Teaching Reading

By
Porntip Bodeepongse
Thaksin University

What learners need to know

Language

Vocabulary
Grammar: structures &
discourse markers

Reading is a way of practising

vocabulary and grammar.

Learners can use strategies to
overcome gap in knowledge of
vocabulary or grammar.

Background knowledge

Subject matter
Cultural knowledge
Knowledge of the world /

common sense
Text types = knowledge of how
the text will develop
Register (formal / informal)

 Reading strategies

Dealing with unknown words

Guessing using knowledge of

grammar, vocabulary, subject

matter, cultural knowledge,
knowledge of the world

How to use a dictionary

Prediction-guessing what will
come next in the text

 Reading purposes and

reading techniques:

Skimming
Scanning
Intensive reading
Matching techniques and texts
Matching techniques and
reading purposes

Stages of teaching reading

1.

Pre-reading
Setting a purpose for
reading
Preparing linguistic or
background knowledge for
comprehension

While reading

2.

Check predictions
Decide what is and is not
important to understand
Reread to check
comprehension

Post reading

3.

Evaluate comprehension in a
particular task or area.
Decide if the strategies
used were appropriate for
the purposes and for the
tasks.
Modify strategies if
necessary.

Question types

Cloze / gap filling

Multiple choice
Matching
Sequencing
Open-ended questions
Information transfer
etc.

Now lets look at some

reading activities