21 Must-Use Reading Activities For Your Language Lessons. I love language lessons which involve an element of reading.
This is because there are so many opportunities for learning and improving language acquisition with topic-related texts. Reading activities are the perfect starting point to learn rich topic-related vocabulary (adjectives, nouns, verbs etc), pick up new grammar structures, steal ‘star phrases’ and ultimately improve comprehension and improve language acquisition skills. According to Moeller & Meyer (1995), reading, even at a slow pace exposes students to more sentences, grammar, and new vocabulary per minute than the average short class, TV show, or song. So, if you are in a rut with how you present and teach your reading activities, get an innovative injection of pre-reading activities and post-reading activities below. Who Should Use These Awesome Reading Activities? All of these reading ideas for the language classroom are low-prep and no-prep reading activities.
Pre-Reading Activities Post-Reading Activities True or False? 7 Essential Reading Strategies Your ESL Students Must Know (and YOU Must Teach) Context Clues – Introduction to Reading Skills. Making Inferences. Reading Strategy: Prediction. 7 Essential Reading Strategies Your ESL Students Must Know (and YOU Must Teach) Into the Book: Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies. Welcome to English, step 3-4 (Spring 2015) Läsförståelsestrategier på svenska och engelska. Att arbeta med läsförståelsestrategier är inget nytt för svensklärare, men tack vare det utvidgade kollegiet sprids många bra varianter för att förtydliga och synliggöra detta arbete.
Som språklärare har jag inte fått någon formell utbildning kring detta, så inspirationen för min del kommer från nätet. Jag har tittat på de jättetydliga filmerna som Susanne Nystedt har gjort, kollat in Josef Sahlins sida, kikat in på En läsande klass och läst Annika Sjödahls tydliga beskrivningar. Grunden för dessa strategier ligger hos Barbro Westlund och hennes bok Att undervisa i läsförståelse. Från denna bas kommer strategierna Att förutspå, Att ställa frågor, Att reda ut oklarheter och Att sammanfatta. Den femte strategin finns inte med i Westlunds bok, men förekommer bland annat i En läsande klass: Att skapa inre bilder. Det jag har gjort är att jag har gjort sammanfattningar av de olika strategierna med hjälp av canva.com. Att förutspå – to predict att ställa frågor – to ask questions. 25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area.
25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area Reading is reading.
By understanding that letters make sounds, we can blend those sounds together to make whole sounds that symbolize meaning we can all exchange with one another. Without getting too Platonic about it all, reading doesn’t change simply because you’re reading a text from another content area. Only sometimes it does.
Science content can often by full of jargon, research citations, and odd text features. Social Studies content can be an interesting mix of itemized information, and traditional paragraphs/imagery. Literature? This all makes reading strategies somewhat content area specific. But if you’d like to start with a basic set of strategies, you could do worse than the elegant graphic above from wiki-teacher.com. Looking for related curricula ideas? 1. 2. 3. Practice Making Inferences.
Inferences Worksheets. ELA Standards: Literacy View SourceCommon Core Lesson and Unit PlansUnderstanding Common Core State Standards.