TheFourthEditionofthispopularcombinationtext/anthologyintegratesreadingandwritingskills.TheapproachofReadandRespondisunique:studentsareassessedforcomprehensionthroughsummary-writingratherthanobjectivetesting.Aftersummarizinganarticle,studentswriteapersonalresponse.Becausethesummaryandpersonalresponsearewritteninthestudents’ownwords,theinstructorgainsvaluableinsightintotheirvocabularyandwritingability.Asaresult,studentsdevelopproficiencyinreading,writing,andcriticalthinking.Theneweditionretainsthebestfeaturesofthepreviouseditions.Itintegratesreadingandwriting,offersstep-by-stepprogression,includesmodels,exercises,andactivitiesineachchapter,andprovidesadditionalreadingsforpractice.Newfeaturesincludethefollowing:*Anew,improvedtwo-colorformat,plusoverviewmapsofeachchapter.*Anewintroductorychapterdiscussingthereadingprocessandmaintypesofreadingtasks.*Anewchapterofferingawidevarietyofmethodstoimprovebothgeneralandspecializedvocabulary.*Theadditionofcontentareareadingsand/orexcerptsfromacollegetextbookineverychapter.*Newarticlesforstudentreadingpracticeinanewchapterentitled“AdditionalReadings.“*Anincreasedemphasisandclarificationofstudentgoals,outcomes,andbenefits.*Theadditionofself-checkreviewquestionsattheendofeachchaptertohelpstudentsreviewkeyconceptsandconsiderpersonalapplicationsofthoseconcepts.TheFourthEditioniscomplementedbyarevisedInstructor’sManual,whichprovidesananswerkeyforallactivities,proposedsyllabiforaquarterandforasemester,aswellasteachingsuggestionsandstrategies.
