Learning inside the classroom on 21st July 2014 in issue: Teaching reading

Learning inside the classroom (Reflect group presentation) on 21st July 2014 in issue: Teaching reading

        Reading is the first step into a better life. Reading can unlock thousands of opportunities throughout the world. So students need to be able to read, whether in their own language or English language. Especially, English language learning because reading also helps them to learn and get English. Likewise, there are several types of reading skill.

The article will focus on 3 types of reading teaching, follow up: extensive reading, intensive reading and reading for comprehension. First, pay attention on 2 main reading skills; extensive reading and intensive reading. Extensive reading is reading as much as possible, at a difficulty level at which you can read smoothly and quickly without looking up words or translating to English as you go. The advantage of the reading is to develop the ability to read more fluently. Next an interesting reading type is intensive reading. Intensive reading is the most typically taught method of teaching reading. Some teachers only know this method and believe that by teaching the vocabulary and grammar that is all the learner needs. Moreover, intensive reading strategies contain of the strategies that we recognize; reading for skimming and reading for scanning. The reading will occurs when the learner is focused on the language rather than the text. By the way, more importantly, teachers should design the activities follow the steps of reading skill; pre-reading, while reading and post reading. In particular, the pre-reading is the important base for reading skill. The follow example of pre-reading activity:

 These activities are often fun for both the teacher and student.

Sample pre-reading activities may include:

•   Discussing new vocabulary and trying to attach it to something students already know.
•  Asking students what they know about the topic and from where that information came.
• Looking at the subtitles and asking students to consider anything they know about them.
• Examining the pictures and captions to learn more about what the text is going to say.
• Checking the graphs and maps to discover how they might add meaning to the text.
•   Looking at the bold words.
•  Analyzing who wrote the text and the audience for whom it was originally written.
• Reading the entire first paragraph and asking students what they know about the text.
• Reading the last paragraph and asking students what they know about the text.
•  Reading the first sentence or first two lines in each paragraph and asking students what they now know about the text.
• Asking students to write a question that they anticipate will be answered in the text.

“What are some pre-reading activities

that you use in your classroom?”

                To sum up, all of considered reading skill as the basic for students learning language. Consequently, teachers should design activities and select appropriate materials or methodologies with your students. Such as train schedules, newspaper articles, and travel and tourism Web sites become appropriate classroom materials, because reading them is one way communicative competence is developed. Instruction in reading and reading practice thus become essential parts of language teaching at every level.

Reading skill

Tips on teaching reading comprehension

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Method for Teaching Reading to Classroom of Students

Powerful Method for Teaching Reading to Classroom of Students

References: https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/the-importance-of-pre-reading-activities/
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