Reading Power 2 is a new and updated edition of the successful student-centered reading skills textbook Reading Power. 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.

 

Overview

 

• Extensive Reading helps students to build reading fluency, broaden knowledge of vocabulary and collocation, and gain confidence.

• VocabularyBuilding offers strategies for independent vocabulary learning such as dictionary work, guessing meaning from context, and learning how words work in sentences.

• Comprehension Skills teaches reading skills such as recognizing words and phrases, scanning for information, and making inferences.

• Reading Faster builds awareness of reading speed, provides strategies and exercises for increasing speed, and offers charts for tracking progress.

New to the Fourth Edition

 

• An updated Extensive Reading section with a unit on fiction and non-fiction reading, more activities for evaluating student progress, and a revised suggested reading list

• Enhanced vocabulary features including new "Focus on Vocabulary" exercises and an expanded Vocabulary Building section

There is also a Teacher Guide with Answer Key and a Test Booklet for Reading Power 2.

 

The Reading Power series also includes:

• Basic Reading Power 1 (Third Edition): Beginning

• Reading Power 2 (4th Edition): Intermediate

• More Reading Power 3: High-Intermediate

• Advanced Reading Power 4: Advanced