Teaching and Developing Reading Skills: Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers

Thanks......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Text bank......Page 301
It’s time to accept that elephants, like us, are empathetic beings......Page 302
A true story......Page 305
M is for mindset......Page 307
An email of complaint......Page 309
SueZe Lashes......Page 310
Football conversation......Page 311
Preparing learners for reading......Page 27
Visualization......Page 30
Previewing a text by its vocabulary......Page 32
Previewing a text through role play......Page 34
A quick glimpse......Page 35
Simplified to authentic......Page 36
L1 to L2 reading......Page 38
Predicting from pictures......Page 39
Analyzing pictures......Page 40
Predicting from text type......Page 42
Predicting from the reactions of others......Page 43
What I want to find out......Page 45
What we believe......Page 46
Moving beyond factual questions......Page 47
Using symbols......Page 50
Following instructions......Page 51
Draw it......Page 53
Retelling a text......Page 54
Finding the right phrase......Page 55
Preparing a multimedia text......Page 57
Shallow to deep......Page 58
Editing a text......Page 60
Writing a summary in bullet points......Page 61
Writing a summary in 21 words......Page 62
Read a handful......Page 63
Making notes......Page 66
This text is … because …......Page 68
Perhaps … maybe......Page 69
Role play......Page 70
Reading as preparation for speaking or writing......Page 71
Teaching reading strategies......Page 72
I sometimes …......Page 75
Look into my mind......Page 77
Annotating a text......Page 79
Traffic lights......Page 81
Group reading......Page 82
Questioning the text and author......Page 84
Breaking it into bits......Page 86
Made-up words......Page 88
The next word......Page 89
Three words......Page 90
What I know …......Page 91
Add the box......Page 92
Helping learners develop reading fluency......Page 93
Snap......Page 96
Pelmanism......Page 99
Reading Bingo......Page 101
Find the pairs......Page 103
Rogue words......Page 105
PowerPoint pandemonium......Page 107
Quick flash......Page 109
Odd one out race......Page 111
Find the changes......Page 113
Read that again......Page 115
Upgrade......Page 117
All together......Page 118
Follow me......Page 119
The looking back quiz......Page 121
The magazine quiz......Page 122
What I remember......Page 123
Who said that?......Page 124
Exploiting literary texts......Page 126
Questions, questions, questions......Page 129
Literature circles......Page 131
Ask the author......Page 133
Using a script......Page 135
Listening to the text......Page 137
Read and talk, read and talk......Page 138
Using graphic novels......Page 139
The best opening line, ever......Page 140
This doesn’t belong here......Page 142
Sentence detective......Page 143
Watch and read......Page 145
Preparing a trailer......Page 146
Summary charts......Page 148
Graphic organizer summary......Page 151
Which character would you most like to …......Page 153
The story the author didn’t write......Page 154
The sequel......Page 155
Exploiting digital resources......Page 156
A quick experiment......Page 159
Same or different?......Page 160
How are they different?......Page 162
Design it!......Page 164
Comment on the comments......Page 165
Predicting from others’ reactions......Page 167
Background check......Page 168
Edit it......Page 170
Rate the links......Page 172
Search results......Page 173
Find it......Page 175
Learner research......Page 177
Predicting the conversation......Page 179
Following the conversation......Page 180
Phone detective......Page 182
Exploiting texts as objects of study......Page 184
Vocabulary swap......Page 187
Translating phrases......Page 189
Rebuilding a text from fragments......Page 190
Narrow reading and vocabulary......Page 193
One sentence to many sentences......Page 194
Grammar race......Page 196
Chasing the meaning......Page 197
Arrows......Page 199
Focus on linkers......Page 200
Study the genre......Page 202
Making changes......Page 203
Mixed lines......Page 205
Who, what and how......Page 206
Using graphic organizers......Page 208
Developing critical reading skills......Page 210
Investigate......Page 213
Investigate (EAP)......Page 214
Cross examination......Page 215
Facts / opinions / reactions......Page 217
Replacing words......Page 219
Two views......Page 221
The tourist trap......Page 222
What’s changed?......Page 224
Analyze that!......Page 226
Using learner-generated texts......Page 228
Beginner reading......Page 231
Who is who?......Page 233
Read and comment......Page 236
Questions to story......Page 238
Paper text messages......Page 240
Using voice recognition software......Page 242
Read my text......Page 243
Whose is it?......Page 244
Next year’s class......Page 245
Photo captions......Page 247
Encouraging extensive reading......Page 249
The benefits of reading......Page 252
Taking reading to the learners......Page 254
The first page......Page 255
The readability test......Page 256
Let’s fly to Mars......Page 257
Reading log......Page 258
But would it be a good film?......Page 259
Casting the film version......Page 260
Writing the script......Page 261
Don’t judge a book by its cover......Page 262
Retell it......Page 264
The shortlist......Page 266
Pictures of my reading......Page 267
Assessing reading......Page 268
Ten texts......Page 271
Reading to write......Page 272
Free recall......Page 273
Portfolios......Page 274
That text was …......Page 276
Reading ladder......Page 278
Learners as testers......Page 280
Product and process assessment......Page 281
One-to-one reading assessment......Page 283
Developing expertise in the teaching of reading......Page 285
Group interviews......Page 287
Action research – reading activities......Page 289
Analyzing pre-reading tasks......Page 291
Materials evaluation......Page 292
Peer observations......Page 294
Team teaching......Page 296
Reading group......Page 297
Giving a workshop on reading......Page 299
Index......Page 313