Key
words; identification
of letters, The aim of reading, Importance of reading,
Importance of silent and loud
reading, When teaching
letter reading, Choral reading by students, Skill of Reading
Skill
of Reading
The identification of
letters, words and sentences through visual perception;
We read what is on the page.
Two readers are reading the same material and they get two different meanings. Reading
is not limited to visual perception. It means getting the message from a
printed material.
Reading
When people look at a text
and assign meaning to the written symbols, it is interaction between text and
the reader.
The
aim of reading
• To
read English with accurate pronunciation
• To
speak English with fluency
• To
read English with understanding
Importance
of reading
- Reading help in gaining new knowledge
- Help in self-education process
- Broaden the thinking
Importance of silent and
loud reading
Kemmel
& Segal (1988), stated that reading aloud to children builds the desire to
read. They stated, "Reading is one
of the most basic educational practices.
It is through reading aloud
that children learn that reading for pleasure is worthwhile."
G.L. Macroll (1989) in his research
found support for the following statements about reading aloud to students and
how it benefits the total reading program:
1. Helps them get off to a better start in
reading.
2. Improves their listening skills.
3. Increases their abilities to read
independently.
4. Expands their vocabularies.
5. Helps them become better speakers.
6. Improves their abilities as writers.
7. Improves reading comprehension.
8. Improves quantity and quality of independent
reading.
• To
help you ignore words you don't need - When you are reading
out loud you have to think about and pronounce every word in the text
• When
you are reading out loud it is normal to read each word from the first letter
to the last in the way it is pronounced
Loud
reading by students
Each student reads two or
three sentences or a paragraph. Teacher corrects students’ errors.
When
you are reading silently, you can just skip past anything that you think is too
difficult or not important
To make you read faster
Reading out loud slows down
your reading speed. Silent reading makes your reading faster
• To
improve understanding
to read faster by looking at
a whole word or even groups of words at the same time and then moving onto the
next section.
Teaching reading is treated
on three levels.
• Letter
reading
• Word
reading
• Text
reading
When
teaching letter reading.
The teacher deals with three
things:
The shape of the letter
The name of the letter
The sound of the letter
Teaching text reading
Four techniques and each
technique have its own advantages and disadvantages.
* Use all techniques /
Methods
Teacher reads the text aloud
with accurate pronunciation. Students follow in their books. Teacher can also
use a tape produced by a native speaker.
2-
Silent reading by students
Students read silently and
answer some pre-reading questions. They are asked to read again to answer some
post-reading questions
3-
Loud reading by students
Each student reads two or
three sentences or a paragraph.
4-
Choral reading by students
Teacher reads the text aloud
sentence by sentence while students read after teacher in chorus.
Teacher
sustains the rhythm and the speed by giving starting and finishing signals
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This technique helps shy students to participate in reading
Advantages
-
It gives practice in pronunciation
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It gives students the opportunity to train
their organs of speech to produce the foreign language.
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It saves a lot of class time that is spent in
loud reading by individual students.
What is reading?
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This technique gives beginners readers self-
confidence.
