TEACHING READING

TEACHING READING

1. TYPES OF QUESTIONS

   • Grellet
     • exercises with a communicative function
     • integrate reading with other skills
   • Widdowson
     • wh-questions
     • truth assessment
     • polar questions
     • multiple choice

2. TRADITIONAL APPROACH

   • Widdowson
     • genuineness
       • characteristics of the text
     • authenticity
       • how the reader reponds to text
       • how the reader responds to text

3. 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

4. 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

5. REASONS TO READ

   • for pleasure
   • for information

6. TOP-DOWN APPROACH

   • when someone uses background information to predict the meaning of language they are going to listen to or read

7. 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

8. PROCESS OF READING

   • 1. inference
   • 2. prediction
   • 3. anticipation
   • 4. skimming
   • 7. second reading
   • 6. retelling
   • 5. connections

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