Reading Power: Reading Faster, Thinking Skills, Reading for Pleasure, Comprehension Skills [Paperback]

Beatrice S. Mikulecky (Author), Bea Mikulecky (Author), Linda Jeffries (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201158655 | ISBN-13: 978-0201158656 | Publication Date: January 1986

A developmental reader based on a cognitive skills approach, which demystifies the process of teaching reading and thinking in English. The text teaches specific comprehension skills, including previewing, predicting, scanning and skimming.

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From the Back Cover

Reading Power, Third Edition, by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries, is a student-centered reading skills textbook with a process approach to reading improvement. Its innovative design allows intermediate-level students to use four key sections concurrently to become better readers in school, college, or business.

• Reading for Pleasure encourages students to master new reading strategies and broaden their vocabulary.
• Comprehension Skills emphasizes strategic reading skills, such as skimming, scanning, and recognizing topics and main ideas.
• Thinking Skills provides targeted practice in inference and analytical skills.
• Reading Faster features high-interest, nonfiction selections that help students build speed and flexibility in their reading.

New to the Third Edition:

• A two-color design and user-friendly format
• Updated content, additional readings, and an expanded list of suggested books for pleasure reading
• Expanded Teacher's Guide with sample syllabus
• Separate Answer Key

Test booklets contain reproducible black line masters to be used as additional practice or to test reading skills presented in the student books.

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About the Author

Bea Mikulecky holds a master's degree in TESOL and a doctorate in Applied Psycholinguistics from Boston University. In addition to teaching reading, writing, and ESL, she has worked as a teacher-trainer in the Harvard University Summer ESL Program, in the Simmons College MATESL Program, and in Moscow, Russia. Bea Mikulecky is the author of A Short Course in Teaching Reading Skills and co-author of the Reading Power series. 

Linda Jeffries hold a master's degree in TESOL from Boston University. She has taught reading, writing, and ESL/EFL at Boston College, Boston University, in the Harvard University Summer ESL Program, and at the University of Opole, in Poland. She currently resides in Italy, where she has taught EFL and academic writing at the University of Bologna and the University of Modena. Linda JEffries is co-author of the Reading Power series.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company (January 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201158655
• ISBN-13: 978-0201158656
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,607,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Empowering learners, June 21, 2000

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This review is from: Reading Power: Reading Faster, Thinking Skills, Reading for Pleasure, Comprehension Skills (Paperback)

Reading Power is an excellent book for helping beginning to intermediate ESL learners build their reading skills. It covers a wide range of useful skills and techniques, so it has something for everyone. And it gives a multi-pronged approach, so learners can make relatively quick progress.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars love it, March 15, 2010

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This review is from: Reading Power: Reading for Pleasure * Comprehension Skills * Thinking Skills * Reading Faster (Paperback)

These book is help me with my english class, i love it!!my comprehension skills is a lot better, and i learning how to read faster..

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