English Skills with Readings

English Skills with Readings
ISBN-10
1259094936
ISBN-13
9781259094934
Series
English Skills with Readings
Category
College readers
Pages
704
Language
English
Published
2014-02-01
Authors
John Langan, Zoe L. Albright

Description

Grounded in John Langan's Four Bases - unity, coherence, sentence skills, and support - English Skills with Readings employs a unique personalised learning plan to address student deficits in grammar and mechanics and to free instructional time for activities emphasising writing process and critical thinking. English Skills with Readings features John Langan's trademark crystal - clear explanations, along with his range of motivating activities and writing assignments that reinforce the four bases of effective writing. The new edition adds a variety of exciting new features to John Langan's proven approach, and reinstates much-requested material from previous editions.

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