Pearson Starting With Comprehension and Composition 5 (2007)

Starting with Comprehension & Composition, into the second edition now, aims to deepen its founding mandate. A contemporary course designed to sharpen both receptive and productive skills, the series has considerably expanded its reading base with a range of genres from historical letters to fiction to memoirs besides travelogues, speeches and writings in science . A special feature of this series is an extract from President Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam's memoirs which will not merely inspire but teach children the art of writing from the heart of experience. The pieces have been carefully chosen and graded keeping in view their historicity, literary quality, textual richness and information value. The exercises in comprehension test and advance deductive learning by honing situation - based inferential skills. The course is structured to help the learner apply these skills to a variety of texts, both prose and poetry , which often call for distinctive modes of understanding and interpretation. The exercises in composition help the learner to explore and appreciate the nuances and structure of the English language. It is expected to encourage a high degree of felicity and lucidity of expression and creativity.