Teaching reading
- 1. Reading is an activity with a purpose. A person may read in order to gain information or verify existing knowledge, or in order to critique a writer's ideas or writing style. A person may also read for enjoyment, or to enhance knowledge of the language being read.
- 2. For study purposes For pleasure For their careers For language acquisition Spelling Writing Vocabulary knowledge Grammar Punctuation Use reading material
- 3. Extensive reading • Reading for pleasure Intensive reading • Text genres
- 4. Written material Menus Timetables Signs Basic instructions Read for pleasure LOW LEVEL HIGH LEVEL
- 6. Encourage students to read as often and as much as possible Students need to be engaged with what they are reading Encourage students to respond to the content of a text, not just concentrate on its construction Prediction is a major factor in reading Match the task to the topic when using intensive reading texts. Good teachers exploit reading texts to the full
- 7. Library • Students need to have access to a collection of readers, both at their own level and above and below it. Choice • Students are much more likely to read with enthusiasm if they have made the decision about what they read. Feedbac k • Students should have an opportunity to give feedback on what they have read, either verbally or in written form. Time • We need to give students time for reading in addition to those occasions when they read on their own