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Chapter 10
Taken as Read: Teaching Reading Lessons
In This Chapter
▶ Finding reading material
▶ Revealing reading skills
▶ Working with words
▶ Developing associated skills
▶ Presenting a reading lesson plan
Reading is one of the key skills in language learning. It reinforces the skills students acquire in speaking, listening and writing. On the other hand, it really isn’t enough just to put a book or short text in front of students and ask them to read, whether silently or out loud.
You can help students develop a host of sub-skills through activities around reading. And, you can make life easier by selecting reading material that’s both at the right level and somewhat interesting.
Many students insist that they prefer to focus on speaking, but before long they want to browse through an English newspaper or read the notices on the Underground. Reading skills help round out your students’ English, so in this chapter I focus on this key skill.
Choosing a Text
You can choose from an immense variety of things to read in English – novels, blogs, poems, ads, newspapers, magazines or just flashcards – the list is endless.
