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English Reading - Practice Books
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Below is a list of good English Books and educational
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We can recommend the following books for ESL purposes;
1. Penguin Readers - Mass Market Paperback: Publisher: Dell
Penguin Readers are a carefully graded collection of Readers that
enable English language learners to enjoy reading whatever their
language level. Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors.
The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully
graded to make sure it suits the learner's own language ability.
Whether it's British or American English you're looking for, there
are hundreds of titles to choose from. There's something for everyone
- classics, films, biographies, drama, romance, comedy, crime and
more. Listening to audio recordings can help to improve the learner's
understanding and fluency, which is why the majority of Penguin
Readers titles are also available on audio cassette. Every Penguin
Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet
to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening
and speaking skills.
2. Cambridge English Readers series; Paperback: Cambridge University
Press
Written specially for adult and young adult learners, this series
of graded readers offers original fiction with believable characters,
gripping plots, and a variety of international settings. The highest
quality of writing and storytelling is combined with greatest sensitivity
to learners' linguistics needs, and this ensures a successful, enjoyable
reading experience with learners eager to finish one book and start
another.
They cover a wide range of genres including comedy, romance, murder
mystery, and many more Comprehension and speed of reading are increased
because the reader is placed in a familiar landscape with less new
information to process. These books cater for learners at all levels,
from elementary to advanced The highest level provides the much
requested bridge to authentic reading materials which is missing
from most other graded readers series. This is achieved by having
a considerably larger vocabulary and no formal grammatical controls.
3. Heinle & Heinle TOEFL Test Assistant: Reading by Milada Broukal;
Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: International Thomson Publishing
Reading is designed for both self-study and classroom use to prepare
students for the reading Comprehension of the TOEFL Test. Each chapter
covers a type of reading question that can be found on the TOEFL.
The first part of each chapter introduces the question through a
reading passage. This passage is easier than the passages on the
TOEFL. Its purpose is to introduce students to the type of question
they will study in the chapter. The second part of each chapter
tells in detail about the type of question, giving examples and
suggesting strategies. The exercises in the third part will give
students plenty of practice in reading on a variety of topics and
in answering questions similar to those found on the test.
4. Reading for Understanding by Ruth Schoenbach, Paperback: 240
pages Publisher: Jossey-Bass
A Guide To Improving Reading In Middle And High School Classrooms.
Easy to follow and filled with examples of student work and classroom
lessons, Reading for Understanding offers a successful approach
to helping students improve their literacy across all subject areas.
It shows how to create classroom "reading apprenticeships" to help
students build reading comprehension skills and relate what they
read to a larger knowledge base. It also discusses the strategies
and support systems needed to implement and evaluate reading apprenticeship
programs throughout the school. The authors describe a program in
which an entire freshman class in one urban high school increased
its average reading scores by more than two years. Piloted in San
Francisco, the groundbreaking Academic Literacy program proved that
it was not too late for teachers and students to work together in
boosting literacy, engagement, and achievement.
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