Facilitating reading tasks

FACILITATING READING TASKSPHAM THI HOANGUYEN LE HUONGBEFORE-YOU-READActivate students’ previous knowledgeUnit 1 – Home Life: Talk about students’ own home lifeUnit 2 – Cultural Diversity: Wedding PuzzleUnit 13 – Seagames: Seagames Fact QuizBuild students’ knowledge of the topicUnit 2 - Cultural Diversity: What is cultural diversity?Unit 3 – Ways of Socializing: What is socializing? What is verbal communication? What is non-verbal behavior?Unit 14 – International Organizations: What are these organizations?BEFORE-YOU-READGet students familiar with some key vocabularyUnit 3 – Ways of socializing: Act out the verbsMost of the units: Teach Task 1 (vocabulary) before readingMotivate students to readGive them a focus of reading: Read and locate the words (key vocab.)Make them curious by asking questions  they can find the answers in the reading.BEFORE-YOU-READHelp students understand the tasksGet students read the questions firstHelp students with difficult expressions in the questionsCheck to make sure students understand the questionsWHILE-YOU-READReduce the loadBreak the passage into smaller partsUnit 7 - Economic Reforms: Before Doi Moi – Government’s actions – After Doi MoiVocabulary-in-context tasks: help students locate the words; provide examples; provide other contexts;etc.Change the task: Unit 2 – Task 1  Matching; MCQWHILE-YOU-READHelp students to understand the text before get them to answer the questionsTimelineTable/ChartMapVisualsWHILE-YOU-READCheck students’ understandingAsk for evidenceCheck on understanding of contents: Elaborate on the answersCheck on understanding of language contentsWHILE-YOU-READDevelop skillsSkimming: Which sentence = most importantVocab-in-context: How you arrive at the meaning is more important than the meaning itselfScanning: Find the information  read aroundEtc.AFTER-YOU-READAdapt tasksLife in the future: robots  travel/ workHigher education: Talking about subjects  Summarize the reading contentsFINAL NOTESCareful pre-teaching  better understandingUnderstand the text first, answer questions laterBeing able to relate to the reading contents  students more interestedAnswering the questions correctly # comprehending