Most people accept that we can at least identify certain strategies which readers can make
conscious use of when reading difficult text. Probably the best way to acquire these is simply to
read and read. However, there is evidence that strategy training (or skills teaching-the terms are
often used interchangeably) helps. (See eg Kern 989, Pressleyetal 1989, Moran and Williams
1993.) What we can safely claim is the certain kinds of practice are intuitively plausible and
seem to help students to read more effectively. (Alderson, p.40)