Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and index.

1. What is reading? -- The reader -- The interaction between reader and text -- Models of reading -- Expanding your knowledge

2. Factors that influence reading in an L2/FL -- Cognitive development and style orientation -- Reading performance and competence in the L1 -- Metacognitive knowledge -- L2/FL proficiency -- Degree of difference between the L1 and the L2/FL -- Cultural orientation -- Expanding your knowledge

3. Designing the reading course -- Course goals -- Approaches to teaching reading -- Selecting appropriate materials -- Evaluation and final course grade -- Expanding your knowledge

4. Preparing to read -- Establishing a purpose for reading -- Activating and building background knowledge -- Previewing the text to build expectations -- Prereading activities for lower levels of language proficiency -- As you plan -- Expanding your knowledge

5. Reading the text -- The reading process -- Building comprehension of the text -- Monitoring text comprehension -- Adjusting reading strategies -- Reading activities for lower levels of language proficiency -- As you plan -- Expanding your knowledge

6. Reviewing reading -- Reviewing information from the text -- Discussing information not in the text -- Evaluating information in the text -- Reviewing activities for lower levels of language proficiency -- As you plan -- Expanding your knowledge

7. Vocabulary issues in teaching reading -- Vocabulary before reading -- Vocabulary during reading -- Vocabulary after reading -- Expanding your knowledge

8. Using literature -- Reasons for using literature -- Features of literacy texts -- Adjusting methods to literary texts -- Criteria for selecting literary texts -- As you plan -- Expanding your knowledge

9. Assessing L2/FL reading -- Alternative methods of assessing reading -- Traditional methods of testing reading -- Writing tests for the classroom -- Planning course-level assessment -- Expanding your knowledge

10. Planning the reading lesson -- Components of a lesson plan -- Factors that influence planning -- As you use the lesson plan -- From plan to syllabus to curriculum -- Expanding your knowledge

11. The learning spiral and the reading teacher -- Reading textbook samples -- Beginning and low levels

1. "Who's Calling?" -- 2. "Dish Soap for Dinner?" (Intermediate level) -- 3. "Modern Fathers Have Pleasures and Problems" (Advanced Level) -- 4. "Our Future Stock" (Superior level) -- 5. "Theoretical Perspectives on Societies" (Text without exercises) -- 6. "More Men Infiltrating Professions Historically Dominated by Women"

''From Reader to Reading Teacher is a self-contained, student-centered methods text that connects reading theory to practical classroom activities. The book begins by leading teachers to explore their beliefs and assumptions about the nature of reading and to analyze their own personal reading strategies. By studying the factors that influence both native language and second language reading, the text prepares teachers for a critical examination of the pedagogical issues central to the second language reading classroom. Teachers learn how to select appropriate reading activities and to plan effective reading lessons. Written in clear, understandable language, this text provides a wealth of examples and exercises, making it ideal for introductory courses on the teaching of reading." (Book Cover)