Prepared by :Subhia Elashram

Soha Hamdan

READINGis a receptive skill can be described as the process of extracting meaning from printed or written material.

Significant of reading

It broadens the knowledge of vocabulary and language functions and expressions.

It forms an additional tool of communication to listening and speaking.

It provides students with wide range of t improves pronunciation -cultural knowledge.

TYPES OF READING1- Intensive 2-Extensive

Intensive reading includes:- Skimming - Scanning - Silent Reading - Reading aloud - SQ3R - Supplementary Reading

English for Palestine

conversations

passages

chartstable

s

Poems

short stories

Reading stages Activating Comprehension: Pre-

Reading StrategiesConstructing Comprehension:

During-Reading StrategiesExtending Comprehension: Post-

Reading Strategies

PRE READING QUESTIONS

1-4

5-6

7-12

No pre reading

No pre reading

There is pre

reading

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5

6

8

Pedagogical benefits of pre-reading questions

Activate prior

knowledge

encourage ss to predict the

general idea about the text to

be read

Gives a general idea about the reading lesson

Sharpen ss’ attention &

concentration

develop some cognitive skills:

prediction, guessing & inferring

motivate ss to read the text for more information

& details

In English for Palestine there are reading texts more interesting than others

The content

The usage of pictures and colors

The used Technique

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6

8

9

Some texts might be more difficult than others for these reasons:

- Difficulty and strangeness of the topic.

- Difficulty of vocabulary.- Difficulty of structure

( sentences and paragraphs). - The length ( the longer text

might be the more difficult).

8 difficult

reading questions

true or false-

Wh-questions-

opposites –

complete tables

what does the pronoun refer to

Variety of questions 5

5

Grade

There are reading texts too long to teach well in 45 minutes :

Because it include a lot of unfamiliar information ,new vocabulary ,and new structure and expressions

Long

grade 9

Some reading exercises are difficult for students and some suite their levels

This exercise might be difficult for the majority of students. That is , it requires students to explain the meaning of some expressions in English. This problem will be more complicated if students are not familiar with the expressions required to explained.

Grade 8 unit 1 lesson 3 -4

Grade 8 –direct from the passage

Some exercises develop student comprehension and thinking skills and some not

Grade 9 unit 4 lesson 1-2 Read and mark the sentences true (✔) or

false (✘). Correct the ones that are false.Mike has been away on holiday during the

last week.He thinks he is well enough for football

training now.Sami agrees with him.The team is doing well enough to win the

final.The teacher is not surprised that Mike has

collapsed.The teacher asks Sami to get the first aid

kit and call the doctor.

Decision making – put T or F:students have to read the lesson then decide and think what is true and false

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