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FROM READER TO READING TEACHER: ISSUES AND STRATEGIES FORSECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS.Jo Ann Aebersold and Mary LeeField. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xii + 263. $18.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1999

Elizabeth Bernhardt
Affiliation:
Stanford University

Abstract

From reader to reading teacher: Issues and strategies for second language classrooms is a book targeted at second language teachers in training. The first two chapters provide a brief overview of theory and research in second language reading. Chapter 3 treats course design; 4, prereading activities; 5, activities during reading; 6, postreading activities; 7, vocabulary; 8, the use of literature; 9, assessment; 10, lesson planning; and 11, teacher development. In other words, the book attempts a comprehensive treatment of important issues related to reading instruction in second language contexts.

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1999 Cambridge University Press

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