Learning Center

Reading Resources and Lab

Welcome to the reading lab. Tutoring is available to students in reading classes and to those students wishing to improve their reading skills regarding any college textbook. Among other skills, learn how to recognize the main idea of a selection and how to pinpoint the important details within a text.

Reading Handouts
Main Idea	Supporting Details
Purpose	Tone
Bias	How to Improve Reading Comprehension
The SQR3 Method	Meaning in Context
Organizational Pattern	Relationship between Sentences
Fact and Opinion	Inferences & Conclusions
Valid & Invalid Conclusions
Additional Reading Handouts
Instructional handouts include: Main Idea, Supporting Details, Meaning in Context, Purpose, Organizational Patterns, Relationships between Sentences, Tone, Fact and Opinion, Bias, Inferences and Conclusions, Valid and Invalid Arguments, Reading Comprehension and The SQR3 Method. These handouts are located on the revolving literature rack located in the English lab area.
Internet Resources
Mastery Reading Tests and Web sites for reading practice
Tutoring Resources
Free personal one-on-one tutoring from a professional reading tutor (no appointment necessary): Online reading review of all major skills through www.myskillstutor.com Computer Mastery Tests which correlate with the Improving/Advancing Reading Skills texts Instructional books and tapes covering basic skills: main idea, inferences and judgments, bias, tone, vocabulary, etc.

Let us know if we have met your needs today. Please contact Christy Taylor-Pruitt.