Starting With Comprehension Composition

by Chris Fehily

Description Starting with Comprehension & Composition , into thesecond edition now, aims to deepen its founding mandate. Acontemporary course designed to sharpen both receptive andproductive skills, the series has considerably expanded its readingbase with a range of genres from historical letters to fiction tomemoirs besides travelogues, speeches and writings in science . Aspecial feature of this series is an extract from President Dr.APJAbdul Kalam's memoirs which will not merely inspire but teachchildren the art of writing from the heart of experience. Thepieces have been carefully chosen and graded keeping in view theirhistoricity, literary quality, textual richness and informationvalue. The exercises in comprehension test and advance deductivelearning by honing situation ? based inferential skills. The courseis structured to help the learner apply these skills to a varietyof texts, both prose and poetry , which often call for distinctivemodes of understanding and interpretation. The exercises incomposition help the learner to explore and appreciate the nuancesand structure of the English language. It is expected to encouragea high degree of felicity and lucidity of expression andcreativity. The initial books in the series provide writing and colouring practice. Picture comprehension exercises test the young learner's comprehensive and understanding abilities. Composition exercises aim to improve writing skills and encourage creativity. Comprehensive passages test the understanding of the learner through a variety of exercises.

496 pages, Paperback