Practical Presentation on using readers in the classroom by Patrick Hafenstein

1. Making Things Better for You! Developing Good Reading Habits MACMILLAN

2. Who was the first publisher to establish a children’s literature department? 1919 160+ years Rudyard Kipling, Lewis Carrol, H.G. Wells British Prime Minister 007 70+ Countries MACMILLAN

3. Patrick Hafenstein Examiner of 4 Exams Author of 5 books Trained 10,000+ teachers in 8 countries Helped 35,000+ students get an o/s Masters Making Things Better for You! MACMILLAN

5. Making Things Better for You! Engaging Content ‘ The truth of the matter is that about 99% of teaching is making the students feel interested in the material. Then the other 1% has to do with methods’. Noam Chomsky MACMILLAN

6. Interesting topics… Making Things Better for You! Provide new information (innate curiosity) Provoke an emotional response (develop imagination) Are relevant to students’ lives (age appropriate) MACMILLAN

7. How do you teach reading? Making Things Better for You! Intensive vs. Extensive Skills & Strategies vs. Comprehension Top Down vs. Bottom Up Before, During & After Reading Activities MACMILLAN

8. Pre-Reading Making Things Better for You! Open up to page 96 & start reading MACMILLAN

10. Making Things Better for You! Shark or Dolphin? MACMILLAN

11. Making Things Better for You! 2. Pre-teach Vocabulary Step 1: Presenting Translations? Flashcards Illustrations Mime Sounds Realia Examples Definitions Antonyms/synonyms Step 2: Practicing Decision Making Tasks Production Tasks Games & Activities Step 3: Consolidation Reading Listening MACMILLAN

13. While Reading Making Things Better for You! Read and Answer the Questions MACMILLAN

15. After Reading Making Things Better for You! Check your answers with your partner MACMILLAN

16. Making Things Better for You! After Reading Exercises Vocabulary Development Grammar in Context Integrated Speaking/ Writing Task-based Activities/ Project Work MACMILLAN

17. Top Down vs. Bottom Up Making Things Better for You! What’s the difference? MACMILLAN

18. Top Down Activating all prior knowledge about topic & text type, then skimming to get a rough idea of content & structure. Bottom Up Paying close attention to the language, especially syntax and cohesion to understand difficult text. Top Down vs. Bottom Up Making Things Better for You! MACMILLAN

19. Top Down vs. Bottom Up Making Things Better for You! Which process comes first? MACMILLAN

20. Top Down Making Things Better for You! Step 1: What comes next? Step 2: Summarising Step 3: Underline the unfamiliar words Step 4: What questions is the text trying to answer? Step 5: Check questions have been answered Step 6: Bottom up processing MACMILLAN

22. Intensive vs. Extensive Making Things Better for You! What’s the difference? MACMILLAN

23. Extensive Reading large quantities of material or long texts for global or general understanding with the intention of gaining pleasure from the text. Intensive Reading a text in detail with the intent to understand all structures, lexis and text organisation and at the same time developing reading skills. Extensive vs. Intensive Reading Making Things Better for You! MACMILLAN

24. When (second language learners)read for pleasure, they can continue to improve in their second language without classes, without teachers, without study & even without people to converse with. (Krashen 1993 p.84) Benefits of Extensive Reading… Making Things Better for You! MACMILLAN

25. Pupils developed a wider active & passive vocabulary . They used more varied sentence structure & were better at spotting & correcting grammatical mistakes in their writing & speaking. They showed an overall improvement in writing skills & increased confidence & fluency in speaking . (Davis1995 p.330) Benefits of Extensive Reading… Making Things Better for You! MACMILLAN

26. Reading for Pleasure Making Things Better for You! As a teacher, your role is to MOTIVATE students to read and this is the most challenging part of Extensive Reading Although there are many benefits of reading, that does not mean students will read. MACMILLAN

27. Making Things Better for You! A story about a festival A story about a sport A story about a very cold place MACMILLAN

28. Making Things Better for You! MACMILLAN

32. Reading Comprehension vs. Reading Skills & Strategies Making Things Better for You! What’s the difference? MACMILLAN

33. Reading Comprehension To check learners’ understanding of a text typically through multiple choice questions, true/false statements, wh-questions, gap fills, etc. Reading Skills & Strategies Training students to be more effective readers by teaching them to infer meaning, guess vocab from context, distinguishing key points, etc. Comprehension vs. Skills & Strategies Making Things Better for You! MACMILLAN

34. Increasing Reading Speed Repeat reading, for example reading a 100 word passage 4 times in 2 minutes. This can be more effective than reading once slowly. Reading Skills & Strategies Making Things Better for You! MACMILLAN

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