Description
Book SynopsisThe new Advanced Reading Power 4 offers a strategic, student-based approach to the teaching of reading that encourages users to view reading in English as a problem-solving activity rather than a translation exercise. This edition retains the original four-part structure unique to the Reading Power series, focusing on Extensive Reading, Vocabulary Building,Comprehension Skills and Reading Fluency. New to the Second Edition: More self-directed vocabulary-building tasks embedded in exercises. Updated vocabulary-learning strategies based on current research. New content organized around current issues relating to the Western lifestyle (social, economic, public health, environmental), with an emphasis on academic text types. Enhanced focus on critical thinking and academic skills. Targeted vocabulary items selected from frequency word list based on the Pearson International Corpus of Academic English (including both general and academic English). Appendix with word list for stud
Table of ContentsPart 1 Extensive Reading
Introduction
Unit 1: New Vocabulary in Extensive Reading
Unit 2: Fiction and Nonfiction
Unit 3: Books for Extensive Reading
Part 2 Vocabulary Building
Introduction
Unit 1: Learning New Vocabulary from Your Reading
Unit 2: Inferring Meaning from Context
Unit 3: Word Parts
Unit 4: Phrases
Part 3 Comprehension Skills
Introduction
Unit 1: Scanning and Previewing
Unit 2: Making Inferences and Predictions
Unit 3: Paragraphs: Structure and Reference
Unit 4: Identifying the Pattern
Unit 5: Genres of Writing
Unit 6: Reading for Study
Unit 7: Skimming
Unit 8: Critical Reading
Part 4 Reading Fluency
Introduction
Unit 1: An Introduction to Reading Fluency
Unit 2: People Who Have Made a Difference
Unit 3: The Impact of Modern Technology
Unit 4: Issues and Ideas
Appendix
