博客來A comprehensive training manual for pre- and in-service ESL, EFL, and EIL educators who work with multilingual students at the secondary and post-secondary levels in schools, colleges, universities, and workplace settings, this text balances insights from current reading theory and research with highly practical, field-tested strategies for teaching and assessing second-language reading that readers can readily adopt or adapt to suit their contexts and student populations.
Teaching Readers of English: Students, Texts, and Contexts, Second Edition— a complete ＂go-to＂ source for teaching reading and promoting classroom and professional literacies in an increasingly digital world
- provides an overview of contemporary first language and second language reading theory and research situated in a multiple literacies framework;
- offers readers principled approaches to, and methods for, planning and delivering effective L2 reading instruction in a range of contexts;
- gives systematic attention to macro-level instructional processes such as needs assessment, syllabus design, and unit planning; and
- presents guidelines for selecting appropriate materials for reading and developing purposeful classroom reading lessons.
Changes in the Second Edition include a more streamlined chapter sequence to enhance the text’s usability and appeal; updated and revised chapters on formative and summative reading assessment, developing vocabulary knowledge and grammatical skill, and cultivating extensive reading and literary appreciation; updated information on institutional settings and reader demographics. Pedagogical features in each chapter include a chapter Summary, Further Reading, Reflection and Review, Application Activities, Appendices.
