Reading at University: A Guide for Students - Couverture rigide

Fairbairn, Gavin; Fairbairn, Susan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0335203868 ISBN 13 : 9780335203864

Editeur : Open University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Students must read. They must read to inform themselves about the subjects they are studying and to allow them to write assignments, reports and dissertations. Though most will be able to read fairly well, few will make as much or as efficient use as possible of the time they devote to reading for academic purposes.

Reading as a student demands new skills and new disciplines. That is why most reputable guides to study offer a pot pourri of techniques for improving reading skills. However, none gives as full a treatment of this essential and underpinning area of academic life as Reading at University.

Gavin and Susan Fairbairn believe that to have a significant influence on student readers, they must aim to persuade them to change both the ways in which they read and the ways in which they think about reading. This is what they have tried to do in Reading at University.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Reading as a student demands new skills and new disciplines.

Students must read. They must read to inform themselves about the subjects they are studying and to allow them to write assignments, reports and dissertations. Though most students can read fairly well, few can make as much or as efficient use as possible of the time they devote to reading for academic purposes.

Many guides to study offer a pot pourri of techniques for improving reading skills. None gives as full a treatment of this essential and underpinning area of academic life as Reading at University.

The authors believe that students must change both the ways in which they read and the ways in which they think about reading. This book offers effective and efficient strategies for fulfilling students' reading and study potential.

Revue de presse

“This is a superb book. I found it user-friendly, and a joy to read. It covered so much that undergraduate students need to know about reading effectively and about other associated activities like note-taking; yet at the same time, it had useful thoughts and ideas to offer this grizzled old veteran of a reading student...Not many textbooks can claim to be of interest and relevance to novice, to moderately experienced and to experienced readers. This...is one such example of a text with universal appeal. My advice to you who read and claim to be students, would be to buy it, to think about its message...to use it, and to...return to it in the future, when your reading skills may again be in need of recharging.” – ILT (ITL 2003-10-28)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0335203868
• ISBN 13: 9780335203864
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible