Full Description
The new edition of 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. 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.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. With expanded emphasis on vocabulary acquisition and learning strategies, and updated Extensive Reading sections, these new editions help beginning and intermediate-level students develop the multiple skills and strategies necessary for success. At each level, students focus on four skill areas:
Extensive Reading (Reading for Pleasure) lets students select their own reading materials to practice new strategies, build fluency, increase comprehension, and broaden their vocabulary.
Vocabulary Building trains students in a variety of strategies for learning new words, from personalized vocabulary lists to noticing collocations.
Reading Comprehension covers skimming, scanning, recognizing topics and main ideas, understanding sentences, and making inferences. Critical Thinking Skills (upper levels) involves targeted practice in inferential and analytical skills.
Reading Faster helps students develop speed and flexibility in reading with high-interest, short fiction and non-fiction selections.
Also available - a separate Teacher's Guide with Answer Key and Sample Syllabus for each level.
Contents
Part 1 Extensive Reading
Introduction
Unit 1: New Vocabulary in Your Reading
Unit 2: Fiction and Nonfiction
Unit 3: Books
Part 2 Vocabulary Building
Introduction
Unit 1: Making Good Use of the Dictionary
Unit 2: Learning New Vocabulary from Your Reading
Unit 3: Guessing Meaning from Context
Unit 4: Word Parts
Unit 5: Collocations
Unit 6: Structure and Reference
Part 3 Comprehension Skills
Introduction
Unit 1: Scanning and Previewing
Unit 2: Making Inferences
Unit 3: Understanding Paragraphs
Unit 4: Identifying the Pattern
Unit 5: Reading Longer Passages
Unit 6: Skimming
Part 4 Reading Fluency
Introduction
Unit 1: Harry Houdini: The Life of an Escape Artist
Unit 2: Making a Living
Unit 3: Better Lives in a Better World
Answers to Practice Exercises
Appendix 1: Pronunciation Key
Appendix 2: Frequently Used Words in English
