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20. Teaching Reading Teaching by Principles By H.D. Brown
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1. Scientific Management Standard or expert model of reading Bottom-up approach: Scope & sequence or linear practice Reading strategies & comprehension Efficiency oriented- Read & understand Meaning as static or superficial Pedagogical Orientation
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2. Humanistic Classroom beauty (deep meaning) or pleasure of text Rational & logical reading Canon(classics) for high knowledge Expert model - enlightenment High culture & literacy-means for social sucess Pedagogical Orientation
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3. Learner-centered Approach Consider sts’ needs/interests Teachers & Peers as colleagues/facilitators Diverse genre (text): songs, magazines, movies, NIE, trade books Emphasize utility & open access Acknowledge success in different ways Pedagogical Orientation
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4. Critical/Sociocultural Approach Reading as socially constructed Focus on individual or social issues: race, gender, & class issues Students as knowledge producers, & eventually, change agents Use any text relevant to students’ life & multiple skills/methods equal opportunity/equity valued for democratic citizenship, social justice, & empowerment Pedagogical Orientation
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Definition of text: Any form with sign systems for one to interpret to share meaning - ex) oral stories, images, movies, pictures, videos, books, etc. Text: Familiar & Unfamiliar Thus, Reading is an act of how to make the familiar unfamiliar and the unfamiliar familiar Importance of cultural context
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Important Ways to be a good reader: 1) Read many different types of text: reading multiple texts, intensive- extensive continuum 2) Learn how to think about the text: consider cultures of writing and reading text and thinking about such processes in-depth Teaching Reading in EFL
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Types of meaning: - Literal, Moral, Symbolic, Critical Meaning Three important points in reading text: 1) What does the writer say? 2) What is not there? 3) How do I read against the text? Teaching Reading in EFL
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Connections of Language, Culture, & Thought Thoughts are represented through language in social contexts. Reading texts equals reading cultures of thinking and behaving of a person in community Language is only a tool with which ones ’ thoughts, formed by historical, socio-cultural, socio-political, socio-economical factors, are represented in order to mobilize certain goals or desires of living and acting individuals! Teaching Reading in EFL
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text=story (familiar and unfamiliar) "Life is made of stories." "Our body is a container with many stories that are constantly constructed, deconstructed, and reconstructed." So what kind of stories do you want to make and tell to the world? What is TEXT?
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Text is made of Oral and Written forms ( 말과 글 ) - spelling & pronunciation - sign system (alphabet) - sentence structure (grammar) - meaning Meaning is neither neutral nor automatic since it is constructed by many factors (e.g., historical, socio- cultural, political, economical) in a context of situation where a group of people interact! Definition of Text
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What is reading? - Reading is trying to understand environment & to communicate by recognizing symbols of what is in the text and what is not in the text. What is writing? - Writing is trying to understand the alphabetic symbols & make words & drawings in order to communicate to people the facts about their experiences and prior knowledge in order to make connections according to situations What is reading & writing?
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-myth, fables, folktales, legends -essays -short stories -poetry -novels(fiction-nonfiction) -drama -plays…. Forms of text (Genre)
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-Fun, artful use of language - Language is play. Poems Plays Games Movies Songs TV ads Poetic Mode
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-own the process and product of reading and writing Diary Bio/autobiography Journal about my trip Reading log Emails Expressive Mode
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-to teach and direct Textbooks Rules Recipe Instruction Sermon Expository/transactional Mode
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Explicit goals and purpose Implicit goals and purpose (Things we think we know) (Things we think not there) -Sign System -Values & Beliefs -Efforts -Meaning-making - (Prior) knowledge -Culture -Experience -Context -Communication -Benefits -Jobs Why read & write text?
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Storytelling, Discourse An act of sharing stories is basic in human culture. Interesting & live enactment of characters of stories to develop students’ cognitive & emotional abilities Enhancement of students’ imagination, creativity, & problem-posing & -solving abilities Relationships b/w Speaking & Reading
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1. Natural Learning Model of language: Holdaway (1986), Cambourne(1988) -observe & learn through real use of language for specific purpose & contexts -Learn when students are interested -Provide chance to practice what is learned naturally -Show when they are confident & ready Relationships b/w Speaking & Reading
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2. Types of reading Read aloud Shared/Guided reading Independent reading (Sustained) Silent reading (SSR) Intensive & extensive reading From storytelling to Reading
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3. Process of Teaching Reading Pre(Before)-reading: pics, drawings, graphs, charts, other audio & visual materials, scanning/skimming, titles, vocabulary, predicting questions While(During)-reading: questioning without interrupting the flow of stories Post(After)-reading: problem solving, reasoning & judging, sociodramatic play, retelling & writing, tell me, etc. Process of Teaching Reading
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4. Evaluating Reading -retelling -reading logs -reading passages (Author’s circle, reading theatre) -cloze test -dictation -checklists -anecdotal recording -Reading Miscue analysis(RMI) -self-assessment Relationships b/w Speaking & Reading
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