What are the implications of discourse analysis in the teaching of certain skills? Let's find out what discourse analysis has to do with the teaching of reading. There is a lot you can do for your Ss with this information.

1. DA And The Teaching Of Reading
Prof.: Sergio Meza Padilla, M.Ed.
October of 2013

2. Class Agenda
 Key concepts
 Approaches to reading
 Contributions of DA in Teaching Reading
 The reading process
 Teacher roles in Reading
 Advantages of teaching reading strategies
 Reading strategies
 Sample Reading

3. Key Concepts
Discourse
Reading
“Text and context
together, interacting in a
way which is perceived
as meaningful and
unified by the
participants.”
“Process of receiving
and interpreting
information encoded in
language form by
relating to the context in
which the text arises.”
Cook (1992)
Sergej Ivanov (2009)

4. Approaches To Reading
Interactive
approach
• Integration of
bottom-up and topdown processes.
Psycholinguistic
approach
• Top - down
Traditional
approach
• Bottom - up

5. Contributions Of DA In Teaching
Reading
McCarthy
and Carter
(1991,
1994)
• Intertextuality
• Language
awareness
CelceMurcia and
Olshtain
(2000)
Wallace
Catherine
(1992,
2003)
• Metacognitive
awareness
• Critical
reading

6. • Dependence
on the
immediate
context
Intertextuality
Language
awareness
• Form and
function of
language
Critical
reading
• Being
conscious
of how we
learn
Metacognitive
awareness
• Reasoning,
analyzing, evaluating
viewpoints,
interpreting facts,
and recognizing
relationships

7. • Read with
a purpose
• Create
some
personal
connection
After
• Set a
purpose
• Preview
the reading
• Plan a
reading
strategy
During
Before
The Reading Process
• Pause and
reflect
• Reread to
find out
things you
might have
missed the
first time
• Remember
what you
learned

8. Teacher Roles In Reading
Raise Ss awareness of reading strategies
Demonstrate strategies
Assist Ss to use these strategies when/where
relevant
Have Ss gradually take on more responsibilities
for using the appropriate strategies independently

10. Reading Strategies
1. Close reading
2. Looking for Cause and Effect
3. Note-taking
4. Paraphrasing
5. Questioning the author
6. Reading critically
7. Skimming
8. Summarizing

11. Select
and
read
A Reader’s Reaction To Part Of A
Poem By Edgar Allan Poe
Analyze
React
Double-entry Journal – Close Reading

12. Read
A Reader’s Reaction To Story About
Muhammad Ali
Create
an
organizer
Revise
the
organizer
Cause-Effect Organizer: one cause and
several effects
Looking for cause and effect

13. Read
Hiring Someone For A Job
Create
an
organizer
Revise
the
organizer
Cause-effect organizer: several causes
and one effect
Looking for cause and effect

14. Read
Analyzing The Character
Create
an
organizer
Revise
the
organizer
Chain reaction of causes and effects
Looking for cause and effect

15. Choose
the tool
“The Mighty Erie Canal”
Jot down
a question
or
comment
Review
the notes
later
Summary Notes
Note-taking

16. Choose
the tool
“The Mighty Erie Canal”
Jot down
a question
or
comment
Review
the notes
later
Key Word Notes
Note-taking

17. Choose
the tool
Bill Of Rights
Jot down
a question
or
comment
Review
the notes
later
Class and Text Notes
Note-taking

18. Preview
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Write a line
Put the line
in your own
words
Write your
thoughts
Paraphrase Chart
Paraphrasing

19. Read and
ask
questions
Infer
answers
and Draw
conclusions
Evaluate
•What is the author trying to teach me?
•Why did the author begin the way he said?
•What is the reason for including that event, that detail, or
that character?
•How does this fit with my previous knowledge or
experience?
•How does what the author say at the end go with what’s
said earlier?
•Why did the author use that word or phase?
•What am I supposed to think of this?
•What point is the author trying to make?
•Where did the author get his or her ideas from?
Questioning the author

20. List
Be an
active
reader
Evaluate
Critical Reading Chart
Reading Critically

21. General
ideas
Specific
information
Paragraphs
Skimming
Tests

22. Select
what you
are going
to look for
Read the
selection
Read
Fiction organizer
Summarizing

23. Select
what you
are going
to look for
Read the
selection
Read
Non-fiction organizer
Summarizing

24. Sample Reading A Short
Story
Charles
by
Shirley Jackson

25. Set a purpose
Who is Charles,
and what is he
like?
Biographical
material
Before reading
Title and author
Preview
Names of
characters or
places
Any repeated or
set off in larger
of bolder type
Any questions
printed at the
end

26. During Reading

27. During Reading

28. During Reading

29. During Reading

30. After Reading
• Do I understand what happened?
• Can I describe what the main characters are like?
• Did the ending come as a surprise? Why or why not?
• Does anything in the story confuse me?
• What is the story of them?

31. After Reading

32. After Reading

33. REFERENCES
Dong, Y. (2004) The Application of The Interactive Approach to The Teaching of
English Reading in College. Journal of North China Institute of Technology (Social
Science), 1, 023. Retrieved from
http://www.celea.org.cn/pastversion/lw/pdf/DongYan.pdf
Ivanov, S. (2009) Discourse Analysis in EFL Reading. Malmo University. Retrieved
from http://muep.mah.se/handle/2043/8453
Richards, J. & Renandya, W.(2002) Methodology in Language Teaching: An
Anthology of
Current Practice. Cambridge University Press: New York
Robb, L., Klemp, R., & Schwartz, W. (2002) Reader’s Handbook. A student Guide
for Reading and Learning. Great Source: Massachusetts
Learning strategies data base. Reading Comprehension. Retrieved from
http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/reading.html

34. Thank You

35. DA And The Teaching Of Reading
Prof.: Sergio Meza Padilla, M.Ed.
October of 2013