Reading Skills

Reading Skills

1. Jesús Antonio Araiza Trejo. #332720 21/SEP/21

2. EXTENSIVE READING

   • Teacher gives students a free choice to pick what they want to read, therefore language improves in a general level.

3. INTENSIVE READING

   • A specific text chosen by the teacher in order to help students to develop specific skills

4. Reading Lesson Sequences

   • Students must practice specific skills. Students are asked to read for communicative purposes. Reading involves more than only one reading skill.

5. Letting the students in

   • Allow students to express how they feel. Let them create their own comprehension of their tasks.

6. Extensive reading materials.

   • Provided material should always be understandable. Since the students are not reading for pleasure they might struggle. Every the material should be equally accessible to all the students.

7. Setting up a library.

   • Suitable books must be sought. Teachers must convince the institution in order to have the proper funds. Money can also be raised trough other methods. It should be planned as a static library, if not, then a method to carry books through the institution should be planned (like carrying them in boxes or trolleys). Books must be coded into genres and levels. A singing-out system will help with keeping track of the books over time.

8. The role of the teacher.

   • Encourage students and promote promote reading trough its benefits. Teachers can organize reading programs to set due dates and explain how students can pick what they want to read.
     • Organizer: Tell students what the reading purpose is and provide clear instructions. Observer: Ask students to read on their own and give them a space to do so, not interrupting. Feedback Organizer: Lead feedback sessions once our students have finished to check if the session was successful. Prompter: As our students read, we can act as a prompter in order to give them a chance to notice language features to clarify ambiguities making them aware of issues.