Focus on the Core LLN skill Reading. Consider and identify what is involved in the FS Reading. Explain why it’s necessary to ‘tune-in’ to the FS Reading. Identify strategies you can feasibly use in your own training to build and support Reading skill development.

1. Webinar 3: Reading
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5.  Consider and identify what is involved in the FS Reading
 Explain why it’s necessary to ‘tune-in’ to the FS Reading
 Identify at least one strategy you can feasibly use in your own
training to build and support Reading skill development.
Webinar 3 objectives
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6. Webinar 3 agenda
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What
Why
How2:30 – 3:45pmAEDT

7. Topic 1: What is ‘reading’?
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Activity
What comes to mind when you think about reading?

8. Topic 1: What is ‘reading’?
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 Reading various text styles and types
 Reading visual images
 Reading experiences
 Reading need
Activity
What comes to mind when you think about reading?

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What does ‘reading’ involve?
Reading is a complex process
that includes ACSF Performance Indicators:
• .03 Audience, purpose and meaning-making
• .04 Reading strategies.

10. Topic 2: Why ‘tune in’ to reading?
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Activity
State 1 or 2 reading challenges your learners experience.

11. Activity
State 1 or 2 reading challenges your learners experience.
Topic 2: Why ‘tune in’ to reading?
Common challenges
 Hard to change initial assumptions—confused about content
 Miss key points
 Don’t recognise words
 Unfamiliar with text layout or type
 No background information
 Unfamiliar vocabulary
 Get lost in detail
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12. From Money Smart infographic How do Australians spend their money? 12
Topic 2: Why ‘tune in’ to reading?

13. Activity
Complete this sentence with the first thought that comes to
mind: Effective readers are able to…
Topic 3: How can we build reading skills?
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14. Activity
Complete this sentence with the first thought that comes to
mind: Effective readers are able to…
Topic 3: How can we build reading skills?
 Recognise/match words to words they already know
the meaning of
 Understand the intended and inferred message
 Decode words
 Compare and integrate the information with
their own knowledge and prior experience
 Apply the new knowledge or skills to their
context/personal needs
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15. Part 1 – teaching tips
 Learning to read
 Reading to learn
Part 2 –
how technology can help build reading skills
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How can we build reading skills?
we’ll cover…

16. Get started building reading skills—a checklist
Prepare
 Be aware of the learners’ needs 
 Be aware of the task demand 
Check
 Ask learners what they know about the skill 
Deliver
 Outline the session structure 
 Expose how the foundation skill relates to the task 
 Name the key purpose or skill 
 Explain why the skill will be relevant 
 Explain what the skill links to 
 Use the ACSF/CSfW language. 
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17. How can we build reading skills?
Prepare to read
 Describe the pattern or flow of the text
 Provide background to the topic to understand key information
 Discuss the text content, in general terms
 Summarise, in general terms
 Ask and respond to
‘What do you know about…’ questions
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18.  Authentic texts
 Authentic purposes
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How can we build reading skills?
From Reading to LearnTeacher Resource books:
www.readingtolearn.com.au

19. How can we build reading skills?
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Phonological skills
letter – sound
relationships
Orthographic skills
visual memory of words
or letter groupings
Effective readers use…
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Build learners’ vocabulary

20. How can we build reading skills? – example
 Cover orthographic skills—e.g.
– Identify this as a compound word  work + place
- We have seen ‘work’ before – work skills, work performance
- Place looks like pace – the pace of work necessary to complete the task
task
 Cover phonological skills—e.g.
– Point out ‘or’ in workplace sounds like ‘er’’ as in her, not ‘or’ as in ore
– Point out ‘c’ in workplace sounds like ‘S’
We know this because when the letter ‘c’ is followed by an ‘e’, the ‘c’ makes an ‘s’
makes an ‘s’ sound. 20
If introducing the word, ‘workplace’

21. How can we build reading skills?
Teach skimming
Show learners sections to read:
 Title
 Introduction / first paragraph
 First sentence of every other paragraph
 Headings / subheadings / charts /
highlighted key points
 Note words that stand out—e.g.
bold or italic
 Summary/conclusion
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Skimming
Skimming helps leaners:
• Identify the most important
information
• Digest relevant information
when they have lots to read
in a limited time
• Decide which text is best for
the purpose.
While reading—teach explicit reading strategies

22. How can we build reading skills?
Teach scanning
Suggest these strategies to learners:
 Anticipate what they are looking for
and the clues that may help to locate
what is required
 Search for Key words / phrases
 Read selectively—skip through
unhelpful sections.
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Scanning
Scanning helps leaners find a
particular piece of information
Here’s another reading strategy you can teach…

23. How can we build reading skills?
Activities that push learners back to the text:
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Create opportunities for the learner to return to the text
After reading
Philippa McLean
ACER NALLNAC Conference 2015
Push them back to the text.
 Explain/Justify/Predict
 Discuss/interact
 Develop an opinion
 Present/Role play with specific focus
 Solve problems/find solutions
 Analyse/Link/similarities/differences

24. How can we use technology?
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25. Use technology to build reading skills
Tools:
 Blogs / Micro-blogs – reading / commenting
 Social media sites
 Audio books – reading and listening
 BBC Skillswise
Techniques:
 Providing text for audio/video content (and visa versa)
 Recording yourself read out aloud and playing back (MP3 / audio recorder
 Images which make sense of the text
 Chunking information (Powerpoint slides, eBooks)
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26. Webinar 3 agenda
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What
Why
How2:30 – 3:45pmAEDT

27.  Consider and identify what is involved in the FS Reading
 Explain why it’s necessary to ‘tune-in’ to the FS Reading
 Identify at least one strategy you can feasibly use in your own
training to build and support Reading skill development.
Webinar 3 objectives
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28. Did you meet your personal target?
Reflection
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What will you take from here?

29. More info
 Next webinar: Writing
10:30 – 11:45 am AEDT, tomorrow
 Contact us
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vanguardvisions.com.au
llnandvetmeetingplace.wordpress.com
Chemène Ann
Allison

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References and resources

31.  BBC Skillswise
 Precision Consultancy – examples of reading texts and
reading activities across ACSF levels
 QCALTutorTips – mixed FS targeted strategies
 NationalCentre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults -
TeachingAdults to Read with understanding
 What works for LLN videos
 Literacy Face to Face : A resource for volunteer adult literacy
tutors
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Resources

32. Webinar series:TeachingTips to build your learners’ foundation
skills by LLN andVET Meeting Place andVanguardVisions is licensed
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Based on a work at https://llnandvetmeetingplace.wordpress.com.
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33.  Note from Chemene: the next few slides should be removed
from this PowerPoint after Ann has reviewed the slides, and
made sure nothing from the slides that follow is needed.
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