Reading Power 2 Student Book

Reading Power 2 Student Book

<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <I>Reading Power 2</I> </B> is a new and updated edition of the successful student-centered reading skills textbook <I>Reading Power</I>. Its unique structure, featuring four parts to be used concurrently, allows low-intermediate-level students (with a 600-word vocabulary) to develop the multiple sills and strategies involved in the reading process.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Overview</B> </P> <UL> <LI> <B>Extensive Reading </B>helps students to build reading fluency, broaden knowledge of vocabulary and collocation, and gain confidence. <LI> <B>Vocabulary</B> <B> Building</B> offers strategies for independent vocabulary learning such as dictionary work, guessing meaning from context, and learning how words work in sentences. <LI> <B>Comprehension Skills</B> teaches reading skills such as recognizing words and phrases, scanning for information, and making inferences. <LI> <B>Reading Faster</B> builds awareness of reading speed, provides strategies and exercises for increasing speed, and offers charts for tracking progress.</LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>New to the Fourth Edition</B> </P> <UL> <LI> <B>An updated Extensive Reading section</B> with a unit on fiction and non-fiction reading, more activities for evaluating student progress, and a revised suggested reading list <LI> <B>Enhanced vocabulary features </B>including new "Focus on Vocabulary" exercises and an expanded Vocabulary Building section</LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">There is also a Teacher Guide with Answer Key and a Test Booklet for <B> <I>Reading Power 2.</I> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">The <I>Reading Power </I>series also includes:</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px" href="http://vig.pearsoned.com/store/product/1,1207,store-14563_isbn-0138143897,00.html"> <I>Basic Reading Power 1</I> (Third Edition): Beginning</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px" href="http://vig.pearsoned.com/store/product/1,1207,store-14563_isbn-0138143889,00.html"> <I>Reading Power 2</I> (4th Edition): Intermediate</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>More Reading Power 3</I>: High-Intermediate</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Advanced Reading Power 4:</I> Advanced</DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>