Advanced Reading Power, by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries, is a student-centered reading skills textbook based on a cognitive skills approach. Its four key sections, designed to be used concurrently, help advanced students master reading skills needed for academic success: Extensive Reading helps students to build reading fluency, increase comprehension, and broaden vocabulary. Vocabulary Building includes numerous strategies for learning vocabulary, including using context clues, analyzing word parts, and noticing collocations. Comprehension Skills teaches reading skills, such as making inferences, recognizing patterns of organization, and reading critically. | ADVANCED ----- í READING POWER Acknowledgments The authors thank Laura Le Drean executive editor whose feedback was invaluable as we developed Advanced Reading Power and Gosia Jaros-White associate development editor who helped us clarify our ideas and stay on schedule. We gratefully acknowledge the gentle pressure from the many teachers who have wanted us to write an advanced level book for the Reading Power series. We have made every effort to respond to their concerns. We would also like to thank friends and colleagues including Anita Belt and Jane Stevenson for their helpful input and encouragement. We acknowledge the influence of Tom Cobb Averil Coxhead and I. S. Paul Nation whose work was essential in planning the new vocabulary development units. Finally we wish to thank Richard M. Ravin for his outstanding work in researching and drafting the reading passages in Part 4. The publisher would like to extend special thanks to the following individuals who reviewed Advanced Reading Power and whose comments were instrumental in developing the book. Jennifer Altman University of Washington English Language Program Seattle WA Mary Hill North Shore Community College Danvers MA Helen Kallenbach Sonoma State American Language Institute Rohnert Park CA Alessandro Massaro Bunker Hill Community College Boston MA Susan Reynolds Seminole Community College Oviedo FL Ishida Saori University of Hawaii at Manoa NICE Program Outreach College Honolulu HI Advanced Reading Power Extensive Reading Vocabulary Building Comprehension Skills Reading Faster Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Pearson Education 10 Bank Street White Plains NY 10606 Staff credits The people who made up the AdvancedReading Power team representing editorial .
