In the second edition of the popular More Reading Power, the authors have updated and expanded exercises to heighten the focus on reading skills development, as opposed to most reading books, which focus on content. Texts from such sources as advertising, short stories, plays, encyclopedias, and articles enable students to practice and apply their new skills to a broad range of relevant material. A new Teacher's Guide at the end of the book includes a sample lesson plan and detailed suggestions for using More Reading Power most effectively.

Test Booklet

Mikulecky, Beatrice S.

Longman Publishing Group

Now in a new edition, this four-level series continues to focus on a unique process methodology - encouraging students to develop a strategic approach and begin to view reading in English as a problem-solving activity rather than a translation exercise. With expanded emphasis on vocabulary acquisition and learning strategies, and updated Extensive reading sections, these new editions help students develop the multiple skills and strategies necessary for success.

Reading Power: Reading for Pleasure * Comprehension Skills * Thinking Skills * Reading Faster

Reference

Jeffries, Linda

English as a Second Language

Pearson Education ESL

Basic Reading Power, Second Edition, by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries, is a student-centered reading skills textbook with a process approach to reading improvement. Its unique structure, featuring four key sections used oncurrently, helps beginning-level students (with a vocabulary of 300 words) to become better readers in school, college, or business. 
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Reading for Pleasure encourages students to master new reading strategies and broaden their vocabulary. </li>
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Comprehension Skills emphasizes strategic reading skills, such as skimming, making inferences, recognizing topics, and understanding sentences. </li>
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Vocabulary Building offers strategies for learning new words, including personalized vocabulary lists, using context clues, and expanding categories of words. </li>
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Thinking Skills provides targeted practice in inference and analytical skills. </li>
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New to the Second Edition: <ul>
<li>A two-color design featuring index tabs for easy navigation </li>
<li>An expanded Teacher's Guide with sample syllabus </li>
<li>Updated content, additional readings, and a unit on identifying word parts</li>
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Test booklets contain reproducible black line masters to be used as additional practice or to test reading skills presented in the student books.

Basic Reading Power 1 (2nd Edition)

Words, Language & Grammar

Pearson/Longman

Intended for beginning-level young adult and adult students of English as a Second Language, this innovative text combines the elements of a successful reading program with a unique, developmental format designed to teach a wide range of reading skills. The four sections of "Reading Power" are designed to be used concurrently. Each focuses on a different aspect of reading: "Reading for Pleasure" - This section stresses independent reading by suggesting a variety of ways to choose books and also offers a list of high-interest readers for students to enjoy. "Reading Comprehension Skills" - This series of exercises provides focused instruction to develop necessary reading skills: previewing, scanning, guessing word meanings, finding topics, main ideas, and patterns of organization, using reference words effectively, and skimming. "Reading Faster" - These short fiction and non-fiction passages form a continuing story line and offer practice for improving reading speed and comprehension. "Thinking Skills" - These exercises are designed to provide practice in recognizing logical thought patterns in English and guessing the meanings of words from the context.

Basic Reading Power

The new Advanced Reading Power 4 offers a strategic, student-based approach to the teaching of reading that encourages users to view reading in English as a problem-solving activity rather than a translation exercise. This edition retains the original four-part structure unique to the Reading Power series, focusing on Extensive Reading, Vocabulary Building,Comprehension Skills and Reading Fluency. New to the Second Edition: <ul>
<li> More self-directed vocabulary-building tasks embedded in exercises. </li>
<li> Updated vocabulary-learning strategies based on current research. </li>
<li> New content organized around current issues relating to the Western lifestyle (social, economic, public health, environmental), with an emphasis on academic text types. </li>
<li> Enhanced focus on critical thinking and academic skills. </li>
<li> Targeted vocabulary items selected from frequency word list based on the Pearson International Corpus of Academic English (including both general and academic English). </li>
<li> Appendix with word list for student and teacher reference. </li> </ul>
 Reading Power’s unique methodology teaches students to view reading as a process. The series encourages students to develop a strategic approach to reading and to view reading in English as a problem-solving activity rather than a translation exercise. <ul>
<li> Extensive Reading helps students build reading fluency, increase comprehension, and broaden vocabulary. </li>
<li> Vocabulary Building includes numerous strategies for learning vocabulary, including using context clues, analyzing word parts, and noticing collocations. </li>
<li> Comprehension Skills teaches scanning, making predictions and inferences, recognizing patterns of organization, identifying genre, skimming, and critical reading. </li>
<li> Reading Fluency features high-interest, nonfiction selections that help students improve their reading rate and flexibility. 
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Advanced Reading Power 4 (2nd Edition)

A developmental reader based on a cognitive skills approach, which demystifies the process of teaching reading and thinking in English. The text teaches specific comprehension skills, including previewing, predicting, scanning and skimming.

Reading Power

Addison-Wesley

The teacher, teacher-in-training, or administrator who wants to stress quality reading comprehension instruction will discover A Short Course in Teaching Reading Skills is a valuable resource. Comprehensive, yet concise in presentation, this text combines theory with classroom application. It also connects developmental skills to literacy and language development. The principles outlined apply to students of any age and language proficiency who already have basic decoding abilities.

A Short Course in Teaching Reading Skills

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Pearson P T R

Beginning Level. The Reading Power Series is based on a cognitive skills approach. These student-centered reading skills texts help students go beyond rote learning to develop the solid reading skills good readers take for granted. Basic Reading Power, the first in text in the series, helps beginning students (below 300 word vocabulary) to become better readers in school, college, or business. Includes special emphasis on developing the good vocabulary learning skills crucial to fluent reading. Featuring a Vocabulary Building section that offers strategies for learning new words, a Teacher's Guide section, and an Answer Key. The other books in this series include: Reading Power (Beginning/Intermediate Level), and More Reading Power (Intermediate Level). A Short Course for Teaching Reading Skills is also available.

Based on a cognitive skills approach, these student-centered reading skills texts help students go beyond rote learning to develop the solid reading skills good readers take for granted. Skill development areas include: *Reading for Pleasure Encourages students to master new reading strategies and broaden their vocabularies by helping them select books appropriate to their level and enjoy them on their own. *Reading Comprehension Skills Emphasizes strategic reading skills such as skimming, scanning, recognizing topics and main ideas, understanding sentences, and making inferences. *Thinking Skills Provides targeted practice in inference and analytical skills. *Reading Faster Uses high-interest short fiction and nonfiction passages to help students develop speed and flexibility in their reading.The four skill sections are intended to be usedconcurrently.*Test booklets for Reading Power and More Reading Power contain reproducible black line masters to be used as additional practice or to test reading skills presented in the student books.Reading Power: The second edition of Reading Power is a thoroughly updated version of the successful first edition. Among the many items updated are the book list, the nonfiction articles, and the "Reading Faster" story line.

Reading Power, Second Edition: Reading for Pleasure, Comprehension Skills, Thinking Skills, Reading Faster

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Test Booklet

Reading Power: Reading for Pleasure * Comprehension Skills * Thinking Skills * Reading Faster

Basic Reading Power 1 (2nd Edition)

Basic Reading Power

Advanced Reading Power 4 (2nd Edition)

Reading Power

A Short Course in Teaching Reading Skills

Basic Reading Power

Reading Power, Second Edition: Reading for Pleasure, Comprehension Skills, Thinking Skills, Reading Faster