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Articles on reading What kind of questions should you ask your learners about the texts they read? Read our writers' ideas below. |
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Revisiting textsWe often encourage our students to infer words from the context as they read and, as a result, they fail to notice useful lexis in the texts we use. This is especially true in case of chunks consisting of the words students already know. For example, students may be familiar with run and risk but not know the collocation run a risk. |
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Using texts constructively: what are texts for?Text use may seem a dull topic after all the exciting matters that other guest writers have dealt with recently. |
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Reading out loudAs a teacher I had always perceived 'reading aloud' as a 'taboo' in the EFL classroom since it focuses specifically on a 'bottom-up' approach where learners can fall into traps of worrying about 100% comprehension or simply read aloud without understanding the text. |
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Teaching the tale: language and memoryA feature that is common both to language teaching and to traditional folk and fairy tales is the repetition of phrases or ‘language chunks’. |
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Using texts constructively 2: intensive input-output workThis is the second of Michael Swan's articles for TeachingEnglish, in which he looks at the role of texts in the learning process. |
Using news articlesTopical news stories are a great source of teaching material. This article presents different ways to exploit news reports in the classroom and focuses on raising the level of involvement and participation that the students have in the lesson. |
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Extensive reading: why it is good for our students… and for us.In this, the first of two articles for TeachingEnglish, Alan Maley considers the benefits extensive reading can bring to English language learners and teachers. |
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Producing your own grammar activitiesThere are many ways of revising and consolidating grammar, but I've found it's often useful to give students short passages containing grammar mistakes which are characteristic of the student's level, nationality, and what the teacher may have identified as areas of particular strength or weakness. |
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Text in language classrooms: TALO, TAVI and TASPOne of the enormous benefits of the Internet has been the accessibility of loads and loads of English texts for teachers to use with their learners. |
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Theories of readingThis article is in two parts. The first part will look at some of the shifts and trends in theories relating to reading. The second part will examine tips and guidelines for implementing a theory of reading which will help to develop our learners' abilities. |
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Theories of reading 2This article is the second of two parts. The first part looked at some of the shifts and trends in theories relating to reading. This second part will examine tips and guidelines for implementing a theory of reading which will help to develop our learner's abilities. |
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Using news articlesTopical news stories are a great source of teaching material. This article presents different ways to exploit news reports in the classroom and focuses on raising the level of involvement and participation that the students have in the lesson. |
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Using texts constructively 2: intensive input-output workThis is the second of Michael Swan's articles for TeachingEnglish, in which he looks at the role of texts in the learning process. |
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Theories of readingThis article is in two parts. The first part will look at some of the shifts and trends in theories relating to reading. The second part will examine tips and guidelines for implementing a theory of reading which will help to develop our learners' abilities. |
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Teaching the tale: language and memoryA feature that is common both to language teaching and to traditional folk and fairy tales is the repetition of phrases or ‘language chunks’. |
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Extensive reading: why it is good for our students… and for us.In this, the first of two articles for TeachingEnglish, Alan Maley considers the benefits extensive reading can bring to English language learners and teachers. |
Theories of reading 2This article is the second of two parts. The first part looked at some of the shifts and trends in theories relating to reading. This second part will examine tips and guidelines for implementing a theory of reading which will help to develop our learner's abilities. |
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Producing your own grammar activitiesThere are many ways of revising and consolidating grammar, but I've found it's often useful to give students short passages containing grammar mistakes which are characteristic of the student's level, nationality, and what the teacher may have identified as areas of particular strength or weakness. |
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timothypress
Bangladesh
this is awesome way of writing technique.
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needo
Palestinian Territories
I am so happy and glad because I have foundwhat I want really ti find .Listening is not...
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Viviana W
Argentina
Thanks for the tips. Most helpful.
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