1. Laurien IKUZWE G.S. Murambi Kigali, Rwanda

2. INTRODUCTION - My name is Laurien IKUZWE. - I am a teacher of English. - I teach in senior Levels 1,2 and 3 at G.S.Murambi/ GATENGA

3. Discussion Question: What does reading involve?

4. Reading is one of the language skills. The skills of Language have interrelation. Reading is in association with writing, listening and speaking abilities.

5. What are the types of written language that may exist? Brainstorm for a few minutes and then we will share.

6. Types of written language materials Reports Essays Articles Newspapers Magazines References (dictionaries, encyclopedias) Novels Short stories Drama Jokes Poetry Letters Memos Manuals Menus Advertisements Invitations Announcements Academic writing (books, papers, theses, etc) Labels Signs Bills Maps Recipes Cartoon strips

7. What skills can Learners get from reading?

8. A learner acquires: Vocabulary Synonym language Recognizing key words Reading only what is necessary Skimming and scanning Speed in reading and writing Confidence Understanding Reasoning Analyzing Thinking critically Focus Grammatical competence Language proficiency Spirit of Creativity Retention of language Word interpretation Rhetoric Inferring connections between events, ideas etc Distinguish between literal and implied meaning Knowledge The love of reading Autonomy Spelling Communicative competence

9. Strategies of reading comprehension Train Learners to identify the purpose in reading Learners need to read in order to get what they are looking for Skimming Quickly running one’s eyes across a whole text; gives one chance to predict the purpose of the passage. Scanning information in the passage Quickly searching for some particular pieces of information in the text.

10. Activity A - Skim across the passage in 50 Seconds and guess its purpose.

11. Types of reading a Teacher can expose to the Learners: Oral reading Silent reading : a) Intensive reading: - It is a classroom-oriented activity. - Learners focus on grammatical forms, expressions and terms, sentence structure and other details. - It has the purpose of understanding literal meaning

12. Extensive reading: -it is carried out to achieve a general understanding of a usually long text (books, long article or essay etc) -It is sometimes performed outside of class time.

13. B- Intensive reading practice: Look through the reading and find: Ten verbs in the first two paragraphs (Gr 1) Ten verbs in the last two paragraphs (Gr 2) Five adjectives in the first two paragraphs (Gr 3) Five adjectives in the last two paragraphs (Gr4) Five adverbs in the last two paragraphs (Gr 5) Five prepositions in the first two paragraphs (Gr6) Five prepositions in the last two paragraphs (Gr 7) Five conjunctions in the first two paragraphs (Gr8)

14. Five conjunctions in the last two paragraphs (Gr 9) Ten common nouns in the passage (Gr 10) Ten abstract nouns in the passage (Gr 11) Five words ending with ing form in the passage (Gr 12)

15. Now, brainstorm your extensive reading : work in four minutes and find at least five main focused points in the passage.