Developing Learners’ Critical Reading Strategies in ESP Settings & Beyond

DEVELOPING LEARNERS’ CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES IN ESP

SETTINGS & BEYOND

MoRCE-Net Annual Conference 2016Laura Patch MA TESOL, MPHOmar Abouelazm MA TESOLEnglish Language Fellows, Algiers, Algeria

DO YOU READ LIKE THIS?

READING FOR UNDERSTANDING

WHAT DO LANGUAGE RESEARCHERS SAY?

3 + 1 Levels of Understanding & Comprehension of Reading Content:

* Literal

* Referential/Interpretive

* Critical Reading

( Feng Liu, 2010)

4TH LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING:APPRECIATIVE COMPREHENSION

READING STRATEGIES VS. READING SKILLS

Strategies ------------------------ Skills

* Reader-oriented * Text-oriented

* Conscious decisions * Unconscious ability

* Response to a * Show reading challenge proficiency, not necessarily comprehension

TYPES OF READING STRATEGIES

Browsing

Skimming

Scanning

Search Reading

Careful Reading

L1 VS. L2 READING – QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER…

Are L1 and L2 reading processes similar?

Is there a universal reading process?

Do individuals transfer reading skills from their 1st to their 2nd/3rd language? If yes, when does it happen in the learning process?

Are good L1 readers also good L2 readers?

??? THE BIG QUESTION ???

Reading in a Foreign Language:

Is it a Reading Problem

or a Language Problem?

5 STEPS TO PRACTICING CRITICAL LITERACY

1. Familiarize learners with the meaning and value of critical reading/literacy

Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) Developed by K. Mokhtari & R. Sheorey,

2002

2. Negotiate readings by including learners in the selection of readings process

3. Ask critical questions to direct and motivate students towards using critical reading strategies

5 STEPS (CONTINUED)

Questions to Promote Critical Literacy (taken from eworkshop.on.ca website)

4. Discuss questions collaboratively

5. Write reflective journals

What is Our End Goal?

(Abednia & Izadinia, 2011)

CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES

CRITICAL READING ACTIVITY

Instructions:

Mortimer Adler How To Mark a Book by Mortimer Adler

REFERENCES Abednia, A., Izadinia, M. (2011). Five steps to

practice critical literacy in second language reading. AUC TESOL Journal; Spring 2011.

Adler, M. (July 6, 1941). How to Mark a Book. The Saturday Review of Literature. Retrieved online at https://emu.edu/writing-program/faculty

-services/articles-handouts-exercises/Adler.pdf Liu, F. (Aug. 2010). Reading Abilities and

Strategies: A Short Introduction. International Education Studies; Vol. 3, No. 3.

Mokhtari, K., Sheorey, R (Spring 2002). Measuring ESL Students’ Awareness of Reading Strategies. Journal of Developmental Education; Vol. 25, No. 3.