THEORY AND PRACTICE
Reading comprehension instructions can focus on understanding the content/topic or on reading strategies.
Teachers can use images or videos as a means of introducing learners to the reading text topic. An alternative pre-reading activity is to have students complete a true/false statements activity and then have them discuss their responses in groups. The goal of this activity is to prompt learners to think about and explore the topic, drawing on their background knowledge.
When focusing on reading strategies, teachers can introduce the idea of skimming (reading rapidly for overall idea) and scanning (reading rapidly to find specific information). Before reading a text to practise these skills, teachers can ask students to speculate about the content and confirm their speculations after reading the text. The speculation activity provides a sense of direction and purpose for the reading practice.
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