What should we be teaching in a reading

What should we be teaching in a reading lesson? Reading skills & sub-skills Answer questions Read text Check answer Reading levels (Chan, RELC Singapore, 2015)

TEACHING OF READING SKILLS pronunciation Reading Sub-Skills: § Identify main facts & details (FD) → What? § Compare & contrast (CC) → What is the difference between……………. ? § Relate cause & effects (CE) → Why? § Identify sequence & events (SQE) → When? § Predict outcomes (PO) → What do you think will happen? § Infer meaning from contextual clues (IMCC) → What is the meaning of? Reading aloud H? C A E T o t What Silent reading Reading Levels: § § stresses § & § intonation (Chan, RELC Singapore, 2015) § (Intensive reading /reading comprehension) Literal comprehension (LC) Reorganization (RO) Inferential Comprehension (IC) Evaluation (Eva) Appreciation (App)

Reading Sub-Skills § Identify main facts & details (FD) → What? § Compare & contrast (CC) → What is the difference between……………. ? § Relate cause & effects (CE) → Why? § Identify sequence & events (SQE) → When? § Predict outcomes (PO) → What do you think will happen? § Infer meaning from contextual clues (IMCC) → What is the meaning of? Adapted from: Chan, RELC Singapore, 2015

What makes a reading task/activity difficult? Reading Comprehension Levels Barrett’s Taxonomy Adapted from: Chan, RELC Singapore, 2015

Reading Levels : Barrett’s Taxonomy Appreciation Evaluation Inferential Comprehension critique, appraise, comment, appreciate analyse, appraise, evaluate, justify, reason, criticize, judge predict, infer, guess classify, regroup, rearrange, assemble, collect, Reorganization categorize Literal Comprehension label, list, name, relate, recall, repeat, state (Chan, RELC Singapore, 2015)

PPT. 3. 3. 2 Coding Reading Sub-Skills and Levels Study each of the questions in the reading text and identify the question type, reading sub-skills, and question level. ↓ Reading text: Firnando’s first interview

Coding Reading Sub-Skills and Levels Example from the reading text: Comprehension: A. Choose the correct answer 1. Fernando has applied for the post of ……………. . a. a salesman c. a booking clerk b. an office assistant d. a general clerk Question Types Reading Sub-Skills ( Reading Levels )