PART 1 1. Introduction 2. Preliminaries: What is Reading?PART 2: THE THEORY OF READING 2.1 Models 2.2 Components in Detail 2.3 Comprehension, Skills, Strategies and Styles 2.4 Different Kinds of Reading PART 3: TESTING READING COMPREHENSION (S) 3.1 Introduction: The Limits of Testing 3.2 Task Based Factors 3.3 Text Based Factors 3.4 Test Formats 3.5 Conclusions PART 4: THE TEACHING OF READING 4.1 Teaching and Testing? 4.2 Focus on Metacognitive Strategies 4.3 Focus on Cognitive Strategies and Skills 4.4 What Should Happen in the Reading Classroom? PART 5: FUTURE RESEARCH 5.1 Models and Different Types of Reading 5.2 Reading and the Teaching of Grammar 5.3 The Use of Tests to Investigate Componentiality in Reading Research