Pi

nkiKumar
i

AsstPr
ofessor

Depar
tmentOfEducat
ion

Cour
se7A:
-Teachi
ng0fEngl
ish

Ty
pesofReadi
ng
Thef ourbasicskil
lsofEngl
ishLanguageareli
stening,speaking,
readi
ngandwr it
ing.Oneoft
heskil
li
sreadi
ngandreadi ngi
nEngl i
sh
shoul
dbest ar
tedonlywhent hechi
ldhasbeengi venat horough
pract
iceinlist
eningandspeakingskil
l
s.Therearef ourtypesof
readi
ng.

Readi
ng

Readi
ngAl
oud Si
l
entReadi
ng I
ntensi
veReadi
ngExt
ensi
veReadi
ng
(
A)Readi
ngAl
oud

Readingal oudi saski l

ltobecul t
ivatedinearl
ierstages.Ittr
ai nsthe
pupi
lstol i
nkt hespokenwor dwi ththepr i
ntedsymbol .I
thel psthem
todevelopspeechwi thcorrectpr onunciat
ionstressandi ntonat i
on.
Accordi
ngt oMor ri
s"Thepupi ls"onlyincli
nati
oni stoconcent rate
onthesi nglewor d;or
alreadingi sfir
stdemonst ratedbyt het eacher
,
andthenpr acticeintheclass.I twill
helphimt oinculcatethe
corr
ecthabi tofreadingingr oups."

(
A1)Obj ect
ivesofReadi
ngAl oud
(
i)Readi
ngwithcorr
ectpronunciat
ion.

(
ii
)Readi
ngcompr
ehensi
on.

(
ii
i)Readi
ngwi
thexpr
essi
on.

(
iv)Readi
ngf
ort
hepr
act
iceofspeaki
ng.

(
v)Todevel
opi
nthest
udentadesi
reandpr
epar
ati
onf
orsi
l
ent
r
eadi
ng.

(
A2)Adv
ant
ageofReadi
ngAl
oud

Studentsl earnbyimitat
ingtheteacherwhichi
sthenat
ural
met hod
oflearning.
Studentsl earnthepropermethodofr eadi
ngbecauset
heyfol
l
ow
themodel readi
ngdonebyt het
eacher
I
tdev elopst heskil
lofspeech
Mistakesarecor
rect
edbythet
eacher
Sensoryorgansaret
rai
ned

(
A3)Li
mit
ati
ons

(
i)ItdoesNotgivepl
easure
(
ii
)Itdoesnothelpi
ngetti
ngthemeaning
(
ii
i)I
thi
ndersi
nbecominganext ensi
vereader
HoweverI
tisrecommendedforstudent
satjuniorl
evel
.

(
B)Si
lentReadi
ng

Sil
entreadingisreadingwithoutproducingsoundaudi blet
oot hers.
Thisissuggestedathi gherl
evel.I
nt hewor dsofHandschin,”Sil
ent
readi
ngi ncul
catesal oveforreadingandi spleasur
ableandi tgi
ves
Thepupi lafeel
ingofpowerandachi evement .
”
AccordingtoRy burn-“Theai m ofsil
entreadingispleasur
eand
profi
t,t
or eadforint
erestandtogeti nformation.
”

(
B1)Obj
ect
ivesofSi
lentReadi
ng

(
i) Toenablestudent
stor eadwit
houtmaki
ngev
enl
i
pmov
ement
.
(
ii
)Tor eadwithspeed,easeandfluency
.
(
ii
i)Toreadwithcomprehension.
(
iv)Toexpandstudentsvocabular
y.

(
B2)Adv
ant
ageofSi
lentReadi
ng

(
i)Itsav
esti
me.
(
ii
)Itsav
esener
gy.
(i
i
i)I
tdevelopstudent
sint
erestf
orreadi
ng.
(i
v)I
tprovesofimmensev al
ueinlat
erli
febecausei
tisusedi
n
hi
gher cl
asses.

(
B3)Li
mit
ati
ons

(
i)Itisnotsuitabl
eforsmallchi
ldren.
(
ii
)Itdoesnott eachcorr
ectpronunciat
ion.
(
ii
i)I
tisuni
nteresti
ng(someti
mes) .
(
iv)Themistakesofstudent
scannotbecor rect
ed.

(
C)I
ntensi
veReadi
ng

Int
ensiv
ereadingorcrit
icalr
eadingi sdonewhi l
et hest udentstry
toget
herfact
sorar ri
veatsomeconcl usiononthebasi soft hefacts.
Thisi
sdonemost l
ywhent hestudentspr eparefortheexami nat
ions.
Thiski
ndofreadingisdonewi t
ht hi
nki ngandcompr ehension.
Hence,iti
sotherwiseknownascr it
ical r
eadingorreadingf or
comprehensi
on.

I
ntensi
ver
eadi
ngi
nvol
ves:
-

(i
)Assi mil
ati
onofl anguagewhi chconsist
sofv ocabul
arythat
coversthemeani ngandusageofwor dsandphr ases.
(i
i)Rulesofgrammarandt hei rappli
cat
ion-
thebasicsentence
patter
nsstructuresetc.areincluded.Regular 
readingmakesThe
l
earnerunderstandt hebasicsent encepatt
erns, st
ruct
ures,
determiners,preposit
ions,etc.
(i
ii
)Graspingoft hesenseandget ti
nginfor
mat i
on.
(
C1)Ai msofI nt
ensiv eReading
(
i)Improv esandext endtheknowl edgeofcommandov erEngl
ish.
Helpthest udentstospeakEngl ishcorr
ectly
.
(
ii
)Enabl ethestudentt ouseEngl i
shlanguagewi
thconfi
denceand
maket hem concent rateonthelanguagewi t
hcar
e.
(
ii
i)Enhancet hev ocabular
yoft hestudents.

(
C2)Adv antagesofIntensiveReading
(
i)Hasalltheadvantagesofbot horalandsil
entreadi
ng.
(
ii
)Enri
cht hevocabularyofthestudents.
(
ii
i)Dev
elopst heconfidencelev
el ofstudent
s.
(
iv)Hel
pst oincul
cater eadi
nghabitsinthestudent
s.
(
v)Developsexpressionspoweri nthestudents.

(C3)Li mitat
ionsofI ntensiveReading
(i
)Thi stypeofr eadingi squitecompl i
catedanddet ai
ledi
tis
unsuitableforl owercl asses.
(i
i)Timewi sei ntensiv ereadingisnoteconomi calbecausei
t
requiresmucht i
mef oreachsessi on.
(i
ii
)St udentswhoar eat tenti
veandi nt
ell
i
gentgainwast efr
om
i
nt ensivereading. Ther efor
et hi
stypeofreadingrequir
esgreat
attentionont hepar toft hepupil
.
(
D)Ext
ensi
veReadi
ng:
-

Extensiv
eReadingorRapi dReadingisalsoknownasi ndependent
sil
entreadi
ngasthest udentsreadindependent
lywithoutthe
teachershel
pandt heydoi tsi
lentl
y.Thi
stypeofreadingismainl
y
aboutthesubject
 matter.The  st
udentdoesextensiv
ereading
mai nl
yfori
nformati
onr egardi
ngt hesubj
ecther
et herearenodetai
l
studyofwordsandphr ases.

Accor di
ngtothedi
cti
onar
yofeducat
ion-“
Extensi
ver
eadi
ngis
readingformenthoughtr
athert
hanf
ordet
ail
ormechani
csofthe
expression.
”

(D1)AimsofExtensiv
eReading:-
Themai npur
poseofextensi
v er
eadingisthecult
ivat
ionofat
estf
or
readi
nganditseeksbyencouragi
ngt hehabitofvi
suali
zi
ngwhati
s
readtomakereadingaform ofvi
sual i
nst
ructi
on.

(D2)Li
mitat
ionsofExtensi
veReading:
-
(i
)Cannotbeusedattheprimar
ylevelbecauseitneedsmat
uri
ty
andsel
fdisci
pli
neonthepartofthestudents.

(i
i
)Requi r
esr i
chvocabul
aryandgooduseofdict
ionaryt
hrought
his
mayi ni
ti
all
yseem tobeal i
mitat
ionbutatt
helar
gestageofa
studentl
ifethi
srequir
ementisanaddedassestfort
hem.
(
ii
i)Requi
resimmensestr
engthofsel
fdi
sci
pli
newhichcannotbe
f
oundinallthest
udent
s.Expect
ati
onsar
ealwayst
here.