Teaching readers of English students, texts, and contexts /

• Main Author: Hedgcock, John.
• Other Authors: Ferris, Dana.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York ; London : Routledge, 2009.
• Subjects: English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers.; Reading.; Second language acquisition.; Curriculum planning.; Reading teachers.; English language.; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > English as a Second Language.; Electronic books.
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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.

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of L1 and L2 literacy: reading and learning to read
• L2 reading: focus on the reader
• L2 reading: focus on the text
• Syllabus design and instructional planning for the L2 reading course
• Designing an intensive reading lesson
• Reading for quantity: the benefits and challenges of extensive reading
• Using literary texts in L2 reading instruction
• Vocabulary learning and teaching in L2 reading instruction
• Classroom L2 reading assessment.