Jeremy Harmer's Principles for Reading

1. ReceptiveSkills Reading

2. What are theprinciplesbehindtheteaching of reading?

3. Reading isnot a passiveskill Weneed: Understanding Workoutvocabulary Make use of criticalthinking Principle 1

4. Principle 2: Studentsneedto be engagedwithwhatthey are reading Whenthey are fired up bythetopicorthetask, theygetmuch more fromit.

5. Principle3: Studentsshould be encouragedtorespondtothecontent of a readingtext, notjusttothelanguage Themeaning and themessage of thetext are alsoimportant

7. Photographs

8. Pictures

9. HeadlinesPrinciple 4 : Predictionis a major factor in reading

10. Appropriate and usefulactivitiesaccordingtothelevel of thestudents Principle 5: Match thetasktothetopic

11. Competitiveteachersintegratethereadingtextintointerestingclasssequences Principle 6: Goodteachersexploitreadingtextstothe full