Authors: Nino Sarauli Nana Aivazashvili

Reading types Reading for gist(skimming) Reading for specific information) Reading for details( analyzing a text very closely) Intensive reading(analyzing the language in a text) Extensive reading(reading for pleasure)

Classroom activities to practice reading strategies Whether we are reading intensively, using cohesive devices or guessing the meaning of words from context, reading effectively involves so much more than simply reading a text and answering questions. There are activities and tasks that will help us significantly develop our learners' reading skills. Using activities to get our learners thinking and talking about the text from before, during and after they read it offers great benefits!

Reading strategies Running Dictation Running Reading Jigsaw Reading

Run, Read and Dictate In this activity students dictate a passage to one another by running across the class and using their memory. Each student should run and read a sentence, get back and dictate what they remembered, to their partner.

Running Reading Different parts of the text are on the walls. Students have questions, they should find out the answers into the texts. They should remember the text and bring to their partner.

Jigsaw Reading It is very useful when working with short authentic texts such as newspaper articles. Jigsaw reading can be done in two ways: Two separate stories One story split in two Give one half of the class (Group A) one story, and the other half (Group B) the other. The students read their article, answer the questions and check understanding. Students then pair up with someone from the other group and tell them about their story, Some stories can be clearly divided in two. Follow the same procedure as above, but giving each group only one half of the story. When the students are recounting their half of the article, make sure that the student with the opening half goes first.

Bloom Taxonomy and Reading strategies

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