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!