Reading in a second language : moving from theory to practice

Part I. Foundations of reading

ch. 1. The nature of reading : defining reading

ch. 2. How reading works : the building blocks of fluency and comprehension

ch. 3. How reading works : comprehension processes

ch. 4. cognitive issues in reading

ch. 5. Models and more models of reading : explaining reading

Part II. Patterns of variation in reading

ch. 6. Reading in different languages

ch. 7. L1 and L2 reading relationships

ch. 8. The social contexts of reading

ch. 9. Motivation for reading

Part III. Developing reading comprehension abilities

ch. 10. Building main-idea comprehension

ch. 11. Becoming a strategic reader

ch. 11. Building awareness of discourse structure

ch. 13. Vocabulary and reading comprehension

Part IV. Expanding reading comprehension skills

ch. 14. Reading fluency, reading rate, and comprehension

ch. 15. Extensive reading

ch. 16. The reading curriculum and instruction

ch. 17. Reading assessment

ch. 18. Further topics and issues in reading