TEACHING READING SKILLS

INTRODUCTION
The ability to read is one determiner of students success or failure. We must form the habit of reading. A good reader has a better opportunity for greater achievement and improve other skills how: listening, speaking and writing. there is an urgent need to investigate into the causes of poor reading comprehension to find the solution of the problem. Reading is a key part of learning a second language. If we are good reader will have success.

WHAT IS READING SKILLS?

It refers to the specific ability that anable a person to read with independence and interact with the messagge.

COMPONENTS OF READING
WHISPER PHONE

Phonemic awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension

HOW TO IMPROVE COMPREHENSION

PREVIEW QUESTIONS REFLECT RECITE REVIEW

CHARACTERISTICS FOR A GOOD READING

Motivate Students Model Behaviors Link Reading and Writing Maintain a Rich Classroom Library Exhibit Flexibility Employ a variety of assessments

EFFECTIVE ORAL READING

EFFECTIVE ORAL READING

Listening and Reading Comprehension Forming Images Vocabulary Use the prior knowledge Predicting

FOUR DIFERENT KINDS OF READING

Skimming - running the eyes over quickly, to get the gist Scanning - looking for a particular piece of information Extensive reading - longer texts for pleasure and needing global understanding Intensive reading - shorter texts, extracting specific information, accurate reading for

EXAMPLES
SKIMMING A Newspaper, A Travel Brochure, SCANNING He whats on section of the local paper, A Newspaper The Telephone Directory A Travel Brochure A Train timetable EXTENSIVE READING A novel A poem INTENSIVE READING A novel A newspaper a text in class A postcard A recipe

GOALS OF READING:
Asking a learner to "read" a text requires that teachers specify a reading goal. One minimal goal is to ask the learner to find particular grammatical constructions or to identify new words and lexicon of the target language.

HOW CAN WE DEVELOP STUDENTS READING SKILLS?

The first step towards improvement of the students reading skills is being aware that it is our job as instructor to help them develop the reading skills and to include it in our course.

ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN READING SKILLS

1.- Teacher text structures. Teacher selects texts that have an obvious structure variety of narrativ, literary and basic story grammar Model appropiate text selection. Provide regular independent reading time Time to read indepently every day

ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN READING SKILLS

1.- Teacher create and support a sociocultural context.depending of the place the situation and the pourpous for reading. The Transaction: We considerer the readers individual and with unique differences

ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN READING SKILLS

1.- Teacher support readers. Teaching decoding skills Helps students build fluency Build and activate prior knowledge Motivate Students Engage students in personal responses

TEACHER SUPPORT TRANSACTION

Provide a instructions of useful comprenhesion strategies. Good readers use
strategies to support their understanding of text

Teach students to monitor and repair. Good

readers monitor while reading to see if things make sense and they use strategies to repair the meaning when things stop making sense

Use multiple strategie approaches. Multiple

strategies simultaneously may be particular powerful

CHARACTERISTIC OF READING SKILLS

Characteristics of Considerate Text Three characteristics help define considerate text: clear text structures, coherent writing, and audience awareness. Clear Text Structures The first characteristicclear text structuresrefers to the sequencing of ideas or actions. Considerate text features logical patterns of organization such as these: Chronological order, or the presentation of actions or events in the order in which they actually occurred or should be performed Comparison and contrast, or the presentation of similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or things Cause and effect, or the presentation of interactions between at least two actions or eventsone of them a cause, or reason, and the other an effect, or result

GROUP ACTIVITY
Reader: read out aloud Encourager: everyone participation Checker: Check on the comprehension Timer: To complet the task on time.

CONCLUSIONS
The writers uses description to give hints of giving information. This makes the story more exciting and interesting. Conclusions is very important in understanding what is happening in a story. As you read, think about the characters, setting, problem, plot, and solution. Did the author give you any clues to think about? Use the story clues and what you already know from your own experiences (prior knowledge)