How to teach reading

How to teach reading

1. written language

   • types of written language
     • are divided by genres
       • for example:
         • letters
         • recipes
         • bills
         • questionnaires
         • maps
       • each genre has specific rules
   • characteristics of written language
     • permanence
       • words don't change
     • processing time
       • read at one's pace
     • distance
       • physical
       • temporal
     • orthography
       • spelling rules
     • complexity
       • longer, complex clauses
     • vocabulary
       • variety of lexical items
       • unusual words
     • formality
       • forms
         • prestablished style rules
       • rhetoric
         • organization

2. strategies for reading comprehension

   • identify purpose of reading
   • silent reading
   • skimming
   • scanning
   • guessing
   • analyzing vocabulary

3. microskills for reading comprehension

   • discriminate
     • between language patterns
   • retain
     • chunks of language
   • process
     • writing
   • recognize
     • grammar categories
     • particular meanings
     • cohesion
     • communicative functions
   • infer
     • context
     • connections
   • distinguish
     • between meanings
   • detect
     • references for context
   • develop
     • reading strategies

4. why teach reading?

   • study purposes
   • for pleasure
   • to provide writing models
   • learn language structure

5. what kind of readings should students do?

   • authentic materials
     • not for learning purposes
       • newspapers
       • magazines
       • brochures
   • not authentic materials
     • for educative purposes
       • dictionaries
       • school books
   • students' interests

6. what reading skills should students acquire?

   • scanning
   • skimming

7. what are the principles behind the teaching of reading?

   • motivation
   • encourage development of skill
   • include different strategies
   • SQ3R technique
     • survey
     • read
     • review
     • question
     • recite
   • divide techniques
     • pre-reading
     • after-reading
     • during-reading

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