WORKSHOP TIENG ANH 12
TEACHING READING


Principles behind the teaching of reading.
Principle 1: Reading is not a passive kill. It is an incredibly active activity. Both teachers and students must understand the meanings of words, the arguments and work out if they agree with each other. If not doing so, they only scratch the surface of the text and quickly forget it.
Principle 2: Students need to engaged with what they are reading. If they are not interested in reading the text, they cannot benefit much from the text.
Principles behind the teaching of reading.
Principle 3: Students should be encouraged to respond to the content of a reading text, not just to the language. The meaning, the message of the text is important so teachers should give students an opportunity to respond to that message, to express their feelings about the topic. This will make them be engaged with the reading text and the language.

Principles behind the teaching of reading.
Principle 4: Prediction is a major factor in reading. The book cover, the headlines, the photographs, the word-processed page can be used as hints to make a student’s brain start predicting what he/she is going to read. Predicting what is coming will help students become better and more engaged readers.
Principles behind the teaching of reading.
Principle 5: Match the task to the topic.
Teachers should choose good reading tasks for students to read. The most exciting passage is the one with appropriate questions, imaginative and challenging tasks.
Principle 6: Good teachers exploit the reading text to the full.
Teachers should integrate the reading text into interesting class sequences, using a variety of tasks to help students read and comprehend the text thoroughly.
Some suggested tasks/activities
A. PRE-READING
Discussion
Lead-in
Guessing
Predicting
Question and Answer Exchange
Some suggested tasks/activities
B. WHILE-READING
True – False statements
Reading Cloze
Matching
Grid – Filling
Multiple – choice
Open – ended questions
Some suggested tasks/activities
C. POST-READING
Speaking based on the text (interviews, discussions with the information gathered from the text)
Writing based on the text (letter-writing, summarizing with the information gathered from the text).
Listening to something related to the text.