Practical Methods of Teaching Reading

Workshop Topic

Practical methods of teaching reading

Source of Inspiration/Curiosity
(personal experience, workshop, observation, etc)

  Teaching English reading, which occupies most of english class, is the most important part in high school English but it is not easy to make reading fun for students. There are tons of interesting pre and after-reading teaching methods and activities, but not while-reading. How can we teach reading text not to be boring? How about translation? Line by line? While reading was the common and main interest of 2020 TTP high school teachers. We shared lots of experiences and ideas together to find more effective and better ways to teach reading. We haven’t found the exact answer to this very difficult question. However, I’ve got more useful tactics and would like to share them.

      https://view.genial.ly/5ed09d5fee332d11eb57076b/presentation-a

1. 1 minute presentation
2. Jigsaw
3. Worksheets before a class
   * Sentence analyser: https://lexisrex.com/English/Sentence-Study
   * Mindmap: https://www.mindmeister.com/1522438003?t=QGQJI2yTR8
4. Translation in pairs

Language Skills Targeted:

 Reading

Objective

• Students are able to search the background of the text and make a 1 minute presentation.
• Students are able to teach peers and learn from them.
• Students are able to translate and understand the text.

Materials/Tools Needed

Computer, worksheets

Challenges, Benefits, & Extensions

[Benefits]

• Preparing a 1 minute background presentation, students automatically read the text before classes and get background knowledge so that they easily engage in the reading class.
• Jigsaw activity offers experience of being a teacher for students.
• Students study complex sentences and topics in advance using worksheets.
• Translation in pairs makes students participate in the translation and prevents a free rider.
  
Discussion Questions

• Are there any other good ideas for a while-reading class?