The document outlines five characteristics of engaged readers, emphasizing their ability to read widely, develop comprehension, and utilize various reading strategies with motivation. It discusses the transition from learning to read to reading to learn and highlights the need for readers to engage with different text types and purposes. Furthermore, the text addresses the importance of integrating the characteristics of engaged readers into teaching practices for effective learning.

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3. Five characteristics of engaged readers:
• They read widely with different purposes
• They read fluently and use their cognitive capacity
• They develop their comprehension
• They are metacognitively aware as they use a variety of reading
strategies
• They are motivated readers
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4.  First identified by Chall
 This slump is characterized by learners who are
mastering the basic principles of reading
 Learners are moving from learning to read to reading to
learn
 Learners experience a slowing of progress
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5. LEARNING TO READ
VS.
READING TO LEARN
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6. LEARNING TO READ
Requires learning what the shapes and lines on the page
mean . Narrative text and stories are typically used to teach
learners how to read.
READING TO LEARN
Readers use information to increase their knowledge
expository text or information-based texts are typically used
to learn context
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The initial stages
of learning
Learners can
measure their
progress
they are able to
complete basic
tasks
They are
encouraged by
what they can
read

8. • They are able to read personal letters newspaper articles
on familiar topics, basic instruction for a piece of
equipment and contemporary prose
• The vocabulary demands increase
• The structure of writing also changes
• Readers are expected to engage in identifying main ideas
from details ,scanning, skimming, separating facts from
opinions and identifying conclusions
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We read for pleasure
We read for information
We read to learn new things

10.  They are able to describe why they are reading a
particular text
 They are actively involved in reading both narrative and
expository texts
 They read daily from a variety of text types and for a
variety of purposes
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11. • N.J.Anderson’s definition: reading at 200 word per
minute with 70% comprehension.
• Samuels' definition: reading fluency is the ability to
decode and to comprehend the text at the same time.
• Automaticity in word recognition is one key element in
fluent reading
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12. It is defined as the ability to perform a task easily with little
or no conscious attention. It is developed through extensive
practice.one aspect of automaticity in word recognition is
the bottom-up process of reading.
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14. Decodable word is one where there is one sound for each
letter or letter combination
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15. Engaged readers read with comprehension and are able to
do something with what they read. The doing something
with what they read often results in reading critically
evaluating what was read
J.A.Anderson suggested that when we are challenged to
comprehend a difficult text we should read it as though it
made sense and perhaps it will
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16. Anderson’s definition: strategies are the conscious actions that learners
take to improve their language learning.
Metacognitive awareness requires:
• Preparing and planning for effective learning
• Deciding when to use specific strategies
• Knowing how to monitor the use of strategies
• Learning how to combine various strategies
• Evaluating the effectiveness of strategy use
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17. Whose responsibility is it to
motivate readers?
Dornyei notes that promoting
learner motivation is nobody’s
responsibility
Another definition is provided by
Dornyei and Otto : it can be
defined as the dynamically
changing cumulative arousal in a
person that initiates , directs…and
evaluate the cognitive and motor
process whereby initial desires are
selected.
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18. expectation of reward
motivation
effort required
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19. The expectation of
reward
the effort required
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20. Developing engaged reader is not simply a matter of
applying one of the five characteristics in isolation but
rather integrating them into our teaching so that all are
present . There is a synergy resulting from integrating all
these characteristics that makes for a truly engaged reader
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