Teaching Readers of English: Students, Texts, and Contexts

A comprehensive manual for pre- and in-service ESL and EFL educators, this frontline text balances insights from current reading theory and research with highly practical, field-tested strategies for teaching and assessing L2 reading in secondary and post-secondary contexts. Teaching Readers of English: provides a through yet accessible survey of L2 reading theory and research addresses the unique cognitive and socioeducational challenges encountered by L2 readers covers the features of L2 texts that teachers of reading must understand acquaints readers with methods for designing reading courses, selecting curricular materials, and planning instruction explores the essential role of systematic vocabulary development in teaching L2 literacy includes practical methods for assessing L2 students#xE2;#xAC;" proficiency, achievement, and progress in the classroom. Pedagogical features in each chapter include questions for reflection, further reading and resources, reflection and review questions, and application activities.

Preface1 Fundamentals of L1 and L2 Literacy: Reading and Learning to Read2 L2 Reading: Focus on the Reader3 L2 Reading: Focus on the Text4 Syllabus Design and Instructional Planning for the L2 Reading Course5 Designing an Intensive Reading Lesson6 Reading for Quantity: The Benefits and Challenges of Extensive Reading7 Using Literary Texts in L2 Reading Instruction8 Vocabulary Learning and Teaching in L2 Reading Instruction9 Classroom L2 Reading AssessmentReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index