<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B><I><B>Basic Reading Power 1</B></I></B> is a new and updated edition of the successful student-centered reading skills textbook <I>Basic Reading Power</I>. Its unique structure, featuring four parts to be used concurrently, allows beginning-level students (with a 300-word vocabulary) to develop the multiple sills and strategies involved in the reading process.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>Overview</B></P> <UL> <LI><B>Extensive Reading </B>helps students to build reading fluency, broaden knowledge of vocabulary and collocation, and gain confidence. <LI><B>Vocabulary Building</B> offers strategies for independent vocabulary learning such as dictionary work, guessing meaning from context, and learning how words work in sentences. <LI><B>Comprehension Skills</B> teaches reading skills such as recognizing words and phrases, scanning for information, and making inferences. <LI><B>Thinking Skills</B> provides practice in recognizing sentence structure and following the logic of ideas.</LI></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>New to the Third Edition</B></P> <UL> <LI><B>An updated Extensive Reading section</B> with new fables and stories, more activities for evaluating student progress, and a revised suggested reading list <LI><B>Enhanced vocabulary features </B>including new "Focus on Vocabulary" exercises and an expanded Vocabulary Building section</LI></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">There is also a Teacher Guide with Answer Key and a Test Booklet for <B><I>Basic Reading Power 1.</I></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">The <I>Reading Power </I>series also includes:</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px" href="http://vig.pearsoned.com/store/product/1,1207,store-14563_isbn-0138143897,00.html"><I>Reading Power 2</I> (4th Edition): Intermediate</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>More Reading Power 3</I>: High-Intermediate</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>Advanced Reading Power 4:</I> Advanced</DIV></LI></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>