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Bridges: United States Academia for First-Generation and International College Students

Bridges introduces students to a wide range of concepts, institutions, histories, and artifacts of United States college and university life. After discussing these items in easy-to-scan, concise, nuance-free prose, this textbook then offers useful lists, templates for writing and speaking in different discourses and situations, thought-provoking questions and activities for self-study and for classroom work, and pertinent hyperlinks for further information. Bridges is designed to help first-generation, first-year, English language learners, and/or culturally unfamiliarized students more fully and successfully explore their educational environments. By using this book, students will be better prepared for the academic and social challenges of successfully undertaking higher education in English.

Author

Shawn Higgins

Publisher

North Broad Press

Year

2021

ISBN

9781439919866

Source

Open Textbook Library

License

CC BY-NC-SA

Language

EN

Category

Soft Skills