Supplements for Instructors

An Annotated Instructor’s Edition (0-07-296264-7) consists of the student text complete with answers to all activities and tests, followed by an Instructor’s Guide featuring teaching suggestions and a model syllabus.

An Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/langan) offers a host of instructional aids and additional resources for instructors, including a comprehensive computerized test bank, the downloadable Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank, online resources for writing instructors, and more.

An Instructor’s CD-ROM (0-07-296272-0) offers all of the above supplements in a convenient offline format.

The Classroom Performance System (CPS by eInstruction) is an easy-to-use, wireless response system that allows instructors to conduct quizzes and polls in class and provide students with immediate feedback. McGraw-Hill provides a database of questions compatible with English Skills and English Skills with Readings. To download the database, go to the English Skills OLC at www.mhhe.com/langan. For further details on CPS, go to www.mhhe.com/einstruction.

PageOut! helps instructors create graphically pleasing and professional web pages for their courses, in addition to providing classroom management, collaborative learning, and content management tools. PageOut! is FREE to adopters of McGraw-Hill textbooks and learning materials. Learn more at www.mhhe.com/pageout.

Supplements for Students

An Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/langan), offers a host of instructional aids and additional resources for students, including self-correcting exercises, writing activities for additional practice, guides to doing research on the Internet and avoiding plagiarism, useful web links, and more. The site is powered by Catalyst, McGraw-Hill’s innovative writing and research resource.

A Student CD-ROM (0-07-296275-5) offers all the resources of the Student’s Online Learning Center and more in a convenient offline format.

AllWrite! 2.1 is an interactive, browser-based tutorial program that provides an online handbook, comprehensive diagnostic pretests and posttests, and extensive practice exercises in every area.

Dictionary and Vocabulary Resources

Random House Webster’s College Dictionary (0-07-240011-0): This authoritative dictionary includes over 160,000 entries and 175,000 definitions. The most commonly used definitions are always listed first, so students can find what they need quickly.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (0-07-310057-9), based on the best-selling Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, contains over 70,000 definitions.

The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus (0-07-310067-6): This handy paperback thesaurus contains over 157,000 synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words, and idioms.

Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder (0-07-310069-2) introduces 3,000 words, and includes quizzes to test progress.

Merriam-Webster’s Notebook Dictionary (0-07-299091-0): An extremely concise reference to the words that form the core of the English vocabulary, this popular dictionary, conveniently designed for 3-ring binders, provides words and information at students’ fingertips.

Merriam-Webster’s Notebook Thesaurus (0-07-310068-4) is designed for 3-ring binders, and helps the student search for words they might need today. It provides concise, clear guidance for over 157,000 word choices.

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Electronic Edition (0-07-310070-6): Available on CD-ROM, this online dictionary contains thousands of new words and meaning from all areas of human endeavor, including electronic technology, the sciences, and popular culture.