teaching reading techniques. analyze a text answer many questions improve spelling understand how...
Post on 16-Jan-2016
214 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
Teaching Reading Techniques
analyze a text answer many questions
improve spelling
understand how sentences are constructed
use language for creative purposes
be aware of the importance of collocations
widen knowledge about grammar and vocabulary
TEACHING READING
TYPES OF READING
SKIMMING
GETTINGGENERAL
INFORMATION
SCANNING
LOOKING FOR THE DEFINITE INFORMATION
INTENSIVE READING
GETTING DETAIL
INFORMATION
T E A C H I N G T I P S
• Skim read the text before looking at the questions
• Ask general questionsafter students finished Skim reading
• Read and stop when students find necessaryinformation
• Give specific tasks andask to underline thesections of the text where they found the information
• Read a text several times, analyze it and than make the conclusions
EXAM TRAINING FOR READING TASK TYPES
What is the basic system of all parts of the reading exam?
You are given some information
You are given some questions
You need to connect elements of the information with the questions
This has to be done in a limited amount of time
What are certain skills that need to be learnt?
• How to analyse information efficiently
• An understanding of how a paragraph is structured
• Understanding exactly what a question is looking for
Should you read the text first, then the questions OR should you read the questions first, then the text???
There are many different ways of doing things.• scan the text quickly to get a feeling of the subject
• Identify the different parts of the subject
• Identify where within the text these parts are located
• Read the questions carefully
• Get a clear information of what is being asked, if possible identify which part of the text contains the information required
• Do not leave any question unanswered. If answer is not known, GUESS
What are the basic reading exam tasks?
Multiple Choice Questions
• Many times have four choices
• All the choices may seem to be correct
• Only one answer is completely correct
• The others are nearly correct
• Maybe partially correct
What are the basic reading exam tasks?
Multiple Choice Questions
If a text has 8 paragraphs and there are 8 questions:
Usually the first question relates to the first paragraph
The second question then relates to the text after the first
What are the basic reading exam tasks?
Missing Sentences
The exercise requires the sentences to be returned to their correct position
All the sentences of a paragraph discuss the same subject
So the missing sentence and its parent paragraph should share the same subject
What are the basic reading exam tasks?
Multiple matching
If there are 15 questions for 4 paragraphs the information may relate to several questions
Matching headings and questions to paragraphs
True/False statements
Gap fill (missing phrases/paragraphs
Matching summary statements Ordering paragraphs
There are also other tasks helping to prepare students for exam
1. ASKING/ANSWERING QUESTIONS
2. CLOZE
3. COMPLETING
4. FINDING DIFFERENCES/SIMILARITIES
5. LABELING
6. LISTING
7. MATCHING
8. MULTIPLE CHOICE CLOZE TEXT
9. OUTLINING
10. PARAGRAPHING
11. TABLE FILLING
LISTENING
Trains to select, remember,Process sounds
Is an information-processing activity
Requires an active effort on the part of the students
Is basic for communicating, learning, thinking
Requires participation
Needs to be taught
-announcements, apologies, awards, -concerts, conversations,
-dialogues, directions, discussions, dramas, -explanations,
-illustrated talks, improvisations, instructions, interviews, introductions, invitations,
-jokes, -meetings, monologues,
-newscasts, -oral interpretations,
-proverbs, problem-solving groups, puns, -radio plays, reader's theatre, rebuttals, riddles, rules,
-slogans, songs, speeches, storytelling, sports casts, -talking circles, testimonials, tributes,
-voice mail messages, -weather forecasts, and others.
There should be a planned programmeto increase listening skills abilities
1. Pre-listening Warm-ups
2. Listening Tasks
Pre-listening Warm-ups
Number Game
Using pictures Personalizing
Vocabulary Volleyball
Practicing Tenses
Predicting Facts
Predicting Vocabulary
Students listen for/to…
1. the main idea or gist
2. specific information
3. check if your answers are right or wrong
4. check for mistakes
5. dictation
6. re-order a jumbled dialogue
7. take notes
8. complete pictures
9. other learners
10. match picture with descriptions
What to test ? How to test ?
General comprehension Main ideasSummationDrawing conclusions Specific detailsImplications/InferenceExplicit/Implicit informationListening between the lines
Multiple Choice
True/False
Cloze
Short Answer
Paraphrase/Summary
Dictation
Look at the picture of three girls. Try to remember their names and the names of the fairy tales they are from. Match the names to the pictures. Guess the fairy tale.
Cinderella
Snow WhiteSleeping Beauty
Sleeping BeautyCinderella
Snow White
LISTENING 2
Match the words 1-3 to their explanation. There is one extra explanation.
Guess what fairy tale you are going to listen.
To trick
An ogre
To turn into
A cruel man-eating giant
A person who steals
To make a person feel ridiculous
To change the appearance
Puss in Boots
How many people are you going to listen about?Who are you going to
listen about?
Thank you for attention and
participation!
top related