A Short Course in Teaching Reading: Practical Techniques for Building Reading Power

I got this book for a grad class in teaching reading and writing (to esl students). This book was fantastic for explaining the theories and concepts behind teaching reading as well as giving sample exercises for every single concept. The exercises could easily be adapted for use in any reading classroom, and they take the guesswork out of lesson planning. It's very nice to have academic support behind the activities that you're using! Although we used it for ESL reading, the introduction at the beginning of the book states that it can be used in a multitude of reading settings, including adult basic literacy and elementary literacy, which makes it even more useful. I very much recommend this book, and I know I will be returning to it for as long as I'm teaching.

The content is five-star. I have given it three stars because it has an index that is comparable to books printed 100 years ago in terms of comprehensiveness and quality. Also, a book of this type should have a glossary for those students who are reading this kind of material for the first time. In other words, the failures in the book fall squarely on the shoulders of a publisher that wants fat dollars for a book that could have easily sold four times more copies if sold at half the price.

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I was looking for a book that give me more than simply theory and I found this in this amazing book with interactive activities for reading comprehension.

This book is just like its title. It's very practical. I provides you with the assignments and techniques on how to teach using the materials provided in the book.

Excellent!

Great book. Useful ideas.