Teaching Listening and Reading1 Class 8: Teaching Reading and Listening Comprehension – Goals for Today: z Identify rationale and goals for teaching reading and listening skills z Know different types of activities for teaching reading and listening comprehension z Be able to design activities

Teaching Listening and Reading2 Rationale for Teaching Reading Comprehension: z Comprehensible input z Vehicle for cultural information z Opportunity for interaction z Functional skill

Teaching Listening and Reading3 Rationale for Teaching Listening Comprehension z Helps comprehension-based approaches, allows for “silent” period z Trains receptive skills z Helps functional approaches with emphasis on oral communication z Promotes communicative skill development z Provides venue for use of authentic materials

Teaching Listening and Reading4 Reading for different purposes z Scanning z Finding main ideas and a few supporting details z Getting all the details

Teaching Listening and Reading5 Listening Comprehension -- What Does the Listener Need to Do? z Determine the type of interaction or speech event (such as conversation, lecture, discussion or debate) z Recall scripts (or schemata) relevant to the situation z Making inferences about the goals of the speaker z Determining the meaning of the utterance z Remember and act upon the information

Teaching Listening and Reading6 Teacher Talk z Simplified code z Slower more careful articulation z Use of known vocabulary and cognates z Can include personal anecdotes (authentic!)

Teaching Listening and Reading7 Four ways to read a text: z Skimming z Scanning z Extensive reading z Intensive reading

Teaching Listening and Reading8 Techniques for Teaching Reading Skills -- A Five Stage Plan z z Preteaching/Preparation Stage z Skimming Scanning z Decoding/Intensive Reading z Comprehension z Transferable/Integrating Skills

Teaching Listening and Reading9 Sources for Reading Materials z Textbook Readings and Realia z Realia drawn from brochures, newspapers, magazines and other sources z Photographs z Web-based materials

Teaching Listening and Reading10 Homework zRead chapter 6 on oral proficiency zAnswer questions 1 and 3 on page 272 zBring in a FL textbook (if available)