Practical Faster Reading

by Mosback, Gerald; Mosback, Vivienne

• ISBN13: 9780521213462
• ISBN10: 0521213460
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1977-01-01
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Practical Faster Reading provides the basis for a reading improvement course lasting a total of thirty class hours and has proved popular with students and teachers in a variety of settings. Thirty passages covering a wide range of topics of general interest and accompanying exercises give practice in the reading skills needed at upper-intermediate and more advanced levels. Substantial increases in reading speed are usually attained with improvements in comprehension and vocabulary. The full answer key for self-checking also makes this a useful book for the student working alone.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

How to use this book

1. Faster effective reading

2. Obstacles to faster effective reading

3. Hints for reading practice (part 1)

4. Hints for reading practice (part 2)

5. Money

6. Diamonds

7. Canning food

8. The Olympic Games

9. Auction sales

10. The planemakers

11. Dreams - what do they mean?

12. To be or not to be a vegetarian

13. Making leather

14. Cats

15. The history of chemistry

16. Electric fish

17. Dried food

18. The United Nations

19. Pottery

20. Pasteurization

21. Modern surgery

22. Smoking and cancer

23. Rabies

24. Vitamins

25. Bringing up children (part 1)

26. Bringing up children (part 2)

27. Etiquette (part 1)

28. Etiquette (part 2)

29. Social classes (part 1)

30. Social classes (part 2)

Answers.