There is no doubt that reading skills are important for language learners as it is the most efficient ways to expand learners’ vocabulary and improve their grammar knowledge. Reading is practical and enjoyable. Two complementary strategies can significantly strengthen reading skills and general language fluency: extensive reading and intensive reading. Extensive Reading What is Extensive...
Learning is a complex procedure that goes on in the person’s brain. The fast rhythm of the 21st century forces us not just to live faster but also to learn faster to catch up with our peers. But how to make learning quicker and where to start? In this article we are going to reveal...
At first glance, reading may seem a learning skill which can be acquired with ease. However, reading requires very complex cognitive skills. For ESL students, particularly, proper reading skills are not only important in terms of the comprehension of the reading material but also for the ability to analyze texts and understand their messages. In...
Reading aloud has recently been stigmatized in modern classrooms. The reasons are simple: we don’t read aloud that much in real life, it doesn’t improve speaking skills, it’s far from being communicative. Sounds reasonable, you might say. However, reading aloud still has its benefits, especially while teaching teens and adults. First, it links written and...
In the previous article we had a look at the concept of narrow reading which is reading a variety of texts on the same, ‘narrow’ topic. That is what we quite often do in real life immersing ourselves in our hobbies or work-related texts. ‘But you can’t make a teenager read nowadays!” people say. That...
Practicing reading skills is one of the cornerstones of language learning. They not only improve the overall language competence but also enhance the learners’ critical thinking, analytical skills and as a source of information. In order to have a productive reading session the teacher must conduct the lesson following these stages: pre-reading – to prepare...
Have you ever heard of narrow reading? What’s that? This term was introduced and popularized by a linguist Stephen Krashen. Narrow reading alongside with narrow listening means consuming a variety of texts on the same, ‘narrow’ topic. They might be books written by one author or just a selection of stories around a student’s scope...
Good readers are active readers. To make kids active readers we should make them interested in the subject. However, it’s impossible to do if they struggle with reading or language skills. In that case, it is pretty hard to enjoy reading and most kids can be reluctant to do it. Reading comprehension is the ability...
Hopefully, homereading tasks for the first two parts of the book were found useful by your students. Now it’s time to cover and analyze the whole book. The given worksheet discusses the 3rd part of the book. You can find the first two ones here and here. And what about you? What books do you...
If you don’t know how to vary activities in your class and how to enhance students’ comprehension, then shared reading is exactly for you. What is it – ‘Shared Reading’? Shared reading is an interactive way of reading literature; a teacher reads a book or a novel aloud (thus modelling the way students may read...
