Teaching Reading

Research on Reading

Adult literacy training

specialized field of research and practice that derives insights.

The power of extensive reading

Students will learn to read better in a laissez-faire
Studies suggest that teachers teach in extensive reading because its components are strengthens

The role of affect and culture

Love of reading propelled many a learner to succesul adquisition of reading skills.

Schema therory and background knowledge

Reader bring information, knowledge, emotion, experience, and culture to the printed word.

Bottom-up and top down processing

in bottom-up processing, readers must first recognize a multiplicity of linguistic signals and use previous knowledge to impose order in this signals
top down draw in our own intelligence and experience to understand the text

Kinds of Reading

Intensive

Is usually called study activities in which students will tease out for details and gramatically also use of vocabulary

Organiser
give them clear instructions about how to achieve it
Observer
obser their progress and make feedback
Feedback Organiser
lead feedback session to check thathey have completed it successfully
Prompter
we can prompt them to notice language features within it.

Extensive

Refers to reading do often could be novels, web pages, newspaper and magazines. Is usually called reading for pleasure

Materials
provide books which either by chance, or because they have been specially written.
Setting up a library
teacher and students make libraries in classroom or school
Role of the teacher
promote the reading as a valid occupation and persuade studentsof its benefits
Reading tasks
their own likes and interests

Microskills for reading comprehension

Capitalize on discourse makers to process relationships

Distinguish betwen literal and implied meanings

Analyze vocabulary

Guess when you aren't certain

Use semantic mapping or clustering

Scan the text for main information

Skim the text for main ideas

Use efficient silent reading techniques

Use graphemic rules and patterns

Identify the purpose in reading

Reasons for reading?

*Students be able to read texts in Englishfor study or pleasureb *Reading is useful for languageacquisition.
*Positive effects in vocabulary, spelling, writing. *Good models for English writing
* Can introduce topics,stimulate discussion, promote imaginative responses.