Between the lines

Between the lines

1. Why "Reading"?

   • Meaning- construction
     • PROCESS
       • Classroom context
   • "To read everything"
     • INTERPRETATION
       • Central goal for the reader
       • Language knowledge
       • Different meanings
         • DYNAMIC
           • Constant change of the teacher, the reader and the context

2. Why "Motivated"?

   • To engage students´motivation
     • Influence the reader´s attitude towards reading
       • Intention to read

3. Why a "Text"?

   • Text as the "starting point" of the process
     • To contextualize
       • Language
         • MEANING
       • Content
     • Reader first interaction
   • Text as a "tool"
     • To create something "new"

4. Why "INTERTEXTUALITY"?

   • Relation between
     • Texts based on "experiences"
     • Texts being read

5. Why "Interaction"?

   • To create "discourse"
     • EVERYTHING has a COMMUNICATIVE purpose
       • Language development

6. Why "CONTEXT"?

   • Learning environment
   • MEANING occurs
     • Development of language and reading´skills

7. Why a "READER"?

   • CENTER of meaning construction
   • Students´previous knowledge/experiences
     • Affective conditions
       • Socio-cultural environment
         • MOTIVATION to read
           • PURPOSE to read
     • Cognitive conditions
       • Background Knowledge of Language and Skills
         • WHAT
         • HOW
         • WHEN
         • WHY
     • Influence reader´s comprenhension and meaning construction
       • INTERPRETATION
         • Knowledge use and control
           • BUILDERS OF MEANING
             • Context

8. Why a "TEACHER"?

   • Prior beliefs and knowledge
     • Affective conditions
     • Cognitive conditions
       • Motivation to engage students
   • Guide, facilitate and negotiate students meaning construction process
     • Knowledge use and control
       • Instructional decision-making process
         • TASKS
           • Bloom´s Taxonomy

9. Why "MEANING- CONSTRUCTION PROCESS"?

   • Reader´s attitude, value and belief change