TEACHING READINGBY LUZ MIRIAM MONTILLA, ELKIN GOMEZ & LUZ DARY CRUZ

When you teach reading, you open the doors to knowledge

How do you teach reading?Why do you teach reading?

Can you read about the general idea of this picture?

REASONS FOR READING

WE READ FOR INFORMATION

…

…FOR PLEASURE

DIFFERENT KINDS OF READING

1. Extensive reading:

* for pleasure

2. Intensive reading:

*Study activities

READING LEVELS

• Texts have to be according tothe level.

• Texts have to be real.

• It`s important the comprehensible input.

READING SKILLS

• . SCAN: To search for details of information.

• . SKIM: To get a general idea of what is about.

• .COMPREHENSION: To look for detailed information of language use.

4. Prediction

5. Match the task

6. To exploit reading texts.

READING PRINCIPLES:

1. To encourage .

2. To involve.

3. To respond about content

READING SEQUENCES

• Every activity has to be related in order to contextualize and reinforce

the main idea.

MORE READING SUGGESTIONS

1. Jigsaw 2. Reading puzzles3. Using newspapers4. Following instructions

5. Poetry6. Play extracts7. Predicting from words and pictures8. Different responses

ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO READ EXTENSIVELY

FACTORS

1.Library2.Choice3.Feedback4.Time

CONCLUSIONSReading is good for language acquisition in general; you can read for information or for pleasure…but you have to read..

DEAR TEACHER AND CLASSMATE READERS, YOUR ATTENTION WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US