TY - BOOK AU - Mikulecky,Beatrice S. AU - Jeffries,Linda TI - Advanced Reading Power 4 SN - 9780133047172 (Student Book) PY - 2014/// CY - White Plains, NY PB - Pearson Longman KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Reading comprehension KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Vocabulary KW - Study and teaching KW - Reading (Higher education) N1 - Includes an appendix; "Reading Power 4 is a new updated edition of the successful student-centered reading skills textbook Advanced Reading Power. It's unique structure, featuring four parts to be used concurrently, allows advanced level students to develop the multiple skills and strategies involved in the reading process; Overview ; Extensive Reading helps students to build reading fluency, increase comprehension, and broaden vocabulary ; Vocabulary Building includes numerous strategies for learning vocabulary, including using context clues, analyzing word parts, and noticing collocations ; Comprehension Skills teaches scanning, making predictions and inferences, recognizing patterns of organization, identifying genre, skimming, and critical reading ; Reading Fluency features high-interest, nonfiction selections that help students improve their reading rate and flexibility.'' (Book Cover); TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction; Part 1 - Extensive reading; Unit 1: An introduction to extensive reading; Unit 2: Fiction and nonfiction; Unit 3: Books for extensive reading; Part 2 - Vocabulary building; 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; Unit 1: Scanning and previewing; Unit 2: Making inferences and predictions; Unit 3: Paragraphs: Structure and reference; Unit 4: Identifying the pattern; Unit 5: Reading for study; Unit 6: Genres of writing; Unit 7: Skimming; Unit 8: Critical reading; Part 4 - Reading fluency; 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 UR - https://pearsonerpi.com/en/elt/reading/reading-power-4-student-book-304717 UR - https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/show/468834026 ER -