How to Teach Reading

 

IN THE NAME OF GOD

HIGH SCHOOL AND PRE-UNIVERSITY

TEACHING METHODOLOGY

I. How to Teach Reading:

       1. Introduce the key words.

       2. Do a warm up.

       3. Ask students to read the passage silently.

           3.1. In case your students have a lot of problems with pronunciation

                   and intonation read the text to them before their silent reading.

            3.2. If silent reading in class takes a lot of your class time, you can

                    assign this stage as homework.

       4. Ask as many comprehension questions as you can.

           4.1. Ask at least 2 questions for every single sentence.

           4.2. Start with simple Yes/No questions and continue to information

                   questions (wh-word questions that can be answered directly

                   from the text (i.e. display questions). Then go ahead to questions whose answers should be inferred (inferential questions).

            4.3. Let students answer first chorally, then individually.

       5. Read the text to the students and deal with any comprehension

           questions they may have.

       6. Read the passage again and ask questions related to references

           of pronouns, word order, and main clauses of complex

           sentences or main ideas of paragraphs.

                   Note: Don’t overload the students with questions of this type

                             (at most 5 questions)

       7. Give students synonyms and antonyms for several key words with

            their own help.

Note: Synonyms and antonyms must be the words that students

                                        already know.

       8. Assign reading comprehension homework.

           8.1. Ask students to practice reading the passage fluently and free

                  from pronunciation mistakes.

           8.2. Ask students to make questions based on the reading passage (at

                  least 10 questions).

           8.3. Ask students to answer comprehension exercises in the book.

           8.4. Ask students to practice synonyms and antonyms of the key words.

           8.5. Ask students to write a summary for the passage.

Note: Not all these activities are required to be done for one

                                          single passage .