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Now in a new edition reading Power continues to focus on a unique process methodology encouraging students to develop a strategic approach and view reading in English as a problem solving activity rather than a translation exercise.
Its innovative design allows intermediate-level students to use four key sections concurrently to become better readers in school, college, or business.
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. You'll find the following skill development areas: -- 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 sections are intended to be used concurrently. Challenging excerpts from short stories, plays, encyclopedias, and articles help studentsexpand their developmental reading skills. Additional exercises focus on improving reading rate and reading for pleasure.
This is a student-centered reading skills textbook based on a cognitive skills approach. Its four key sections, extensive reading, vocabulary building, comprehension skills,reading faster, designed to be used concurrently, help advanced students master reading skills needed for academic success. It feature a variety of authentic reading selections, including excerpts from college textbooks, promotes purposeful reading. It contains comprehension exercises encourage students to interact with the text and develop an awareness of their own reading and thinking processes.
More Reading Power 3 is enhanced by research-based methods and activities for learning vocabulary. Longer reading passages and new study-reading activities, including outlining and text marking, prepare students to enter the world of academic reading. More Reading Power's unique process methodology teaches students to view reading as a process. The series encourages students to develope a strategiec approach to reading and to view reading in English as a problem-solving activity rather than a translation exercies. More Reading Power delivers on that effective process approach with strategies and practice for strengthening comprehension skills, building vocabulary, increasing reading speed, and preparing for testing.
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. the Reading Faster story line.
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. Reading for Pleasure encourages students to master new reading strategies and broaden their vocabulary. Comprehension Skills emphasizes strategic reading skills, such as skimming, making inferences, recognizing topics, and understanding sentences. Vocabulary Building offers strategies for learning new words, including personalized vocabulary lists, using context clues, and expanding categories of words. Thinking Skills provides targeted practice in inference and analytical skills. New to the Second Edition: A two-color design featuring index tabs for easy navigation An expanded Teacher's Guide with sample syllabus Updated content, additional readings, and a unit on identifying word parts Test booklets contain reproducible black line masters to be used as additional practice or to test reading skills presented in the student books.
