TEACHING READING

STRATEGIES FOR YOUNG

LEARNERSA.Dinesh

M.Phil English

The American College

CONTENT

What is Reading?

Why Reading is Important?

Strategies For Readings?

WHAT IS READING

It is a Decoding Process

Aim is to comprehend the meaning

Through reading we can gain a lot

Reading builds our vocabulary which leads to comprehend the meaning easily

FACTORS DECIDE READING

Internal factor: Language proficiency Motivation level Accumulative reading ability

External factor : Quality of reading environment Textual characteristics,

readability of text.

WHY READING IS IMPORTANT

As a young learners we should read a lot for

which we should select appropriate text .

During reading the meaning doesn’t go

from the page to the reader, instead it is a

complex negotiation between the text and

the reader.

Reading leads to good writing

Reading builds our confidence, language

proficiency, and content information.

STRATEGIES FOR READING Narrow down your topic for better and

brighter reading

We should have reading readiness

Three reading strategies

1. Before Reading

2. During Reading

3. After Reading

BEFORE READING What to read?

Try to guess what the author try to say

by giving a glance. Check the topic,

Index, Blurb, surveying picture,

etcetera.

Find is it relevant to your topic?

Skimming and scanning are the key

strategy in pre reading.

CHOOSING THE BEST SOURCE:

1. Ask your tutor for reading list

2. Use your textbook, you may find a

recommended list

3. Look up the topic in Encyclopedia

4. Web resource

5. Journal articles This brings answer for the question that

is it needed to read

WHILE READING Find the focus of your reading Note taking is key strategy in reading,

this makes the reader active This is influenced by before reading Questioning, Predicting and visualizing

are the thing we have to do to obtain better result

Contextualize Use your voice while reading difficult

words, for recurrent usage of the term No fast or slow reading only end result

count

AFTER READING

After completed reading this is the

important stage, we have to think about

the text and its implication.

Try to have note when to begin your

reading next, because regular reading

will be effective.

SURVEY

Lecture 5%

Reading 10%

Audio/visual 20%

Demonstration 30%

Discussion 50%

Practice and doing 75%

Teaching others 90%

ROLE OF TEACHER Guide Monitor Help and motivate Can divide students in to smaller groups provide feed back to students, try to be

part of them and kindle desire

All this points will ultimately leads to better results in young learners reading.