Reading Power 2 Student Book, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (September 2, 2009) © 2009

  • Linda Jeffries
  • Beatrice S. Mikulecky

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780138143886
Reading Power 2 Student Book
Published 2009

Reading Power 2 follows on from the successful student-centered reading skills textbook Reading Power. Its unique structure, featuring four parts to be used concurrently, allows low-intermediate-level students (with a 600-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.
  • VocabularyBuilding 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 recognizing words and phrases, scanning for information, and making inferences.
  • Reading Faster builds awareness of reading speed, provides strategies and exercises for increasing speed, and offers charts for tracking progress.

New to the Fourth Edition

  • An updated Extensive Reading section with a unit on fiction and non-fiction reading, more activities for evaluating student progress, and a revised suggested reading list
  • Enhanced vocabulary features including new "Focus on Vocabulary" exercises and an expanded Vocabulary Building section

Part 1 Extensive Reading

Introduction

Unit 1: New Vocabulary in Your Reading

Unit 2: Fiction and Nonfiction

Unit 3: Books

Part 2 Vocabulary Building

Unit 1: Guidelines for Learning Vocabulary

Unit 2: Learning New Words from Your Reading

Unit 3: Guessing Meaning from Context

Unit 4: Word Parts

Unit 5: How Words Are Used Together

Unit 6: How Words Work in Sentences

Part 3 Comprehension Skills

Introduction

Unit 1: Previewing

Unit 2: Scanning

Unit 3: Making Inferences

Unit 4: Focusing on the Topic

Unit 5: Understanding Paragraphs

Unit 6: Identifying the Pattern

Unit 7: Thinking in English

Part 4 Reading Faster

Introduction

Unit 1: The White Woman of the Genesee

Unit 2: Two Popular Authors

Unit 3: Popular Health and Psychology

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