This book answers both theoretical and practical questions on the teaching of reading. The author offers numerous suggestions on how to teach expository prose, non-prose reading, fiction, poetry and songs, as well as advice on how to help students discern opinion from fact. Textbook examples are complemented with a chapter on how teachers can develop their own materials.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Second Language Reading
Chapter 2 Teaching as Decision Making
Chapter 3 Nonprose Reading
Chapter 4 Expository Prose
Chapter 5 Editorializing and Opinion
Chapter 6 Fiction, Poetry, and Songs
Chapter 7 Developing Instructional Materials