Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-453) and indexes.
Part I. Foundations of reading -- ch. 1. The nature of reading : defining reading -- ch. 2. How reading works : the building blocks of fluency and comprehension -- ch. 3. How reading works : comprehension processes -- ch. 4. cognitive issues in reading -- ch. 5. Models and more models of reading : explaining reading -- Part II. Patterns of variation in reading -- ch. 6. Reading in different languages -- ch. 7. L1 and L2 reading relationships -- ch. 8. The social contexts of reading -- ch. 9. Motivation for reading -- Part III. Developing reading comprehension abilities -- ch. 10. Building main-idea comprehension -- ch. 11. Becoming a strategic reader -- ch. 11. Building awareness of discourse structure -- ch. 13. Vocabulary and reading comprehension -- Part IV. Expanding reading comprehension skills -- ch. 14. Reading fluency, reading rate, and comprehension -- ch. 15. Extensive reading -- ch. 16. The reading curriculum and instruction -- ch. 17. Reading assessment -- ch. 18. Further topics and issues in reading.