Boosting learners’ reading skills: Practical ideas for busy teachers
Your situation
I enjoy helping learners develop their reading skills
It's hard to find interesting texts
Reading takes too long and is a poor use of class time
It's difficult to motivate learners
There's a range of ability levels
Good readers
read regularly
read a wide range of things
reflect on what they read
use different reading skills
guess the meaning of unknown words
record and reuse new vocabulary
What do readers need to know about the text?
Text type
Who it was written for?
Who it was written by?
Why?
Working with text
Skimming
Highlighting key information
Scanning the text
Explaining why options are correct/incorrect