lives. S D D A Updated and revised examples, activities, and exercises to reflect contemporary k L I issues and popular culture. New subject mater includes coverage of the hazards of i M cellphone use, eating disorders, and dealing with anger. lls 11 7 4 7 An Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/langan) with revised modules 1 7 tied to each chapter of the text. The modules feature interactive quizzes, annotated TENTH 12 /1 Web links, journal activities, and much more. Icons throughout the text direct students 6 EdiTioN /1 to where these additional sources are available online. 1 C Y A N M A G Y E L O B L A JoHN LNgaN C K LLaann3333331199__ffmm__ii--xxvvii..iinndddd PPaaggee ii 1122//1144//1111 66::5555::1100 PPMM uusseerr--ff447711 //VVoolluummee//220011//MMHH0011553322//LLaann00007733553333331199__ddiisskk11ooff11//LLaann3333331199__ppaaggeeffiilleess Reading and Study Skills Tenth Edition John Langan All rights reserved. Atlantic Cape Community College mpanies, Inc. Co Hill w- Gra Mc ©2013 The Copyright LLaann3333331199__ffmm__ii--xxvvii..iinndddd PPaaggee iiii 1122//1144//1111 66::5555::2222 PPMM uusseerr--ff447711 //VVoolluummee//220011//MMHH0011553322//LLaann00007733553333331199__ddiisskk11ooff11//LLaann3333331199__ppaaggeeffiilleess Praise for Reading and Study Skills “Reading and Study Skills is thorough and step-by-step. Students really like the introduc- tions from other students; I think it helps them realize that other people have been in their situation before.” Shannon Fernandes, Yakima Valley Community College “I LOVE the readings Langan uses. . . . They cover engaging, relatable, and memorable topics. Their readability proves to students, especially reluctant readers, that they can and will enjoy reading, especially when the topic is interesting.” Margo N. Kourkoutas-Morea, Ramapo College of New Jersey “I am thrilled about your motivational section; you devote more pages than many texts do to that area.” Shawn Bixler, University of Akron “I have always been impressed with Mr. Langan’s ability to break skills down to specifi c points, explain those points in a clear and concise manner, provide massive amounts of practice on the spe- cifi c points, and then expand the practice into longer readings with comprehensive reading skills.” Joycelyn Jacobs, Lee College “The text is one with which students can relate because of the style, tone, and level of this text. Often my students say that they are going to keep the text as a handbook. I am glad to have found such a helpful book.” Betty Perkinson, Tidewater Community College “Over the years I’ve tried using other texts, for variety’s sake, but have found them to be less useful overall than Reading and Study Skills. I choose this text because of its comprehensive coverage of reading and study skills, and because its layout and format are appealing to readers. The chapters are of reasonable length, and the quantity and variety of practice exercises, and of review and mastery tests, offer students frequent opportunities to apply newly learned skills and to test their own competency.” Jamie T. Barrett, Holyoke Community College “I believe that this book can be very useful throughout my students’ college careers. I once had a student tell me she was going to graduate school and was still using PRWR—wow!” Denis J. Davis, Widener University “The way Langan personalizes the approach and his insistence from the beginning on the importance of attitude in any endeavor certainly focus the concerns of the text clearly for both student and instructor. I think students would enjoy learning from this text for these reasons, just as instructors would enjoy teaching from it for the same reasons.” Larry D. Griffi n, Dyersburg State Community College “Langan introduces each new concept with clear examples, and the practice exercises provide immediate feedback about student understanding. Concepts are related to students’ experiences and linked to academic success. Additional readings that emphasize various college disciplines link the content to other courses of study.” Patricia R. Grega, University of Alaska, Anchorage “The book is non-intimidating for both the student and the instructor. A well-organized and fully developed reading and study skills text.” Carolyn Brown, University of South Alabama LLaann3333331199__ffmm__ii--xxvvii..iinndddd PPaaggee iiiiii 1122//1144//1111 66::5555::2222 PPMM uusseerr--ff447711 //VVoolluummee//220011//MMHH0011553322//LLaann00007733553333331199__ddiisskk11ooff11//LLaann3333331199__ppaaggeeffiilleess About the Author As a teacher, writer, and publisher, John Langan has commit- ted himself to improving reading and writing skills instruction for more than thirty years. The author of a popular series of college textbooks on both reading and writing, 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 fi ction that, he says, “is now at the back of a drawer waiting All rights reserved. tsmoca hbcoheo ilnd, iihssetc, osavu ebprapetodter traeynd d ahs isamecmcselbalfilem br,ye d aw hpooorsksptihnitgua mla aso tuate stnlrydu.a”cn kWt d, rhainivldee r a,i nna mpanies, Inc. aapdpdlieti opna ctok ehri.s Jwohifne annodw P lhivilelsy wspiothrt sh itse awmifse, ,h Jisu dpiatshs iNonasd einllc, lundeaer r ePahdiilnadge alnpdh itau.r Inn- Hill Co ing nonreaders on to the pleasure and power of books. Through Townsend Press, w- his educational publishing company, he has developed the nonprofi t “Townsend Gra Mc Library”—a collection of more than a hundred new and classic stories that appeal ©2013 The to readers of all ages. Copyright LLaann3333331199__ffmm__ii--xxvvii..iinndddd PPaaggee iivv 1122//1155//1111 44::2233::5522 PPMM uusseerr--ff447711 //VVoolluummee//220011//PPHH0000551199//99778800113322665566992244__FFRREEEEMMAANN__ddiisskk11ooff11//FFRREEEEMMAANN__ppaaggeeffiilleess READING AND STUDY SKILLS, TENTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2010, 2007, 2002. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be repro- duced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. 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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Langan, John, 1942– Reading and study skills / John Langan.—10th ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-07-353331-5 (alk. paper) 1. Study skills. 2. Reading (Higher education)—United States. I. Title. LB2395.L346 2013 428.4071’1—dc23 2011043111 The Internet addresses listed in the text were accurate at the time of publication. The inclusion of a Web site does not indicate an endorsement by the authors or McGraw-Hill, and McGraw-Hill does not guarantee the accuracy of the information presented at these sites. www.mhhe.com LLaann3333331199__ffmm__ii--xxvvii..iinndddd PPaaggee vv 1122//1144//1111 66::5555::2233 PPMM uusseerr--ff447711 //VVoolluummee//220011//MMHH0011553322//LLaann00007733553333331199__ddiisskk11ooff11//LLaann3333331199__ppaaggeeffiilleess The Langan Series TWO-BOOK SERIES Exploring Writing: Paragraphs and Essays, Second Edition ISBN: 0-07-337185-8 © 2010 Exploring Writing: Sentences and Paragraphs, Second Edition ISBN: 0-07-337186-6 © 2010 ESSAY-LEVEL College Writing Skills with Readings, Eighth Edition ISBN: 0-07-337166-1 © 2011 Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. PACERnoglIIAlSSeliBBGgshNNeR ::SW 00Ak--ir00lPil77tsiH --nw33g33-i77Lt Sh11Ek66 RiV58lel--s38Ea ,d©©L Ei ni22gg00h11st,12 hN Eindtihti oEndition Hill w- English Skills, Ninth Edition Gra Mc ISBN: 0-07-353330-0 © 2012 ©2013 The SENTENCE-LEVEL Copyright SenISteBnNc:e 0 S-0k7il-l3s5 w33it2h6 -R2e ©a d2i0n1g0s, Fourth Edition Sentence Skills: A Workbook for Writers, Form A, Ninth Edition ISBN: 0-07-337169-6 © 2011 Sentence Skills: A Workbook for Writers, Form B, Eighth Edition ISBN: 0-07-353327-0 © 2009 STUDENT SUCCESS, STUDY SKILLS AND REVIEW Reading and Study Skills , Ninth Edition ISBN: 0-07-337164-5 © 2010 English Brushup, Fifth Edition ISBN: 0-07-742836-6 © 2011 English Essentials, Third Edition ISBN: 0-07-353332-7 © 2013 Ten Skills You Really Need to Succeed in College, First Edition ISBN: 0-07-281955-3 © 2003 v LLaann3333331199__ffmm__ii--xxvvii..iinndddd PPaaggee vvii 1122//1144//1111 66::5555::2233 PPMM uusseerr--ff447711 //VVoolluummee//220011//MMHH0011553322//LLaann00007733553333331199__ddiisskk11ooff11//LLaann3333331199__ppaaggeeffiilleess Contents To the Instructor xi Introduction 1 Part One: Motivational Skills 9 Preview 10 Your Attitude: The Heart of the Matter 11 Setting Goals for Yourself 21 Learning Survival Strategies 29 Part Two: Study Skills 39 Preview 40 Taking Classroom Notes 41 Time Control and Concentration 73 Textbook Study I: The PRWR Study Method 95 Textbook Study II: Using PRWR 115 Textbook Study III: Applying PRWR to a Textbook Chapter 151 Building a Powerful Memory 201 vi LLaann3333331199__ffmm__ii--xxvvii..iinndddd PPaaggee vviiii 1122//1144//1111 66::5555::2233 PPMM uusseerr--ff447711 //VVoolluummee//220011//MMHH0011553322//LLaann00007733553333331199__ddiisskk11ooff11//LLaann3333331199__ppaaggeeffiilleess Contents vii Taking Objective Exams 219 Taking Essay Exams 237 Using Research Skills 249 Part Three: A Brief Guide to Important Word Skills 263 Preview 264 Using the Dictionary 265 Understanding Word Parts 277 Vocabulary Development 297 All rights reserved. Part Four: Reading Comprehension Skills 313 mpanies, Inc. Preview 314 Co Introduction 315 Hill Graw- Ten Key Skills 315 Mc ©2013 The Comprehension and Rapid Reading 316 Copyright SSkkiillll 12:: RReeccooggnniizziinngg DEneufimnietiroantiso anns d Examples 331274 Skill 3: Recognizing Headings and Subheadings 334 Skill 4: Recognizing Signal Words 347 Skill 5: Recognizing Main Ideas in Paragraphs and Short Selections 358 Skill 6: Knowing How to Outline 367 Skill 7: Knowing How to Summarize 382 Skill 8: Understanding Graphs and Tables 398 Skill 9: Making Inferences 409 Skill 10: Thinking Critically 422 LLaann3333331199__ffmm__ii--xxvvii..iinndddd PPaaggee vviiiiii 1122//1144//1111 66::5555::2233 PPMM uusseerr--ff447711 //VVoolluummee//220011//MMHH0011553322//LLaann00007733553333331199__ddiisskk11ooff11//LLaann3333331199__ppaaggeeffiilleess viii Contents Part Five: Skim Reading and Comprehension 435 Preview 436 Introduction 437 How to Skim-Read 438 Selection 1: Visual Assertion 439 Selection 2: Science and the Search for Truth 442 Selection 3: The Nature of Power 446 Selection 4: Defense Mechanisms 449 Selection 5: Fatigue 453 Skim-Reading Progress Chart 457 Questions on the Skim-Reading Selections 458 Part Six: Rapid Reading and Comprehension 461 Preview 462 Introduction 463 Selection 1: From The Autobiography of Malcolm X 467 Selection 2: Learning to Keep Your Cool during Tests 470 Selection 3: Wired for Touch 474 Selection 4: The Scholarship Jacket 479 Selection 5: Dare to Think Big 486 Selection 6: Winning the Job Interview Game 491 Selection 7: A Door Swings Open 496 Selection 8: From Nonreading to Reading 501 Selection 9: The Certainty of Fear 507 Selection 10: What You Need to Know to Succeed at Math 514 Rapid Reading Progress Chart 521 Reading Rate Table 522 LLaann3333331199__ffmm__ii--xxvvii..iinndddd PPaaggee iixx 1122//1144//1111 66::5555::2233 PPMM uusseerr--ff447711 //VVoolluummee//220011//MMHH0011553322//LLaann00007733553333331199__ddiisskk11ooff11//LLaann3333331199__ppaaggeeffiilleess Contents ix Part Seven: Mastery Tests 525 Preview 526 Motivational Skills 527 Taking Classroom Notes 529 Time Control and Concentration 531 Textbook Study I 533 Textbook Study II 535 Textbook Study III 537 Building a Powerful Memory 540 Taking Objective Exams 542 All rights reserved. TTaakkiinngg EOsbsajeyc tEixvaem asn d Essay Exams 554446 mpanies, Inc. Using Research Skills 549 Hill Co Using the Dictionary 551 w- McGra Understanding Word Parts 552 ©2013 The Vocabulary Development 553 Copyright Definitions and Examples 556 Enumerations 558 Headings and Subheadings 560 Signal Words 562 Main Idea 564 Outlining 566 Summarizing 568 Understanding Graphs and Tables 572 Making Inferences 574 Thinking Critically 576
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