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How to teach reading skills depends on which objectives the teacher aims t developing in his/ her sudents and on how lesson plans are structured. To this effect, teachers must take decisions about the objectives of their reading comprehension lesson. For example, the following objectives guide teacher in teaching reading skills. +, Reading for gist? +, Reading for specific information? +, Reading for detailed comprehension? +, Developing speed reading? +, Trainning learners on specific reading strategies? +, A combination of the above goals? How to teah reading relies also on the way the lesson is structured. In fact, any reading lesson plan should include three stages: +, Pre-reading stage +, While reading stage +, Post- reading stage *, Pre- reading stage Pre- reading activities are an essential part of the reading lesson because of following: +, They help students be more prepared for what they are about to read +, These activities help learners anticipate the topic of the reading. +, Formulating expectations about the content of the text help learners pepare themselves for the kind of language, vocabulary and even grammar that might be used in the text. +, These activities creat the need for reading the text to know more about a topic. +, By creating the need to learn more about the topic, these activities increase students’ motivation. Teacher must activate students’knowledge about the topic of the text they are about to read using the following activities: +, Brainstorming +, Discussions +, Pictures +, Pictionary +, Predicting +, KWL chart (Know, Want to know, Learned) KWL chart is an excellent eading strategy to guide learners through a text. KWL stands for Know, Want to know, Learned. The aim is to elicit learners’ prior knowledge of the topic of the text and set a purpose for the reading activity. +, Cloud of words +, Videos are an excellent tool to creat a context for the reading activity and to bridge the gap between listening, writing, speaking and reading skills. *, While reading activities While reading activities are activities that help students forcus on text features and its comprehension. The following are a few examples of while reading activities: - Skimming the text to check predictions is a while-reading activity that is an extensin of some pre-reading activities. Skimming can be defined as reading a text quickly to get a general idea of the passage. Sstudents do not have to read everything. - Scanning refers to reading in order to find specific information such as a name, a date, or a number. This is a technique used when one is interested in finding specific information quickly. - Comprehension questions - Pronomical questions - Commands - Yes/ No questions - True/ false statements - Multiple- choice questions - Sentence completion - Vocabulary and grammar work Reading is a great opportunity for vocabulary and grammar patice which contribute, to a better understanding of the text. *, Post reading activities Post reading activities help learners summarize their learning, get a deeper understanding, and organize their thought and ideas. Here are examples of these activities. - What I learned: Some elements of the KWL chart mentioned above, namely the L (Learned) column, have to be completed after eading the text. - Dicussion - Summarizing - Retelling the story would help learners to talk about the content of the passage. It is an opportunity for the teacher to intergrade the speaking skill withinthe reading activity. - Think-pair-share - Drawing - Search quest - Videos - Presentations Students may be asked to prepare a presentation about the text. They may use the internet to find documents related to the topic. These documents can be in the form of pictures, movies, songs, poems, etc. - Vocabulary work - Peer testing
