Text and Thought, Second Edition, offers a comprehensive approach to developing and strengthening both developmental reading and developmental writing skills.

Incorporating the most essential and useful topics in reading and writing, this integrated text includes a wealth of writing exercises along with high-interest professional and textbook readings. Students are first guided through the application of skills and then given an opportunity to practice these skills independently.

The second edition offers strengthened coverage of both reading and writing, providing more exercises, essays and textbook excerpts, and increased coverage of vocabulary and the Internet. Resourceful, engaging, and up-to-date, Text and Thought, Second Edition, combines the complementary skills of reading and writing with an interactive approach.