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Learn grammar the easy way with EFFECTIVE ENGLISH FOR COLLEGE! Concept reviews, examples, and applications will help you improve your grammar and usage skills. Features such as Apply Your Knowledge and end-of-chapter reviews help you ensure that you have mastered concepts before moving forward. You'll have numerous opportunities to practice your skills before each exam with features such as CheckPoints and Timely Tip Margin Notes integrated throughout the text.
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Everyday Arguments combines brief argument rhetoric with an anthology of illustrative readings drawn from arguments of everyday life. The anthology of readings is closely tied to the principles and practices introduced in the rhetoric section. The overarching philosophy of the reading selections (and of the book as a whole) is that written argument — in all its variety — is the most common form of writing and that much can be learned about its practice from the texts we encounter on a daily basis. Ideal for individuals interested in learning to develop argumentative and persuasive writing skills.
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Signals is a comprehensive developmental writing text that stresses sentence-level writing skills within the context of paragraph development. Sentence level skills are taught in connected discourse -- readers experience the immediate positive impact that applying sentence skills can have on writing coherent paragraphs. This book places emphasis on the writing process, prewriting strategies, and writing effective paragraphs. All chapters have 5 suggested journal entries and 1 structured writing assignment to encourage readers to experience themselves as writers. New concepts from each chapter are incorporated in subsequent chapters-encouraging retention of the skills needed for writing and revising. In illustrations and exercises, grammatical principles are tied to writing effective paragraphs. Each chapter opens with clearly stated goals and ends with a detailed summary of principles with illustrations. For those seeking a developmental writing book at the sentence-paragraph level.
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A text book that's actually interesting........2002-03-07
In order to have truth in reviewing, please understand that I'm Carolyn Farkas' husband. I'm prejudiced. English text books are often not interesting to the student. That's what's different about this one. The exercises aren't just random sentences that the student finds boring. Instead, they are paragraphs and essays that the student will find interesting and enjoyable. This book has been used in Carolyn's and George's classes. The students really got into the exercises.
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Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Student's Book contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the reading to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in depth. The variety of original sources - including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry - expose learners to a wide range of writing styles. Preview pages in every unit introduce new vocabulary and ask thought-provoking questions. There are also pre-reading activities, such as predicting and thinking about personal experience, that stimulate students' interest in the unit theme. Vocabulary-building activities improve students' ability to deal with unfamiliar words, and recycle key vocabulary with challenging exercises and puzzles. The Student's Book, Level 1, is for students at the low-intermediate to intermediate level. Students read about a variety of topics such as music, sports, travel, friendship, the Internet, sleep and dreams, and food.
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Contextualizing College ESL Classroom Praxis: A Participatory Approach to Effective Instruction provides pre-service and in-service teachers with a model for engaging in effective instruction with the variety of students encountered in college English as a second language or foreign language classrooms. Along with the model, the text is designed to help readers develop the tools to use it within a participatory approach. This approach, based on the principles of Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy, is combined with multicultural education and the general tenets of a communicative approach to language teaching. From the philosophical to the theoretical to the practical, these strands are combined into a cohesive whole.
The underlying premise is that the best way to develop an understanding of a participatory approach is to engage in it. Throughout the book, readers are asked to apply problem-posing--a learning process that begins with naming issues, reflecting on them and possible solutions, and acting upon one's ideas. Questions addressed include:
*What is the nature of process over product?
*Is a new definition of effective instruction necessary?
*What are the factors that can affect second language acquisition?
*What do teachers believe about effective language instruction?
*What do students believe about effective language instruction?
*What makes pedagogy effective?
*How do teachers and students relate in the classroom?
*What does instruction mean for students?
*How can effective praxis be adapted to various contexts?
Each chapter includes
Pre-Reading Questions, Post-Reading Questions, a topic for a
Reflective Journal, and
Follow-Up Activities. These provide opportunities to enhance comprehension of the material, to co-construct new knowledge with classmates, and to review personal beliefs and ideas in an effort to modify or reinforce them in one's own developing model for effective language instruction.
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The McGraw-Hill College Handbook
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The fourth edition of this acclaimed handbook continues to offer both a comprehensive reference to stylistic principles and rules and an accessible guide to the full writing process. Written by two highly regarded writers both in academia and the popular press, the revision features interdisciplinary examples and exercises and provides coverage of special topics such as writing about literature, argumentation, business writing, and writing in-class essays. With the new edition comes an extensive new chapter on writing in the disciplines and expanded coverage of the research paper that includes sample papers in both MLA and APA formats. In addition, the first four chapters on the writing process now incorporate greater emphasis on the documented essay.
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Everyday Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Reading Effective Argument
Katherine Mayberry
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Everyday Arguments combines highly practical guide to arguments and rhetoric, with an anthology of illustrative readings drawn from arguments of everyday life.
The practical rhetoric section is based upon a single and sensible four-part taxonomy of argument derived from the various purposes of arguments. Readers are led step-by-step through the processes of generating, drafting, composing, and revising written arguments in all four categories. Stimulating writing exercises throughout each chapter encourage readers to practice stills as they learn them, and to keep earlier skills fresh as they learn new ones. The anthology of readings is closely tied to the principles and practices introduced in the rhetoric section. The overarching philosophy of the reading selections (and of the book as a whole) is that written argument - in all its variety - is the most common form of writing and that much can be learned about its practice from the texts we encounter on a daily basis. For those interested in developing their rhetoric, argument, reading and writing skills.
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Complete Guide to Effective English: Harbrace College Handbook
John C. Hodges , and
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You're stressed out at work. You're harried at home. You haven't exercised in weeks. It seems as if you're always frantically rushing out of the house to get somewhere on time - and not quite making it. You wonder if you'll ever accomplish any of the items on your to-do list and, most important, if you'll ever have some downtime for yourself. When will the chaos end?
The Everything Time Management Book guides you through creating a time management system that is unique to your personal needs. From defining your attitude towards time, to applying your time management system to all the different aspects of your life, you'll discover how to achieve a balance without feeling pressure.
You'll learn how to:
Evaluate your attitude about time
Prioritize and set goals
Bring order to your life and live more simply
Accomplish more in less time
Say "no" and delegate responsibilities
Make the most of leisure time
With plenty of timesaving tips and strategies, The Everything Time Management Book is the only reference you'll need to get motivated, get organized, and achieve personal and professional success!
Customer Reviews:
Long Book Short on New Information.......2003-07-21
My tip for time management is to skip this book. Assuming that one reads at about one page per minute, it's difficult to believe that one could recoup the five hours invested in reading this book in saved time. As in other time management books, the author borrows liberally from Stephen Covey's far superior '7 Habits of Highly Effective People', particularly in prioritizing tasks as urgent/not urgent and important/not important. The author also annoyingly tries to infuse some dull story about a couple trying to manage time more effectively by writing page after page about them to illustrate EACH AND EVERY POINT made. I HIGHLY recommend skipping this one and getting '7 Habits' or Brian Tracy's 'Eat That Frog' -- a short (113 page), easy-to-read book that gives better information, but can be read in an hour or so.
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Three bestselling audiobooks from the Rich Dad Poor Dad series are available on cassette in this one boxed set. Rich Dad Poor Dadthe bestselling personal finance guide for the millions hoping to become masters of their money. The Cash Flow Quadrantreveals why some people work less and earn more, pay less taxes, and feel more financially secure than others. Rich Dads Guide To Investingthe basic rules of investing, including how to reduce investment risk, and how to convert earned income into passive and portfolio income.
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Rich Dad's Classics.......2007-09-24
A must read for those who want learn to manage their personal finances; Robert does not provide all the answers, but his books get you thinking...once you begin to think you can find the practical solutions that will work for you to improve you financial situation today. The new idea may be as small as forgoing using your visa to pay for that outfit because you now know the difference between good credit and bad credit or as big as purchasing your first postive cash-flow rental property.
Didn't learn much.......2007-06-20
I agree with the person that said it lacked details. You come away knowing that you're supposed to acquire assets while reducing your liabilities, and eventually somehow begin and sell corporations for profit. The author didn't explain how an ordinary person goes about this process...mostly it seemed like him bragging that he was able to do it.
What I take away from this audio-CD could probably have been reduced down to 4 tracks on 1 disc. Sad, but true.
Rich Dad's Classics by Kiyosaki.......2007-05-09
I highly recommend these books, especially to teens. Mr. Kiyosaki points out why most people are in debt and a very few are on their way to becoming wealthy. It is a matter of attitude and personal discipline that makes the difference. His second book, Cash Flow Quadrant, does a fine job of putting in simple terms the four ways that people make money. Different personalities, ambitions and fears determine which quadrant you will gravitate to. The author points out the pros and cons of each quadrant and urges his readers to become knowledgible in all four. His continuous hammering of the difference between an asset vs a liability, good debt vs bad debt, and positive vs neagtive cash flow help the reader form a firm foundation upon which to build one's finances. I am now reading these books together with my 15 year old, and have bought copies for my older 20-something children.
Rich Dad's Classics (Rich Dad's).......2007-03-09
It arrived fast and in brand new condition. The information makes alot of sense. I plan on applying some of it.
lacking details.......2006-12-22
If you buy any of the products that Kiyosaki sells, keep asking yourself the following questions: who, what, where, when, why? He will never answer any of these questions.
Instead of giving the details (names, companies, dates, transaction details like who owned what, when it sold, for how much, which corporate tax laws, state tax laws, federal tax laws were involved - any real concrete proof that the author is really a self made investor) all the author presents is this narrative: A rich dad of one of his friends gave him insider advice on making money.
Who was rich dad and what did he do and what was his plan for being a self-made investor-millionare? Kiyosaki never says.
He claims rich dad told him, but he never reveals that information to the reader. There are cute little stories with cute little fortune-cookie clichés (the rich don't work for money, they make money work for them). That's the insights of a self made investor guru (or any Hollywood wall street movie).
A quick google search for interviews with the author will help you find this quote:
"Kiyosaki backed off his claim that his "rich dad" was a real person, instead stating "Is Harry Potter real? Why don't you let Rich Dad be a myth, like Harry Potter?"
Aside from credibility issues, there is also a trend in the author's books to promise all the answers in other products produced by his company (audio tapes, board games, dvds, and seminars). He says there is a plan, hints that it is in the book, then says for the real details buy this other product. I bought a couple, got very frustrated and then started doing some research on who this guy is - surprise, surprise, I couldn't find anything about his businesses or investments.
Consider how much has been documented on Warren Buffet, or Peter Lynch, or Donald Trump or any other legitimate wealthy investor. All the details are there, glorified and canonized.
Also, if you buy more than one book you'll notice how much is copy and pasted. You'll also notice how redundant the text is, repeating the same anecdote over and over again. Even the narrative where rich dad and Kiyosaki discuss "secrets" is very redundant. Each character parrots the other.
"I'm saying ABC."
"So you're saying ABC?"
"Exactly, ABC."
Fill in a cliché for ABC: "you don't need an education to be rich, look at bill gates", "suckers try to climb the corporate ladder, why not own the ladder", "the rich have corporations protecting them, you need a corporation"
He likes to say you can hire educated suckers to work for you. Consider that for a moment. You have no money and will get rich in 10 years by having bankers, accountants, brokers, lawyers and others doing the "hard stuff" for you.
How do you assemble this team? He doesn't say.
How do you pay them? He doesn't say.
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- Estrategias de Crecimiento / Strategies for Growth (Harvard Business Review (Paperback))
- Executive Report on Strategies in Belgium, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
- Executive Report on Strategies in Oman, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
- Executive Report on Strategies in Taiwan, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
- Fire Away: Fielding Tough Questions with Finesse
- First Hired, Last Fired: How to Make Yourself Indispensable in an Age of Downsizing, Mergers, and Restructuring
- Flight of the Phoenix: Soaring to Success in the 21st Century
- Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World
- Getting Out from Under: Redefining Your Priorities in an Overwhelming World
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