Module 7: Teaching The Receptive Skills Flashcards
What are the four language skills? which two language skills are the receptive skills? and which two language skills are the productive skills?
And listening and reading, are the receptive skills and speaking and writing are the productive skills
What are the two types of reading that are explicitly taught in the classroom? Define each
Extensive reading is the broad general reading. The teacher should encourage their students to do independent reading. Newspapers, special interest, magazines, and self-selected articles andbooks are examples of extensive reading. You try to get the overall flow in main ideas of the material.
On the other hand, intensive reading is typically done in small sections or sentences. students need to understand information or language in detail. An intensive reading activity might be to study some personalized written feedback you gave your students on an assignment they submitted, or to focus on the use of adverbs in a paragraph from a popular novel.
What should students read?
Many educators, believe that authentic materials are preferable, because that is what students will be reading in the real world. For beginners, however, this may be a difficult turn off.
What is an effective approach to teach reading comprehension?
Focus on subskills, such as reading for gist (skimming) or reading for details (scanning) or determining the writers purpose. Once students have shown, they understand the text you can use it as a basis for lessons and vocabulary, or grammar, or for speaking, or writing activities.
Why do we teach reading in the EFLESL classroom?
We teach reading because students need it for their - for sure, study purposes, and for pleasure. reading provides models of correct grammar usage.it also offer richer vocabulary opportunities.
Reading can introduce interesting topics into class, stimulate discussion, excite imaginative responses and be the catalyst for fascinating class lessons! Finally, reading can be easily integrated while working with the other language skills and can be a springboard to other language study.
There are two types of reading that we all engage in our lives and they should be explicitly taught in the reading classroom: _______ and _______.
Extensive and intensive
Define extensive reading
Extensive reading is broad independent reading. Newspapers, special interest magazines, books. Overall flow and main ideas are most important.
Reading for Gist =
Reading for details=
Skimming
Scanning
List 6 important considerations for reading
- students need to be actively involved in the reading process. Ask questions that increase engagement.
- Give them a purpose for their reading. Often the subskill dictates the purpose
- Make sure the reading level is appropriate.
4.students need to be able to express how they feel about what they are reading.
- Students need to be prepared. Use warm-up exercises for vocabulary, show pictures to help make predictions
- Use a variety of strategies. Use a variety of exercises.
Give the 5 step approach for teaching reading
Lead-in _ introduce the topic by illicting questions.
Pre-teach vocabulary- only essential ones
Read for main idea- ask a main idea question. Look at pictures, titles,etc.
Read for detail - ask comprehension questions. Have them read silently.
Follow up with a speaking or a speaking and writing activity.
List the 5 subskills for reading
Skimming: main idea
Scanning: specific details
recognizing the organization of a reading sample such as intro, thesis, topic etc.
Distinguishing conjecture versus fact
Deducing new vocab from text.
How can teacher lessen the frustration with listening exercises?
-make sure equipment works
-Use a 5 step approach
- use appropriate content
- be prepared
- repeat content as needed
- focus on listening comprehension first.
-Extend the activity
What are 4 examples of listening sub skills ?
Listen for the main idea
Listen for details
Listen in order to summarize
Listen for inference or deducing meaning for context.
