Post on 15-Jan-2016
August 2012
OBJECTIVES
Identify the Reading Stages.
Explore some Reading Strategies.
Get familiar with some tools to practice reading.
REFLECTION
What kind of texts do you read in English?
What difficulties do you have when you read in English?
What strategies do you use when you read?
READING STAGES
Before Reading
Explore Information
While Reading After Reading
• Predict ideas and activate background knowledge
• Confirm predictions
• Underline new words
Identify important
information
Scan for specific information
• Expand or summarize
ideas• Find words in
the dictionary
EXPLORE
Title
Pictures
Graphs
Headings
Photo legends
BEFORE READING STRATEGIES
Words
Expressions
Events
Actions
People
Roles
PREDICT
BEFORE READING STRATEGIES
online
go shopping
chat
play games
watch videos
friends
family
General information
(what, where)(who, when)
Your experience(How much do you
know about it?)
ACTIVATE BACKGROUND
KNOWLEDGE AND ASK QUESTIONS
BEFORE READING STRATEGIES
What do they do?
What do I do?
Pre
-Read
ing
Exerc
ise
Pre-Reading Exercise
underlinegeneral ideas
writemore questions
circle words & expressions
connect to graphsand headings
WHILE READING STRATEGIES
HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT
THINGSHow often do they go online?
confirm your predictions
associate to yourexperience & ideas
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
WHILE READING STRATEGIES
What do I do?
What do they do?
While-Reading Exercise
While-Reading Exercise
SCAN FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Use Key Words
What...? (things, actions)
When…? (time, day, year)
Where...? (places)
Who…? (people)
Why…? (reasons)
AFTER READING STRATEGIES
Use Context
images
words before / after
examples - definitions
explanations
Or the Dictionary
AFTER READING STRATEGIES
CLARIFY WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
GiveImportant
Information
&
Use Key Words
SUMMARIZE USING YOUR OWN WORDS
AFTER READING STRATEGIES
Internet addicts spend a lot of time online.They talk about it. It’s their only hobby.They have problems with family and school.They sometimes miss appointments because they’re online.But they can go to a counseling service… online.
Post-Reading Exercise
MATERIALS at the LAB Penguin Readers
By levelNat Geo Readers
By topicVarious Titles
With audio
ESL FAST READING
READINGS FOR ESL STUDENTS
ESOL EBOOKS
MEEGENIUS.COM
MATERIALS ONLINEGoogle Search:
Now, Let’s Check
What do you do while reading? How?
What do you do before reading? How?
What do you do after reading? How?
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