3. WHAT IS READING?
A skill which enables us to get a massage
Recognizing the written words
Getting (understanding) the meaning
Used to teach pronunciation
Grasping information from texts
4. Reading is a complex activity that involves both perception
and though. Reading consists of two related processes :
Word recognition
Comprehension
5. Background to the teching of
reading
Silent reading :
Reading silently improves students
understanding because it helps them
consentrate on what they are reading, rather
than pronunciation of individual words
6. Reading processes :
Bottom-up, there are eight levels :
1. Features
2. Letters
3. Sounds
4. Words
5. Chunks
6. Ideas
7. Main ideas
8. The theme
7. Intensive reading:
Comprehension
Regular and irregular sound spelling
relations
Vocabulary
Grammar
Cohesion
Information structure
Genre features
Strategies
11. Principles for teaching
reading
O Exploit the reader’s background knowledge or prior
knowledge
O Vocabulary is crucial to reading comprehension
O Comprehension is an active process in the construction
of meaning
O Work on increasing reading rate
O Teach reading strategies.
O Encourage readers to transform strategies into skills.
O Use assesment to provide feedback and measure
progress.
12. Classroom techniques and
task
Active prior knowledge
Cultivate vocabulary
Teach for comprehension
Increase reading rate
Verity reading strategies
Evaluate progress