Quest: Reading and Writing, 2nd Edition

Quest: Reading and Writing, 2nd Edition

<p> <b><i>Quest Second Edition</i></b> parallels and accelerates the process native-speaking students go through when they prepare for success in a variety of academic subjects. <b><i>Quest</i></b> helps students get "up to speed" in terms of both academic content and language skills. </p> <p> The four <b><i>Reading and Writing</i></b> books in the <b><i>Quest</i></b> series combine high-interest material from newspapers and magazines with readings from academic textbooks. </p> <p> The <b><i>Reading and Writing</i></b> strand includes three to four distinct units, each focusing on a different area of university study - <b>anthropology, art, biology, business, ecology, economics, history, literature, psychology,</b> and <b>sociology.</b> </p> <p> <b>Each chapter contains five parts</b> that blend reading and writing skills within the context of a particular academic area of study. <ol> <li>Introduction</li> <li>General Interest Reading</li> <li>Academic Reading</li> <li>The Mechanics of Writing</li> <li>Academic Writing</li> </ol> </p> <p> Reading and activites build upon one another and increase in length and difficulty as students work through the five sections of each chapter across the four levels. </p> <p> This is the low intermediate to intermediate level student book. </p>