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Getting Information from Reading

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English in Practice

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For a student the prime sources of information are, on the one hand, lectures and lessons; on the other — and perhaps more important — books, papers, periodicals, journals. Intelligent reading of all kinds of written and printed matter is an essential and difficult, but generally an enjoyable, skill.

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© 1974 F. E. Foden

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Foden, F.E. (1974). Getting Information from Reading. In: English in Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02188-8_2

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