Reader's Choice, 4th Edition | 
| Authors: Sandra Silberstein, Barbara K. Dobson, Mark A. Clarke
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/ESL
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 63270
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4 Rev Upd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 440
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0472086685
Dewey Decimal Number: 428
EAN: 9780472086689
ASIN: 0472086685
Publication Date: April 2, 2002
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Condition: Less than 1/2 of the exercises have been completed. Book has highlights and margin notes. Cover shows signs of wear. US copyrighted edition. We ship USPS with delivery confirmation. J.K
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Product Description
The 4th edition of Reader's Choice,the world's best-known reading skills textbook for ESL/EFL students, includes teachers' favorite features:
Original authentic readings from a variety of sources, now including websites
Specific instruction and exercises for developing students' skills in skimming, scanning, reading for thorough comprehension, and critical reading
Readings accompanied by a variety of exercises, including a composition focus to encourage use of the text in integrated reading-writing programs.
The popular format of alternating skills units with reading units is back in the 4th edition. Favorite readings--like "The Lottery," "The Sacred Rac," and the mysteries--are back; some, like "The Milgram Experiment" have been augmented with supplemental material that brings the story/article into the new millennium.
Readings in the new edition come from websites, questionnaires, menus, schedules, maps, magazines, newspapers, advertisements, textbooks, and poetry and fiction. Topics addressed by the new readings include: the globalization of tourism, English as a global language, genetic engineering, aging of the world's population, the world's fight for food, and the cross-generational workplace.
The answer key is included in the back of the book.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pleased with Reading book July 25, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I reviewed this book during my regular Reading course in my TESOL program, and I have found it very helpful to use with my students. I recommend this book to all TESOL teachers who want to teach Reading using a set of strategies already found in our first language.
A useful teaching tool April 23, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've used the Reader's Choice, 3rd edition quite extensively for preparing students to take English language competency exams. The exercises are very well organized and very useful for teaching students skills on skimming and scanning, getting the main idea out of a paragraph, or what to do when reading and come across a vocabulary word you don't know the meaning of. The exercises are short - usually practiced in 1 to 3 pages, and very concise.
This book helped me improve my classes quite a bit.
 good for junior high September 6, 1998
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
While originally written to help advanced ESL students, this book offers a comprehensive reading skill review for middle schoolers or junior high students. If a teacher is hoping to prepare students for achievement tests in reading, this book will help
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