Mindmap

TEACHING READING

Ivette Rm Englisch

Inhalt der Mindmap

TEACHING READING

TYPES OF QUESTIONS
- Grellet
  - exercises with a communicative function
  - integrate reading with other skills
- Widdowson
  - wh-questions
  - truth assessment
  - polar questions
  - multiple choice
TRADITIONAL APPROACH
- Widdowson
  - genuineness
    - characteristics of the text
  - authenticity
    - how the reader reponds to text
    - how the reader responds to text
HOW INTEGRATE READING
- select a book and read it for pleasure
- write a short appraisal of the book
- display review to others
- make a combination of four skills
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES
- understanding complex sentences
- linking ideas
- dealing with unfamiliar words
- checking comprehension
- understanding a writer´s style
- evaluating the text
- inferring
- predicting
- understanding text organization
- reacting to the text
- extracting main ideas
- writing summaries
- reading for specific information
REASONS TO READ
- for pleasure
- for information
TOP-DOWN APPROACH
- when someone uses background information to predict the meaning of language they are going to listen to or read
BOTTOM-UP APPROACH
- when someone tries to understand language by looking at individual meanings or grammatical characteristics of the most basic units of the text and moves to theses to trying to understand the whole text
PROCESS OF READING
- 1. inference
- 2. prediction
- 3. anticipation
- 4. skimming
- 7. second reading
- 6. retelling
- 5. connections