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GUIDED TOUR OF
Foundations of Language & Literature,

Second Edition

Opening Chapters Take an

Active Approach to Foundational Skills

Foundations of Language & Literature begins with brief, approachable, activity-driven
opening chapters, which establish core academic skills. These skills are essential for
communication in the classroom and the world: discussing ideas civilly, listening
actively, reading actively and critically, writing clearly and with voice, and locating, eval-
uating, and using sources effectively.

1 Starting the This chapter focuses on civil discourse in the classroom; developing an
Conversation academic voice; listening actively; asking questions to clarify, build upon, or
challenge an idea; and reaching consensus.

2 Reading This chapter asks students to explore three different types of reading: Reading

for Understanding, Reading for Interpretation, and Reading for Style. It
provides students with opportunities to practice skills essential to each type
of reading, such as annotation, summary, finding the main idea, and analyzing
themes. This chapter also walks students through techniques for overcoming
reading challenges, such as difficult words, lack of context, complex sentence
structures, and unfamiliar word order.

3 Writing This chapter asks students to consider how their voices might change to suit a
particular subject, purpose, audience, and occasion. Those changes in voice
are created through playing with word choice, altering sentence structure and
punctuation, and recognizing the effects. Finally, students work on creating
clear and unified paragraphs. This chapter also covers techniques for classroom
presentations and public speaking.

4 Using Sources This chapter is an introduction to finding and using evidence. The chapter
focuses heavily on reading critically in order to assess credibility and bias. The
chapter then walks students through the key moves of evidence-based writing:
navigating a range of ideas, integrating quotations, acknowledging sources, and
avoiding plagiarism.

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