纳托尔著的《外语阅读技巧教学/外语教学法丛书》脉络清晰，遵循从理论到实践的论证过程，做到理论有实践验证，实践有理论指导，例证充分，文字浅显，深入浅出，在语言学著作中实属难能可贵。全书每一章节后都有补充阅读部分，向读者介绍与本章节内容相关的一些著作，供读者参考阅读，拓展视野。

本书对于我国的外语教育研究，特别是外语阅读教学理论和实践的探索来说是一本不可多得的有价值的参考书，适用于英语教师、英语学习者以及广大从事外语教育研究的工作者。

Preface to the first edition

Preface to the second edition

Part One Introductory

 Chapter 1 What is reading?

 Chapter2 Text and discourse

 Chapter 3 Approaching reading in the foreign language classroom

Part Two Reading skills and strategies

 Introduction

 Chapter 4 Efficient reading

 Chapter 5 Word attack skills

 Chapter 6 Readingfor plain sense

 Chapter 7 Understanding discourse

Part Three Planning and teaching

 Introduction

 Chapter 8 An extensive reading programme

 Chapter 9 Planning reading lessons

 Chapter 10  Selecting texts

 Chapter 11  Questioning

 Chapter 12  Other kinds of reading task

 Chapter 13  The testing of reading by J. Charles Alderson

 Chapter 14  The teacher as reader

AppendixA: Texts

Appendix B: Extracts from reading courses

Appendix C: Lesson plans

Appendix D: Useful addresses

Key to the activities

Select bibliography

Subject index