Reading is one of the four skills. It is a receptive skill. It involves responding to a text, rather than producing it. Reading involves making sense of a text.
Understanding a text
Understand the language at word level.
Understanding the language at sentence level.
Understanding the language at whole-text level.
Connect the information to our knowledge of the world.
Coherence
Our knowledge of the world to see the connection between the sentences.
Cohesion
The grammatical link between the sentences.
Reading sub skills
Scanning: Reading for specific information.
Reading for gist or skimming: Reading quickly through a text to get a general idea of what it is about
Reading for detail: Getting the meaning out of every word.
Extensive reading: Reading long pieces of text.
Intensive reading: The aim of these activities is to make learners more aware of how language is used.
Important concepts
Giving learners lots of opportunities for extensive reading, in or out of class, helps them to develop their fluency in reading.
We need to choose the right text for our learners. They should be interesting and be at the right level of difficulty.
The activities often follow this pattern:
Introductory activities
Main activities
Post activities
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