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Duration: Self-study Description: This down-to-earth, self-study book helps you identify strengths, sharpen existing skills, and develop new habits to improve your reading. You'll learn to read for meaning and main ideas, decode jargon, and much more. Table Of Contents: Section 1: Work Reading Skills Skill 1: Steering Your Course: Active Reading for Meaning Skill 2: Clearing the Air: Reading for Main Ideas Skill 3: The Bottom Line: Identifying Key Information in Memos, Letters, and Reports Skill 4: Behind the Seen: Recognizing Tone, Point of View, and Personal Agendas Skill 5: Trailblazers: Simplifying Instructions Skill 6: Eye-Openers: Tables and Graphs Skill 7: Using New Hooks: The Five W¿s and an H Section 2: Working Vocabulary Skill 8: Beyond Byte Fright: Decoding Computer Jargon Skill 9: In Brief: Abbreviations and Acronyms Skill 10: Words at Work: Work Word Banks Skill 11: It's Good to Know You: Medical Insurance Terms Skill 12: In a Manner of Speaking: Figurative Language & Idioms Section 3: Back-Up Skills Skill 13: On Your Terms: Language-Experience Model Skill 14: Bonds: Occupational Word Families and Employment Language Skill 15: The Great Organizer: Alphabetical Order Skill 16: Powerhouse, Power Tool: The Dictionary Skill 17: Co-Workers: Consonant Blends Skill 18: Singles and Doubles: Vowel Matching Skill 19: The Silent Treatment: Silent Letters Skill 20: Before and After: Prefixes and Suffixes Skill 21: Same, Opposites, Sounds-the-Same, Looks-the-Same: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones, Homographs Skill 22: Equalizers: Multiple Meanings for the Same Word Appendix Taking Stock: Informal Reading Inventory (Pronunciation, Comprehension, Vocabulary) |
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