1. Reading in English for Young Learners in Malaysia Session 1a
What is Reading?
Reading in English for Young Learners in Malaysia
Session 1a

2. Discuss the questions in your course book
What is reading?
What do people read?
When and where do people read?
Why do people read?
Why do some people NOT read?
Do YOU read?
BRAINSTORM!
Discuss the questions in your course book

3. Now Read Some Articles About Reading

4. Discuss…
From your reading, answer the questions and discuss your answers to these questions

5. 1. What information, if anything, did you learn from the Wikipedia definition of reading?

6. 2. Name 4 facets of the reading process from the Leipzig article.

7. 3. Can you read the Jabberwocky poem aloud
3. Can you read the Jabberwocky poem aloud? Do you have any idea what the words mean?

8. 4. What is involved in ‘reading in its fullest sense’?

9. 5. What do children need to learn in order to develop word recognition?

10. 6. What do children need in order to develop and maintain the motivation to read?

11. 7. Which of the Reading Procedures listed do you use in your classroom
7. Which of the Reading Procedures listed do you use in your classroom? Why?