英语教学法教程11--Teaching--Reading.ppt
Unit11TeachingReadingHowdopeopleread?Whatdopeopleread?Whataretheskillsinvolvedinreading?Whatistheroleofvocabularyinreading?Whataretheprinciplesandmodelsforteachingreading?Whatproceduresandtypesofactivitiescanweuseinteachingreading?
11.1Howdopeopleread?Activity:Task2,pp.175-17611.1.1AssumptionsaboutreadingPeoplereadfordifferentpurposes.Readingalouddoesnothelpssfocusonthemeaningofthetextbecausetheyhavetoconcentrateonpronunciation,intonation,pausingandtherecognitionofnewwords.
Thepurposewillusuallydeterminewhatspecificinformationyouaregoingtolookforandtheappropriatetypeofreadingskillstobeused.Oureyesarealwaysjumping,from‘groupofwords’to‘groupsofwords’.Peoplereadatdifferentspeedandcan’t‘readtogether’.Peopleguessmuchofwhatitissaidinatextinreading.Differentreadingtasksandmaterialsrequiredifferentreadingspeed.Mentaltranslatingnotonlyslowsdownthereadingspeed,butalsomakesthereaderslosetrackoftheoverallmeaning.
Readersguessthenewwords,andifthewordsdonotinterferewithunderstandingofthetext,ignorethem.ResearchhasindicatedthatlackofculturalknowledgemayleadtofailureinESLreadingcomprehension.Languageandcultureareinseparable.Toachievereadingcomprehension,readersneednotonlyvocabulary,butalsogeneralknowledgeaboutthelanguage,abouttheworld,abouttexttypes,andeffectivereadingstrategies.Readingextensivelyhelps.
11.1.2ReadingaloudandsilentreadingDifferencesbetweenreadingaloudandsilentreading(p.324)
11.2Whatdoeffectivereadersdo?HaveaclearpurposeinreadingReadsilentlyReadphrasebyphrase,ratherthanwordbywordConcentrateontheimportantbits,skimtherest,andskiptheinsignificantpartsUsedifferentspeedsandstrategiesfordifferentreadingtasksPerceivetheinformationinthetargetlanguageratherthanmentallytranslateGuesstheme