reading the words around an unknown word,

reading subskills:

1.skimming-for gist

2.read for detail:most/all words

3.scanning-for specific infos

4.inference

5.deducing meaning

6.predicting:using clues to guess

7.understanding text structure:using knowledge of text types to work out how a text is laid out

How to teach reading

approaches to reading:

1.extensive reading: for pleasure; focus on meaning

2.intensive reading: for language study; focus on grammar,lexis, etc.

reading lesson stages:

1.introductory activities

1)prepare students to read

2)brainstorming/discussing a topic

3)predicting a text from the title/pics

4)pre-teaching vocabs

2.main activities

1)comprehension activities to develop subskills(gist reading)

2)starting with general, then more-detailed comprehension(reading for detail)

3.post-task activities

1)relate topic

2)give opinions

3)learners to use some language from the text

A2 Access:

定位文中的特定信息 - 日常短文章

获取文章大意- 信件

B1 Achiever:

文体： 叙述、解释、描述

理解隐晦的信息、情感和态度

B Communicator:

掌握大意 - 文体： 复杂文章和抽象的话题

language skills

• Receptive Skils: R  L
• Productive Skills: W S 

Reading

• understand the language: making sense of written text at word level, sentence level and whole-text level.
• connect the message to world knowledge

Reading Subskills (7)

• scanning (reading for specific info.) 略读具体信息
• skimming 速读大意
• reading for detail
• inferring 读出言下之意
• Deducing meaning from the context（前后文理解未知词）
• predicting （guess what a text may  be about）
• understanding text structure (常见文体结构）

How to teach reading

• Extensive (Pleasure & Confidence) VS Itensive (language Studies)
• Introductory activities (introduce & predict) 
  • brainstorming / discuss a topic
  • predicting
  • pre-teaching vocab
• Main activities (develop subskills) 
  • comprehension (general to more-detailed) gist reading to detail reading
• Post-task (go beyond the text)
  • relate to learners' lives
  • give opinions
  • require learners to use some language from the text.

select activities for a lesson

common belief (teaching reading)

Language Cert Assessment Criteria （Reading）

A2

文章有明确的读者，有明确的目的时，能辨认文章的目的。

日常主题文章，能从中找到具体的（可预期的）信息。

私人信件，能理解（概括）主要内容和主旨。

B1

叙说、说明、描写、论述文中找到细节（日常话题）

理解言下之意

理解文字传达的情感和态度（非正式文体）

B2

理解复杂文章的主要内容。（日常话题和抽象话题）

理解文字传递的感情、观点、警告、条件（正式及非正式文体）

找出并理解信息、观点、态度（长文、专业文字，日常场景）