Teaching reading

Teaching reading

December 2010

Intensive reading

It is often teacher-chosen and directed.

It is designed to enable students specific skills.

Extensive reading

Using this the teacher encourages the students to choose for themselves what they read and to do

so for pleasure and general language

improvement.

What kind of reading are you promoting

among your students?

Reading activities

Structure

identification

Skimming exercises

Scanning

exercises

Book clubs

Jigsaw reading

Set up a room library

Vocabulary findingUse simplified readers

Article review writing

Reader corners

EXTENSIVE READING ACTIVITIES

INTENSIVE READING ACTIVITIES

*Use simplified readers.*Set up a room library.*Program reader corners.*Book or article review writing.*Book clubs.

*Jigsaw reading.*Scanning exercises.*Skimming exercises.*Vocabulary finding.*Structure identification.

Principle 1

Encourage students to read as often and as much as possible.

Principle 2

Students need to be engaged with what they are reading.

Principle 3

Encourage students to respond to the

content of a text, not just to concentrate on its construction

Principle 4

Prediction is a major factor in reading

Principle 5

Exploit reading texts to the full.

Analyzing a reading sequence

a. The students read the text again in pairs.

b. The students read the text to find out what the title of the text means.c. The teacher asks the students to predict what the title of the text means.d. The teacher checks the answer to the first comprehension task.e. The teacher shows students a picture of JK Rowling.

f. The teacher tells the students to read the text again in more detail.g. The teacher asks students to say what they know about JK Rowling.h. The teacher holds up a photocopy of the text the students are going to read.i. The teacher goes through the answers with students.

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