education

1. Lecture 2
Teaching Reading
Zaure S Kertayeva

2. Whatis
reading?
 Reading" is the process of looking at a
series of written symbols and
getting meaning from them. ...
 Reading is a receptive skill - through it
we receive information.

3. Some
assumptions
about thenature
ofreading

4. Howlongdoes
ittakeyouto
readthis?

5. Readthis
quickly
The handsome knight mounted his
horse, and galloped off to save the
beautiful princess. On and on, over
mountains and valleys, until
galloping house was exhausted. At
least he dismounted … Where was
the dragon?

6. Readingasa
goalanda
meansof ELT
Pre –communicative approach period
Communicative approach

7. Authentic
reading
purposes
 To get information
 Verify the existing knowledge
 Critique writer`s ideas
 For enjoyment
 Enhance the language

8. Qualities ofgood
readers
(According to
J.Jalolov )
Are motivated
Read extensively
Have a flexible reading style
Read for a purpose
Can integrate the information in
the text with existing knowledge

9. According
to P.Ur

10. Reading supports
learning in
multiple ways
Reading for content information
Reading to learn the language
Reading for cultural knowledge

11. Readingasa
process
Reading competences Explanation
Linguistic Knowledge of vocabulary and
language structures
Discourse Knowledge of discourse
markers
Sociolinguistic Knowledge about different text
types and their usual style
Strategic Use of top-down and bottom up
strategies

12. Selecting
readingtexts
Reading material should be authentic
Reading purpose should be authentic
Reading approach should be authentic

13. Mainreading
strategies
 Previewing
 Predicting
 Skimming/scanning
 Dealing with unknown words
 Paraphrasing

14. Studentsneed
to followfour
basicsteps
 Know the purpose for reading
 Be selective with the parts of the text
 Be flexible with strategies
 Check comprehension while and after
reading

15. Designing
reading
materials
 Communicative reading activities should be success
oriented and build up students` confidence
 The level of the text isn`t the same with the difficulty
of the tasks

16. Questionfor
home
 Give examples for pre-reading
techniques, while and post activities