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Didactics
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H ow to help our trainees develop more effective techniques
when they are reading in English? Simply by telling them how to practice
the 4 main ways of reading that most people use all the time.
4 MAIN WAYS OF READING
skimming : reading a
text quickly to get the gist of the text, the main idea. Reading only the
title and the first sentence of every paragraph is how we can do it. This
technique is good practice and will help the students recognize the
purpose and the structure of a whole text.
scanning : looking
through a text to find specific information.This will prevent the students
to read from the begining of a long text right through the end and easily
get discouraged because they do not understand every word.
extensive reading :
people often have to practice extensive reading to get a global
understanding of long texts.This naturally implies ability for skimming.
intensive reading :
reading shorter texts in more details.Will enable to help the students
develop more detailed reading skills such as working out the meaning
of unknown words.
3-STAGED PATTERN
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WHILE-READING |
AFTER-READING |
OBJECTIVE
- warm up and information gap
- getting interested in the topic before reading
the text
- make reading easier
- have a reason for reading the text
ACTIVITY
- predicting the topic and the content of the
text by looking at the title, headline or picture
- students write questions about what they would
like to learn about the topic
- list of what they already know and don't know
about the topic
- other
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OBJECTIVE
- depending on the purpose for reading the text,
developing various reading techniques
SKIMMING
- Read only the title and the beginning of every
paragraph.
- Answer a few questions and check general
understanding
SCANNING
- Finding specific information in the text
(dates, names, places, specific words or expressions, etc.)
- Find the equivalent in the text eg synonyms,
antonyms, etc.
- Find the missing information where the text is
blanked out
- Lists
- team work: different sections of the text are
asigned to different groups so that they can share information
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OBJECTIVE
- get the students use the vocabulary actively
and interact with the ideas in the text
ACTIVITY
- debating : argue for and against in pair or in
a whole class debate
- role- playing the characters in the text
- create a dialogue
- write a letter in response to the text and send
it to someone in the class
- use new vocabulary in real sentences
- grammar work using specific patterns in the
text
OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
- reading newspaper, magazines, short stories,
internet...
- writing summaries
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