Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Reading and writing -- talking and thinking -- Part 1 Reading as a student -- 1.1 Finding meaning in written texts -- 1.2 Cultural literacy -- 1.3 Thinking about what, why, when, where and how you read -- 1.4 Approaching reading in different ways and at different levels -- 1.5 SQ3R: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review -- 1.6 Taking notes about what you have read -- Part 2 Writing as a student -- 2.1 The purpose of essays and other written tasks -- 2.2 The writing process -- 2.3 Getting your writing right: punctuation, spelling and grammar -- 2.4 Getting your writing right: citation and referencing -- 2.5 Getting your writing right: thinking about style -- Part 3 Developing arguments in your writing -- 3.1 Influencing the beliefs of others -- 3.2 Arguments of a different kind -- 3.3 Analysing and evaluating arguments -- Responses to tasks -- References -- Index -- Advert -- Back cover.