Basic Reading Power, Second Edition, by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries, is a student-centered reading skills textbook with a process approach to reading improvement. Its unique structure, featuring four key sections used oncurrently, helps beginning-level students (with a vocabulary of 300 words) to become better readers in school, college, or business. *Reading for Pleasure encourages students to master new reading strategies and broaden their vocabulary. *Comprehension Skills emphasizes strategic reading skills, such as skimming, making inferences, recognizing topics, and understanding sentences. *Vocabulary Building offers strategies for learning new words, including personalized vocabulary lists, using context clues, and expanding categories of words. *Thinking Skills provides targeted practice in inference and analytical skills.New to the Second Edition: *A two-color design featuring index tabs for easy navigation *An expanded Teacher's Guide with sample syllabus *Updated content, additional readings, and a unit on identifying word parts Test booklets contain reproducible black line masters to be used as additional practice or to test reading skills presented in the student books. | 
