کتاب آموزش آکادمیک زبان انگلیسی

Academic teaching of English language

General English along with Mixed- Ability Grammar lessons is a book of authentic reading and grammar for University Students and is recommended for the people who want to improve their reading skills, using tasks and exercises based on Mixed- Ability Grammar lessons. The book is designed to help students become comfortable, competent, and independent readers. This book consists of thirteen units each of which is based on two parts; a reading selection culled from an authentic source which has a communicative purpose and also Mixed- Ability Grammar Lessons.
Reading experts view reading as a communicative process rather than as language learning process. The theoretical support for this view comes from what is known as Schema Theory which assumes that meaning does not reside in the written material. Instead, the reader recreates the author’s intended message based on the interaction that takes place in his head between the text and his background knowledge or schemata.

Chastain in his book (1811: 222) suggests the model below for better Reading Comprehension:
1- Read for meaning.
2- Do not look up every book.
3- Predict meaning.
4- Use context.