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___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
What do we read?
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___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
There are 2 main reasons for reading: Reading for pleasure Reading for information:
To find out something To do something with the information you get
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
Skimming: quickly running ones eyes over the text Scanning: quickly going through a text to find specific information Extensive reading: reading long texts Reading for pleasure Intensive reading: reading short texts to extract information Reading for detail
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
2. The students should time themselves Record their speed on a chart 3. Encourage comparisons between different interpretations and discussion
Silent reading followed by an individual activity Comparisons in pairs, groups A general discussion involving the whole class
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
words and complex or obscure sentences. Inference making use of syntactic, logical and cultural clues to discover unknown elements Understanding relations within the sentence train to look first for the core of the sentence: subject + verb Linking sentences and ideas recognizing connectors and reference words
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
Organization of the text the pattern of the text was chosen to alter the message
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
1. 2. 3. 4.
Use various types of questions Devise exercises in which there is no simple, obvious answer Make the students active in the reading process Devise activities which are natural to the text: responding to a letter, reacting to an advertisement
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
Make it friendly
Involve the students in the reading process Before - students choose the topics in which they wish to read about Make the students think about the subject of the text have them ask questions Use pictures and titles for pre reading activities Use key words of the text
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
Dont Forgets
The teacher is the most important element in a successful reading class. In your class you can boost the value of reading by providing:
Calm environment in which the students feel comfortable taking risks and trying new ways of reading
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
Reading is a constant process of guessing. What one brings to the text is often more important than what one finds in it. Students should be taught to use what they know to understand unknown elements.
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop
___________________________________________________________________________________ The IACC, Department of Learning Limor Cohen Naftali Reading Comprehension Workshop