August 2012

OBJECTIVES

Identify the Reading Stages.

Explore some Reading Strategies.

Get familiar with some tools to practice reading.

REFLECTION

What kind of texts do you read in English?

What difficulties do you have when you read in English?

What strategies do you use when you read?

READING STAGES

Before Reading

Explore Information

While Reading After Reading

• Predict ideas and activate background knowledge

• Confirm predictions

• Underline new words

Identify important

information

Scan for specific information

• Expand or summarize

ideas• Find words in

the dictionary

EXPLORE

Title

Pictures

Graphs

Headings

Photo legends

BEFORE READING STRATEGIES

Words

Expressions

Events

Actions

People

Roles

PREDICT

BEFORE READING STRATEGIES

online

go shopping

chat

play games

watch videos

friends

family

General information

(what, where)(who, when)

Your experience(How much do you

know about it?)

ACTIVATE BACKGROUND

KNOWLEDGE AND ASK QUESTIONS

BEFORE READING STRATEGIES

What do they do?

What do I do?

Pre

-Read

ing

Exerc

ise

Pre-Reading Exercise

underlinegeneral ideas

writemore questions

circle words & expressions

connect to graphsand headings

WHILE READING STRATEGIES

HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT

THINGSHow often do they go online?

confirm your predictions

associate to yourexperience & ideas

ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS

WHILE READING STRATEGIES

What do I do?

What do they do?

While-Reading Exercise

While-Reading Exercise

SCAN FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION

Use Key Words

What...? (things, actions)

When…? (time, day, year)

Where...? (places)

Who…? (people)

Why…? (reasons)

AFTER READING STRATEGIES

Use Context

images

words before / after

examples - definitions

explanations

Or the Dictionary

AFTER READING STRATEGIES

CLARIFY WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

GiveImportant

Information

&

Use Key Words

SUMMARIZE USING YOUR OWN WORDS

AFTER READING STRATEGIES

Internet addicts spend a lot of time online.They talk about it. It’s their only hobby.They have problems with family and school.They sometimes miss appointments because they’re online.But they can go to a counseling service… online.

Post-Reading Exercise

MATERIALS at the LAB Penguin Readers

By levelNat Geo Readers

By topicVarious Titles

With audio

ESL FAST READING

READINGS FOR ESL STUDENTS

ESOL EBOOKS

MEEGENIUS.COM

MATERIALS ONLINEGoogle Search:

Now, Let’s Check

What do you do while reading? How?

What do you do before reading? How?

What do you do after reading? How?

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