Teaching reading and writing

Teaching reading and writing is a nine-part series of videos and tasks to help you explore different ways of developing reading and writing skills with your students.

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Unit 1: Getting your learners reading and writing

Welcome to the Teaching English Reading and Writing Video Training series! Here we are going to explore different ways of developing...

Unit 2: Motivating students to read and write

Reading and writing in a second language is a challenging task for any learner.

Unit 3: Preparing to read

How can we get our students to really engage with reading texts in order to develop their reading skills?

Unit 4: Reading skills

The reason that we read affects how we read so for example if we are following instructions we will read differently than if we are...

Unit 5: Preparing to write

When faced with a challenging writing task, students often don’t know where to start, what to write and how to write it.

Unit 6: Process writing

When we write in ‘real life’, what kind of process do we follow? We usually need to think first, write a rough draft, review, amend...

Unit 7: Responding to writing

Giving feedback to your students is very important - feedback on what they’ve done well and guidance on how to get better.

Unit 8: Reading and writing genres

Every text is written for a purpose and has an intended audience.

Unit 9: Task-based learning

Task-based activities present opportunities for learners to practise reading and writing skills in meaningful contexts that often mimic...