Activity from the Coursebook

1. Authentic text use

Matching headlines with the texts
2. Scanning for the main idea
Actual reading
Tell what they understand using their own words
Answer the question through pair work
3. Guessing the unknown meanings
Answering the leading questions
Use dictionary at home
4. Reading aloud
Checking pronunciation
5. Unknown words guessed from the context
6. Support these words with equivalent ones
Check comprehension
Pair work
Reassemble class and answer the questions
7. Reading aloud
Rereading silently
8. Explaining the activity
Reading the text while doing the activity
9. Warm up activity about the passage (brainstorming)
Actual reading for several times
Filling in charts, picture/vocab matching, answering true/false questions
Follow-up activities like role playing or group work (writing different ending or
discussing the text)
10. Underline important words before coming to class
Find similar words to L1 (cognates)
Pre-teach some words
Write sentences of the unknown words to the board
Small groups – guess the meaning
Role-play or game to put new info to operation
11. Classroom reading shelf
 Make students chose something to read
Get them write logs about the passages they will read

Pre-Reading
While Reading
Post-Reading

Reading Microteaching Matrix

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