Module 4-Teaching Reading and Writing to Young Learners doc

Why teach reading and writing?Many children show interest and enthusiasm in reading and writing  help to reinforce oral language  give children real sense of achievement  provide vis

Instructor: Nguyen Thi Hoai Minh, M.A in TESOL

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Why teach reading and writing?

Many children show interest and

enthusiasm in reading and writing

 help to reinforce oral language

 give children real sense of achievement

 provide visual language

 open up opportunities for record keeping

 help link school learning with use of

English outside class.

Problems with reading English

Letters and sound correspondence is

not at all direct and consistent.

Example:

 “enough” “though”

 “height” “weight”

 “know” “how”

Learn reading as first language

1 Letter-sound correspondence patterns (phonics)

 Words with same onset

Ex: pr etty princess, a pr esent for the pr ince

br icks and br ooms, br ushes and br acelets

 Words with same rime / rhyme

Ex: My friend M i k e

R i d e s his b i k e s

Down the dr i v e

Whenever he l i k e s.

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Learn reading as first language

2 Whole word method – rote learning

 remember words as visual images

 used for irregular words

Ex: d o nut, f o cus Mc D o nald

Teaching reading in EFL classes

Disadvantage:

Non-native children:

 have low oral proficiency

 are not familiar with wide range of songs,

rhymes, and stories in English

 phonics training should be meaningful

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Teaching reading in EFL classes

Advantages:

Non-native children:

 have experience with reading in their first

language

 have potential useful reading strategies

 recognizing points of similarity: spelling,

comparing sounds and letters

Teaching reading in EFL classes

Steps:

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Reading words

Reading phrases &

sentences

Reading texts

Reading activities with

younger children

Introduce written words

 label objects

 make posters with commonly used

phrases

 play with letter cards / magnetic letters

 to help children make the links between

spoken and written forms

Reading activities with

younger children

Reading games / activities at word levels

 Word snap / dominoes

 Hang man

 Simple puzzles

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Reading activities with

younger children

Reading games / activities at higher levels

 jumbled phrases / sentences

 gap-filling activities (combined with

writing)

 supportive techniques: reading while

listening, reading and completing a

task

Reading activities with

older children

Practice reading sub-skills:

 Skimming : reading for main ideas

 Scanning : reading for specific

information

 reading for meaning entails exercises to

check comprehension

Introduce the use of dictionaries

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