<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B><I><B>Advanced Reading Power,</B> </I></B>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:</P> <UL> <LI><B>Extensive Reading</B> helps students to build reading fluency, increase comprehension, and broaden vocabulary. <LI><B>Vocabulary Building</B> includes numerous strategies for learning vocabulary, including using context clues, analyzing word parts, and noticing collocations. <LI><B>Comprehension Skills</B> teaches reading skills, such as making inferences, recognizing patterns of organization, and reading critically. <LI><B>Reading Faster</B> features high-interest, nonfiction selections that help students improve their reading rate and flexibility.</LI></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>Features:</B></P> <UL> <LI>A variety of <B>authentic reading selections</B>, including excerpts from college textbooks, promotes purposeful reading. <LI><B>Focus on Vocabulary</B> sections provide practice with academic vocabulary from the unit. <LI><B>Comprehension exercises</B> encourage students to interact with the text and develop an awareness of their own reading and thinking processes.</LI></UL> <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>Basic Reading Power 1</I> (Third Edition): Beginning</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px" href="http://vig.pearsoned.com/store/product/1,1207,store-14563_isbn-0138143889,00.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></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>