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Teaching reading skills
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| 16.01.2014, 18:17 |
Teaching reading skills
Teaching reading skills is a gradual process that will not happen overnight. However, with lots of practice, our students master their reading skills to read fluently.
There are many group activities teachers can increase students' reading abilities and grammar comprehension. These games can be used in elementary classrooms as well as with adult students.
Dictation Game
Divide the class into groups of three. The first student is the reader and reads a short passage from a story or dialogue from a play to one other student. The second student is the writer who takes dictation and writes down what the reader reads to him. The third student is the runner who relays messages between reader and writer and assists with capitalization, spelling and punctuation. The first team to correctly write the passage in full is the winner. This game helps students with their reading and writing skills by dictating and transcribing the written word.
Sentence Jumble
Divide the class into teams of three or four students. Construct sentences on paper, three more than the number of teams in your class. Cut sentences into words and divide into envelopes which will be passed out to each team. Each team must unscramble the words in the envelope to form the correct sentence; the first team to do so is the winner. Have students write the sentences in their notebooks after unscrambling. This game teaches students sentence construction and vocabulary.
Hot Potato Read
Read a story to the class and have students will form a circle in the classroom. Play music and students will pass around a ball; when the music is stopped, the student holding the ball will read a paragraph from the story the teacher just read to students. Students will continue with the game until the entire story has been read by the class. Students improve their reading ability and comprehension while playing this game.
Word Search
Pick out a book with vocabulary words students have worked on in class; each student will have a book to follow along with the teacher. Write vocabulary words from the story on the board, divide the class into two teams, and have students keep their books shut. Call out a vocabulary word. The first team to find the word in the book scores for their team. Students will recognize words and vocabulary by sight after playing this game.
How to Improve Reading for Students
Teaching English as a second or foreign language can be fun and rewarding, but it can also be challenging -- especially when you are teaching students with a very low English level. Reading skills and comprehension are essential aspects of learning the English language, and trying to inspire your students while educating them at the same time can sometimes be a daunting task. If you want to improve your students' overall reading skills, it helps to use creative texts at the appropriate level.
Choose interesting texts based on you students' preferences. If you are teaching teenagers, bring in articles about the internet, movies or TV shows, music or other topics you know they are interested in. If you find the language is too difficult for your students' level, create a beginner version of your own based on the text.
Start short. Asking your students to read a novel will probably be overwhelming. Start with short snippets of text, such as blog posts or news briefs, that your students can read easily in a short period of time. Shorter texts are generally more concise and use simple language, which makes them ideal for students.
Let your students listen to you before asking them to read. Read slowly and clearly, paying attention to pronunciation and emphasis. Listening to you while reading the text will help your students retain vocabulary words and understand general meaning.
Have your students write down vocabulary words and use them in their own sentences. They should keep an active vocabulary list or notebook where they include definitions, parts of speech and usage. Read the text in full before highlighting vocabulary words, as this gives your students a chance to understand from context. Once you have defined any new words, ask your students to use them in oral sentences.
Use repetition. After you read the text, have your students read it once, slowly. Discuss the text and go over any exercises you have prepared. Then have your students read the text again. If you have a large class, have students take turns reading paragraphs or groups of sentences. Repeating the text will help your students catch any information they missed the first time, while reinforcing correct pronunciation.
Ask students to explain what they have read. Having your students explain the text after reading is essential for verifying reading comprehension. After you have read, gone over vocabulary and practiced repetition, ask your students to tell you about what they read using their own words.
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