The book is divided into 16 sections as follows:
Unit 1: Suggestions for Better Reading ComprehensionUnit 2: Vocabulary Acquisition and Reading ComprehensionUnit 3: Activating Background or Prior KnowledgeUnit 4: Reading for Main Ideas Unit 5: SummarizationUnit 6: Drawing Inferences Unit 7: Comprehension Monitoring Unit 8: Question-Answer Relationships Unit 9: Patterns for Organizing TextsUnit 10: Understanding Figurative LanguageUnit 11: Examining Point of ViewUnit 12: Analyzing the Author's Purpose and Technique Unit 13: Evaluating the Credibility of TextsPractice Tests 1 Practice Tests 2Test Answer KeysThis book is an instructional guide designed to help adult learners become more purposeful, strategic, and critical readers. It encourages active engagement with texts through strategies such as questioning, predicting, summarizing, and connecting ideas. These strategies improve both understanding and retention, which are essential for academic and workplace success.
You will use all your language skills-reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing-as you progress through this book. Reading is a thinking process, and it is most effective when approached actively.