Successful Reading Strategies: Theory and Practice

An invaluable reading tool, this amazing new guide is a wonderful addition to any teacher’s arsenal. Filled with reading activities that are research validated and incredibly inclusive, this educational book is perfect for teachers, even of ELLs. The only book with a comprehensive collection of activities covering the five reading blocks, the guide touches upon phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, reading fluency, and comprehension with extraordinary expertise and practicality. Crafted with massive amounts of research, diligence, and passion, this is one guide that will universally and effectively help teachers to address all students’ comprehension needs. This wonderful new teaching tool provides educators with theories and reading strategies necessary for developing students’ critical thinking skills. Fantastic for helping teachers create a learning environment that can foster successful students, these techniques will ultimately lead down a path of comprehension and learning for students everywhere. Filled with comprehensive information that’s practical yet research validated, this priceless guide by Tarek Elabsy is a wonderful tool for readers of all levels. Designed specifically for elementary and middle school teachers, the book provides them with valuable activities to use with students across multiple cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Perfectly applicable toward a diverse range of students, this informative guide works to save teachers untold time and effort with its expansive activities for beginners, intermediate, and even advanced-level readers. Filled with essential reading activities, research-validated theories, and educational reading strategies, this is the perfect tool for helping teachers lead their students on their quest to become proficient readers Media CenterPress play to listen to audio excerpt... About Tarek ElabsyTarek Elabsy has over twenty-four years of teaching experience, including nine in the United States. He has taught English to all academic levels, including college students. Having taught English in Egypt and Saudi Arabia as well as the United States, Elabsy has invaluable global experience. He has a bachelor’s degree in teaching English from Teacher’s College in Tanta, Egypt, a master’s degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from New York University, and his EFL/ESL Certificate from Georgia State University. He previously published English in Use, which was released in the Middle East and has been used as a grammar teaching tool in some Egyptian Schools. Professor Elabsy currently teaches at a New York City school in addition to some New York State universities.

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