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New_bee Posted 16 years ago
Teaching
The most effective reading technique according to you.
Hi, everyone! I'm an English teacher in Indonesia. I'm really interested in improving my students' ability in reading English texts, especially their speed and understanding. I've read some references about reading technique but i'm still not sure which technique i should teach. I would be so grateful if you, anyone in this forum, could share your experience in teaching reading. Thank you...
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Hi New_Bee; I've used duet reading, echo reading and paired reading in the past. After any reading activity though, I always ask concept or content questions to make sure the reader understood the what they read. New vocabulary can be taught at the same time.
- Hi New_Bee; I've used duet reading, echo reading and paired reading in the past.
- After any reading activity though, I always ask concept or content questions to make sure the reader understood the what they read.
- New vocabulary can be taught at the same time.
- For beginners, the key is to select material at a low level.
- This can be hard to find, so sometimes there is no choice but to write the text yourself, based on your knowledge of the readers' skills.
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Hi New_Bee;
I've used duet reading, echo reading and paired reading in the past.
After any reading activity though, I always ask concept or content questions to make sure the reader understood the what they read. New vocabulary can be taught at the same time.
For beginners, the key is to select material at a low level. This can be hard to find, so sometimes there is
I've used duet reading, echo reading and paired reading in the past.
After any reading activity though, I always ask concept or content questions to make sure the reader understood the what they read. New vocabulary can be taught at the same time.
For beginners, the key is to select material at a low level. This can be hard to find, so sometimes there is
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Gee, thank you Alpheccastar. Actually it's kinda difficult to have that sort of text because i have big classes of 20-something students and they come from different ages and educational background - employee, college student, high school student - but most of them are at the same level of proficiency. So, i usually use texts provided by my institution.
um, in asking their comprehension, do
um, in asking their comprehension, do
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Hi New_Bee;
Most of those techniques work best with one teacher and one student.
But there was a demonstration at a literacy convention that worked OK (not ideally) with a larger group.
Put some text on a screen. Use large font so no one has a problem seeing it.
Lead you class in reading it out loud. Read at a speed that is a a little faster than their comfort level. T
Most of those techniques work best with one teacher and one student.
But there was a demonstration at a literacy convention that worked OK (not ideally) with a larger group.
Put some text on a screen. Use large font so no one has a problem seeing it.
Lead you class in reading it out loud. Read at a speed that is a a little faster than their comfort level. T
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