| Summary, etc |
“Effective English for College Freshmen consists of two books covering the complete first year college course (6 units). It is designed to deal thoroughly with the many different aspects of grammar, composition, oral practice and comprehension.<br/>Book I deals with grammar functionally. The principal aim is to review the grammar learned in the high school at the same time that provision is made to use the language on a higher and more productive level.<br/>The principal aim of Book II is to train students to read and understand the printed page, to evaluate what they read, and to express themselves in concise, effective language.<br/>Emphasis is placed on the rhetorical principles of unity, coherence, and emphasis. Explanations of linguistic prin- ciples are always followed by exercises so that students who find difficulty in understanding and following these principles might, with practice, develop correct habits of speaking and writing.<br/>A unit on Special Problems has been added. This includes a comprehensive treatment of reading for speed and comprehension as well as taking tests and examinations, objective and essay type. According to recent scientific findings conducted by universities abroad, it has been dis- covered that the average student understands and remembers about one half of what he hears or reads immediately after he reads it and his retention tapers off considerably as time passes. The large amount of reading that a university student is expected to do demands that students develop a high degree of reading efficiency.<br/>The dominant purpose of the authors has been to write a text which will serve the actual needs of the students and enable the professor of English to approach his teaching problems realistically.” - J. B. S., E. F. R. |
