Activity 4Prepared by:

Fernando Riascos

Carmen Luz Trujillo

Edwin Ferney Lopera

Gloria Esperanza Morales

Claudia Milena Tibaduiza

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I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the

set, I go into the other room and read a book.

Groucho Marx

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/read_2.html#ixzz1kcAddWGM

Go to this link and watch the video:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvbO7A0wz1s

WHY DID IT HAPPEN?

What is the SchemaTheory?

Read Chapter 4 of Second Language

Teaching and Learning (Nunan, 1999)

Contact a colleague and makearrangements for you to observe oneof his lessons and see how he/sheapproaches reading with his/herstudents.

http://www.slideshare.net/fernandoriascos/observation-form-11285875

http://www.slideshare.net/fernandorias

cos/observation-form-11285875

You will need sign up in slideshare by

providing very basic information.

Draw 5 or 6 conclusions of your observation and post them in the forum called Successful Readers. Read and provide feedback to (at least) twoclassmates’ posts.

Now that you have had the chance to observe your

colleagues and draw some conclusions and

reflections, you need to complement your

knowledge with other views.

Web Quest

Read and ask these questions toyourselves:

Is reading out loud a good classroom

practice?

• H o w c a n r e a d i n g

b e m o r e

“c o m m u n i c a t i v e ”

?

• H o w t o f a c e

e l e m e n t a r y

l e a r n e r s t o

r e a d i n g

a u t h e n t i c

m a t e r i a l ?

• Wh a t s h o u l d

t e a c h e r s a n d

l e a r n e r s d o

b e f o r e , d u r i n g

a n d a f t e r

r e a d i n g ?

• How to connect what

students read with

what students are able

to write?

• How useful are

teacher-designed

reading comprehension

questions?

More questions…

Now that you have reflected, visit

this site and compare your answers.

All you need is:

Here

I t i s t i m e f o r

y o u t o p r o d u c e .

Invite two or three of your colleagues to workas a team via e-mail.

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