Sharpen your language skills while you send your knowledge of American culture The more you read in English, the greater your knowledge of the language and of the culture of its native speakers. The short articles in Better Reading English reflect real-life, contemporary issues and situations that will help you understand more about American English and the people who speak it daily. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, with each subsequent piece becoming more challenging as the section progresses. These engaging texts come from everyday sources, so you get a contemporary snapshot of the culture of the American English-speaking world, from the natural world to urban life, and from the early United States to modern technology. The exercises that follow each article will help the development of your language skills, such as: ● Using word formation, cognates, and context to determine meaning ● Understanding idioms and artistic expressions ● Improving your speed in reading English Better Reading English will not only help you improve or revive your language skills, but will also open up the enjoyable and exciting world of reading in English.

Sharpen your English language skills through readings about its speakers' daily lives and culture Better Reading English offers you entertaining, "real world" texts to help you understand and learn more English vocabulary and phrases. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, such as cuisine, music, sports, film and theater, art, the family, today's lifestyle, or politics and history. Along the way, you will find instruction and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary. The articles become gradually more difficult as you proceed through the book to keep you challenged and engaged. Better Reading English is an easy, engaging way to boost your language skills and learn more about the language and its speakers as you go.

English L2 Reading, Third Edition offers teachers research-based insights into bottom-up skills in reading English as a second language and a solid foundation on which to build reading instruction. Core linguistic and psycholinguistic concepts are presented within the context of their application to teaching. The goal is to balance or supplement (not replace) top-down approaches and methodologies with effective low-level options for teaching English reading. The text’s pedagogical features— Questions, Study Guide Questions. Discussion Questions, Spotlight on Teaching sections— engage readers of the text in moving easily from linguistic details and psycholinguistic data and theory to practical explanations and suggestions for teaching. Two Appendices provide tables that list the graphemes or the phonemes of English. Changes in the Third Edition Shift in focus from criticism of whole language methodologies to a more neutral stance —times have changed and the study of lower-level reading strategies is now mainstream Greater focus on linguistic form, along with function and meaning Updated information about reading strategies at each level of the reading process More Spotlight on Teaching sections, one for each chapter New chapter on spelling development

Is your English reading holding you back? What would it mean to your studies or career to be able to read quickly and accurately in English? The habits and study tips in 71 Ways to Practice English Reading: Tips for ESL/EFL Learners are designed to improve your reading quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen and Jennifer Booker Smith have nearly thirty years experience teaching ESL/EFL. In this book, they have organized the advice they have given countless students to help reach their English reading goals from improving a test score, to getting a job, to reading a novel, to traveling the world confidently. In this book, you'll find out where to get the best free resources online, how to improve your reading test scores, and how to make the most of your study time. You'll also find some fun ideas for improving your reading skills. Pick up 71 Ways to Practice English Reading: Tips for ESL/EFL Learners today and get started. Better English reading is in your future!

If you need to know it, it's in this book. This eBook version of the revised second edition of English and Reading Workout for the ACT has been optimized for on-screen viewing with cross-linked questions, answers, and explanations. It includes: • Practice passages and questions based on real ACT exams • 3 English practice tests and 4 Reading practice tests, all with detailed answer explanations • Targeted advice from our ACT experts, including how to use our 5-Step Basic Approach to master tricky sentence structure and punctuation questions • Guidance for seeing through camouflage and acing the Reading passages English and Reading Workout for the ACT contains all the information you'll need to learn where your weaknesses lie—and how to overcome them.