Reviewer Quotes

Praise for Opening Doors

"After using Opening Doors this summer, I really pushed my colleagues to use the text by describing the excellent readings, presentation of skills, and of course, the excellent reputation of Cortina and Elder."
--Bob Rogers, San Antonio College

"I would describe this as a great book, one which would fit a lot of teachers' and students' learning styles."--Linda S. Edwards, Chattanooga State Technical Community College

"The design of Opening Doors is one of its best features. My students enjoy the marginal annotations and the boxes which encourage them to review the most important information."--Barbara Levy, Nassau Community College

"I am very pleased to see the standardized test-taking skills included here. This is a real bonus. I also very much like the "Respond in Writing" items. They are excellent conversation stimulators and ask students to look critically to see what the text said as well as to respond on a more cosmic level. Collaborative workshops are an effective tool in the reading class and I applaud this feature as one of Opening Doors'sgreatest strengths."--Gertrude Coleman, Middlesex County College

"I have enjoyed reading Opening Doors. The use of vocabulary in context is excellent. The authors have also responded to a national need for better writers by including the "Respond in Writing" section. Some of these sections can be done as a group and others can become class assignments."--Dianne Cates, Central Piedmont Community College

Praise for New Worlds, also by Cortina and Elder

"I am exhiliarated by New Worlds."--Ellen McMurdie, Montgomery College

"New Worlds is a well organized and well written text that presents the material wonderfully for developmental students. It not ony tells the student what the skill is, but it also tells why the student is learning it and how to apply it step-by-step in his [or her] reading."--Lori Partlow, Chesapeake College