Basic Reading Power 1 Student Book, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (July 27, 2009) © 2009

  • Linda Jeffries
  • Beatrice S. Mikulecky
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Its unique structure, featuring four parts to be used concurrently, allows beginning-level students (with a 300-word vocabulary) to develop the multiple skills and strategies involved in the reading process.

Overview

  • Extensive Reading helps students to build reading fluency, broaden knowledge of vocabulary and collocation, and gain confidence.
  • Vocabulary Building offers strategies for independent vocabulary learning such as dictionary work, guessing meaning from context, and learning how words work in sentences.
  • Comprehension Skills teaches reading skills such as recognising words and phrases, scanning for information, and making inferences.
  • Thinking Skills provides practice in recognising sentence structure and following the logic of ideas.

Part 1 Extensive Reading

Introduction

Unit 1: Fables

Unit 2: Stories

Unit 3: Books

Part 2 Vocabulary Building

Unit 1: Guidelines for Learning Vocabulary

Unit 2: Learning New Words from Your Reading

Unit 3: The 100 Words

Unit 4: Guessing Meaning from Context

Unit 5: Word Parts

Unit 6: How Words Are Used Together

Part 3 Comprehension Skills

Unit 1: Recognizing Letters, Words, and Phrases

Unit 2: Scanning

Unit 3: Making Inferences

Unit 4: Focusing on Topics

Unit 5: Understanding the Paragraphs

Part 4 Thinking in English

Introduction

Unit 1: Level 1

Unit 2: Level 2

Unit 3: Level 3

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