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Level III Communication Skills
Annotated Bibliography
Note: A plethora of communication skills textbooks exists so this annotated
bibliography and the potential resources list should not be construed as
exhaustive. Most of the textbooks which you have been using will be equally
relevant for this version of the program. You are encouraged to continually seek
new or better references.
Books listed may not be currently in print. ISBN numbers are listed where
available.
ABE Communications 3 Writing Book. B.C. Ministry of Education. (1984). Open Learning
Agency.
A distance education package used in British Columbia which covers writing
descriptions, narrations, fact and opinion, short reports, business letters, and applying
for a job. Instructor's guide, test answer pad, supplement (sentence skills, spelling,
and vocabulary) and student test pad are available.
Anthology of Verse. Roberta A Charlesworth. Oxford University Press.
Used in the school system.
Approaches To Literature - Genres. D.W.S. Ryan and T.P. Rossiter (Editors). (1986).
Jesperson Press. ISBN: 0-920502-80-6
An anthology which takes a genre approach to the reading of literature. Provides
students with a variety of reading experiences by introducing them to the major literary
genres: short story, poetry, drama, and essay; and the minor genres: myth and legend,
fable and folk tale, allegory and parable, proverb and epigram, letter and diary. One of
a series, including Approaches To Literature - Themes and Approaches To Literature -
Modes.
Approaches To Literature - Modes. D.W.S. Ryan and T.P. Rossiter (Editors). (1987).
Jesperson Press. ISBN: 0-920502-82-2
An anthology which takes a modal (eg. tragic, comic, romantic, fantastic,
contemplative, etc.) approach to the reading of literature. One of a series, including
Approaches To Literature - Themes and Approaches To Literature - Genres.
Approaches To Literature - Themes. D.W.S. Ryan and T.P. Rossiter (Editors). (1986).
Jesperson Press. ISBN: 0-920502-78-4
This anthology takes a thematic approach to the reading of literature. This text is one
of a series, including Approaches To Literature - Genres and Approaches To Literature
- Modes.
Basic Language Skills. (1983). Cambridge.
This comprehensive grammar review workbook contains pretests, posttests, and
answer keys, and was designed for adults.
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