Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts: Reading in the Secondary Content Areas
Although there are plenty of professional books on reading in the content areas, most ignore theory, opting instead to include strategies that confuse rather than enlighten. Furthermore, such texts rarely make adequate connections between reading and writing as well as reading and language acquisition--and they disregard linguistic diversity altogether. This book is different. Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts provides a thorough grounding in the principles...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0867094176
ISBN13:9780867094176
Release Date:August 1997
Publisher:Heinemann Educational Books
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"
Age Range:12 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 9 to 12
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Very Practical
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is an excellent book for teachers in all content areas. The book offers several strategies to prepare students before reading a text, to assist them during reading, and to engage them in postreading activities. The strategies can be applied to several grade levesl, including college. Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts is clearly written and written with passion. Congratulations to the authors--I HIGHLY recommend this text.
Very Practical
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is an excellent book for teachers in all content areas, as it provides several useful and effective content-area reading strategies. There are specific strategies that can be used to prepare students for reading text, assist them during the reading, and engage them in post-reading activities. The book is clearly written and written with passion.
Great resource for English Teachers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Marilyn Wilson was one of my favorite professors here at MSU, so perhaps I'm a little biased. But this is an extremely useful text, incorporating the ideas of three very intelligent English teachers that is heavy on theory, but doesn't forget about real world applications. Methodology and theory mixed together well.
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