Jennifer Bixby and Joe McVeigh present principles for teaching reading to English language learners and supply practical applications. Download the handout at www.joemcveigh.org

1. Principles to Practice in Teaching Reading Jennifer Bixby Joe McVeigh CATESOL Santa Clara, CA April 24, 2010

2. Joe Jenny

3. Who are you ?

4. Schema building

5. What are your top 3 principles for teaching reading?

6. Principles of teaching reading: an overview

9. 1. Develop word recognition skills

10. 2. Move from sentence-level to discourse-level processing

11. 3. Develop lessons structured around pre- during- and post-reading activities

12. 4. Use both intensive and extensive reading

13. Rate 5. Increase reading speed

14. 6. Focus attention on vocabulary development skills

15. 7. Explicitly teach strategies

16. 8. Develop and maintain motivation

17. 9. Move towards learner autonomy

18. Principles of teaching reading: an overview

19. How readers construct meaning

20. Bottom-up processing

22. Top-down processing

24. Interactive processing

27. Principle: Develop lessons structured around pre- during- and post-reading activities

28. Pre-reading activity: Schema building

29. Pre-reading activity: Previewing the text

31. During-reading activity: Keep an important question in mind

32. During-reading activity: Re-read to find details

33. Post-reading activity: Critical analysis and evaluation

34. Post-reading activity: Critical analysis and evaluation In which lines of the reading does the author give factual information? In which lines does the author give her opinion? What clues tell you it is her opinion?

35. Post-reading activity: Reflection and integration

37. Principle: Focus attention on vocabulary development skills

44. How many words does a language learner need to know?

45. How many words does a language learner need to know? “ A very large number.” (Nation 2001)

46. What level of reading vocabulary is fun, challenging, or frustrating for students?

47. What level of reading vocabulary is fun, challenging, or frustrating for students? 98% of words fun 95% of words challenging <90% of words frustrating

49. Not all vocabulary words are created equal

55. Principle: Explicitly teach strategies

56. Strategy: Monitor comprehension

57. Filling in a graphic organizer Citizen journalism Traditional journalism

58. Monitor comprehension: underlining

59. Interactive processing

60. Questions

61. Q: Skills for Success Oxford University Press 2011

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