Reader's Choice, 3D Ed.: Third Edition

Comprehensive text for practicing College level English skills for second language learners. Divided into reading sections (varied, contemporary selections) and skills escercises, reading, vocabulary, word analysis. Grammar is not dealt with. Works well with college bound students. May be too difficult for some adult school or high school students who do not yet have prerequisite literacy or grammar skills necessary for college level work.

I reviewed this book during my regular Reading course in my TESOL program, and I have found it very helpful to use with my students. I recommend this book to all TESOL teachers who want to teach Reading using a set of strategies already found in our first language.

I've used the Reader's Choice, 3rd edition quite extensively for preparing students to take English language competency exams. The exercises are very well organized and very useful for teaching students skills on skimming and scanning, getting the main idea out of a paragraph, or what to do when reading and come across a vocabulary word you don't know the meaning of. The exercises are short - usually practiced in 1 to 3 pages, and very concise. This book helped me improve my classes quite a bit.