Advanced Reading Power 4 /
Linda Jeffries and Beatrice S. Mikulecky.
- 2nd ed.
- White Plains, NY : Pearson Longman, 2014.
- vi, 317 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Reading Power .
Includes an appendix.
"Reading Power 4 is a new updated edition of the successful student-centered reading skills textbook Advanced Reading Power. It's unique structure, featuring four parts to be used concurrently, allows advanced level students to develop the multiple skills and strategies involved in the reading process. Overview Extensive Reading helps students to build reading fluency, increase comprehension, and broaden vocabulary. Vocabulary Building includes numerous strategies for learning vocabulary, including using context clues, analyzing word parts, and noticing collocations. Comprehension Skills teaches scanning, making predictions and inferences, recognizing patterns of organization, identifying genre, skimming, and critical reading. Reading Fluency features high-interest, nonfiction selections that help students improve their reading rate and flexibility.'' (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction Part 1 - Extensive reading Unit 1: An introduction to extensive reading Unit 2: Fiction and nonfiction Unit 3: Books for extensive reading Part 2 - Vocabulary building Unit 1: Learning new vocabulary from your reading Unit 2: Inferring meaning from context Unit 3: Word parts Unit 4: Phrases Part 3 - Comprehension skills Unit 1: Scanning and previewing Unit 2: Making inferences and predictions Unit 3: Paragraphs: Structure and reference Unit 4: Identifying the pattern Unit 5: Reading for study Unit 6: Genres of writing Unit 7: Skimming Unit 8: Critical reading Part 4 - Reading fluency Unit 1: An introduction to reading fluency Unit 2: People who have made a difference Unit 3: The impact of modern technology Unit 4: Issues and ideas Appendix
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Reading comprehension--Problems, exercises, etc. Vocabulary--Study and teaching. Reading (Higher education).