130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

Sheila Harri-Augstein, Michael Smith, Laurie Thomas