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 GETTING GENERAL 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 questions after students finished Skim reading Read and stop when students find necessary information Give specific tasks and ask to underline the sections 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 programme to 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 ideas Summation Drawing conclusions Specific details Implications/Inference Explicit/Implicit information Listening 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 White Sleeping Beauty Cinderella 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!