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      Submitted by marileiaseixas on 25 April, 2010 - 04:25

      Hi I´m an english teacher at a public high school, the students are going to do an entrance examination for the University, but they have difficulty on doing the exercises asked by the teacher. They are supposed to answer in english, to extract some information from texts and they only feel comfortable about it when they translate the text word by word into their mother tongue that is a problem. Any suggestion or methodology is welcome

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      Shekar
      Extensive reading
      Submitted on 26 April, 2010 - 12:08

      Hi, I hope you might have heard or practised skimming and scanning techniques in reading.  This will help all types of readers i.e beginner to advanced level. Reading word by word and looking for meaning in L1 will consume the readers precious time leading to lethargy and disinterest in the process of reading.

      Reading mainly depends on the purpose for which a piece of information is read.  I think you need to instill interest in readers, do some pre-reading, while-reading and post reading exercises which are likely to encourage them and read extensively.

      Thanks

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      Sally Trowbridge
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      Reading for information
      Submitted on 26 April, 2010 - 14:30

       

      Here's an article on reading for information that you might find useful:

      http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/reading-information-motivating-learners-read-efficiently