英语教学理论与实践之how to teaching reading.ppt

1、How to teach reading,Members: 郭映漪 张梦诗 李霜 张力 杨亚丽 张馨月,TEACHING READING,.How do people read? .The materials we choose to teach .Reading strategies .Models for teaching reading .Activities we use in teaching reading,How do we read?,Aloud?,Or silent?,Two types,Reading aloud,Silent reading,Two Ss (reading

2、 skills),Scan: for particular information no need to read every word and line Skim: get general idea do not gather all the details we can scan a computer manual to find the document we want. we can skim a newspaper article to get general idea of whats been happening.,Prediction is a major factor in

3、reading.,Teachers should give students hints so that they can predict whats coming.,Suggestion:,Suggestion:,We should ask our students to read aloud only after they comprehended the text instead of before comprehension is achieved.,2. What do we read?,Materials we read in daily life,3. Why many stud

4、ents can achieve high scores in reading tests but find it hard to read particular things (ads, contracts, instructions) in life?,1. what do you think about traditional language-teaching materials?,2. Should the reading materials be authentic or not?,artificial over-simplified comical untypical,Authe

5、ntic materials: mostly for native-speakers,Non-authentic texts: i.e. simulated text, which are written especially for language students with some language control.,Suggestion:,the materials selection should keep a balance between real English and the students capabilities and interests.,ensure the v

6、ariety but also help prepare students to meet their future needs. (i.e. English business students),3. Strategies involved,Reading strategies,4. Models for teaching reading,Models for teaching reading,Top-down model,Bottom-up model,Interactive model,5. Activities throughout reading (3),Pre-reading ac

7、tivities (1),predicting,Setting the scene,skimming,scanning,Based on the title,Based on vocabulary,Based on T/F questions,Cultural and social background knowledge,Getting information and main idea,Ignore irrelevant parts to get specific information,We can also set the scene by relating what students

8、 already know to what they want to know.,Method (scene):,i.e. Ask students to write down 3 things that theyd like to know about the text they are going to read.,Ask students to check out if they can find what they want to know.,Suggestions ( skimming ):,Ask general questions (avoid detailed ones) i.

9、e. why did the writer write the article? i.e. where do you expect to read such an article?,Provide subtitles for different parts of a text and asks students to put out then in the right place.,Examples (scanning):,1. Find Mr. Smiths phone number.,2. How many people were injured in the explosion?,3.

10、Who met X at Y?,Suggestions (scanning):,set a time limit,give clear instruction for the task,wait until 70% of the students finish,make sure how you are going to get feedback,While-reading activities (2),Transition devices that are often used:,Pictures Drawings Maps tables,Flowcharts Chronological sequence Subtitles Notes,Notice:,Research has shown visualisation can help second language learners to comprehend meaning while reading.(To