英语教学法PPT课件.ppt

Teaching Reading,,Teaching Contents,1. How and what do people read? 2. What are the skills involved in reading? 3. What is the role of vocabulary in reading? 4. What are the principles and models for teaching reading? 5. What procedures and types of activities can we use in teaching reading?,I. The reflection on our own reading experiences,1. The nature of reading Reading to learn or reading for pleasure. Reading is an action to get information. Silent reading or reading aloud. Reading for comprehension or to get every word.,Task,1. Reading has only one purpose, i.e. To get information 2. Reading is a silent activity. Reading aloud does not help much with comprehension. 3. Reading with a purpose is more effective than reading without a purpose.,Decide if you agree or not the following assumptions.,,,,4. When we read, our eyes are constantly moving from letter to letter, word to word and sentence to sentence. 5. Reading is an individual activity. 6. We need to now all the words in order to understand a text. 7. We read everything with the same speed.,,,,,8. When reading in a foreign language, we mentally translate everything in order to understand. 9. It is helpful to use a dictionary to check and note down the meaning of all the new words while reading. 10. The lack of cultural knowledge may affect the rate of reading comprehension. 11. Possessing a large amount of vocabulary is the key for reading comprehension. 12.Reading can best be improved by being engaged in reading and reading more.,,,,,,2. The differences between reading aloud and silent reading,Task :Difference between reading aloud and silent reading:,2. The differences between reading aloud and silent reading,Task: Difference between reading aloud and silent reading:,9,2. The differences between reading aloud and silent reading,Task :Difference between reading aloud and silent reading:,2. The differences between reading aloud and silent reading,Task :Difference between reading aloud and silent reading:,Task :Difference between reading aloud and silent reading:,,From above: Reading aloud and silent reading are different in many aspects: Reading aloud cannot replace silent reading as it involves only the skills of pronunciation and intonation. Real reading ability requires the reading skills of skimming, scanning, predicting, etc.,3. Effective reading,Effective readers do the following: clear purpose in reading; read silently; read phrase by phrase, rather than word by word; concentrate on the important bits, skim the rest, and skip the insignificant parts;,3. Effective reading,Effective readers do the following: use different speeds and strategies for different reading tasks; perceive the information in the target language rather than mentally translate; guess the meaning of new words from the context, or ignore them; use background information to help understand the text.,4. What do people read,literary texts : stories, tales etc. non-literary passages : essays, diaries, anecdotes, biographies etc. authentic texts non-authentic texts/ simulated texts: these materials are written especially for language students with some language control.,II. Strategies involved in reading comprehension,Reading comprehension means extracting the required information from the text as efficiently as possible.,1. Two broad levels in reading: 1) a recognition task of perceiving visual signals from the eyes; 2) a cognitive task of interpreting the visual information,2. Reading skills,In order to achieve the two levels of reading, the reader needs the following skills:, Recognizing the script of a language Understanding the explicitly stated information Understanding conceptual meaning Understanding the communicative value (functions) of sentences Deducing the meaning of unfamiliar lexical items, Understanding relations within sentences Understanding relations between sentences Understanding references Recognizing indicators in discourse Recognizing the organization of the text Making inferences,Reading skills,3. Reading strategies,Specifying a purpose for reading Planning what to do/what steps to take Previewing the text Predicting the contents of the text Checking predictions,More reading strategic skills are listed on Page 181.,1) A large vocabulary is of course very important for successful reading. 2) Less the 3% of new words in a reading text will enable smooth, meaningful and enjoyable reading. 3) Sight vocabulary: Words that one is able to recognize immediately,4. The role of vocabulary in reading,The role of vocabulary in reading,4) the best way to develop vocabulary is to read a great deal ( not only memorize words) 5) Fluent reading depends on: an adequate sight vocabulary, a general knowledge about the target language and the topic, wide knowledge about the world and text types.,V. Principles and models for teaching reading,1. Teaching principles for teaching reading The selected texts and the tasks of reading should be accessible to the students. Tasks sho。