TEACHING READING
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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
I. Reading skills and strategies
II. Principles behind the teaching of reading.
III. Guidelines for teaching reading
IV. Follow-up activity
Choose a text in Tieng Anh 12 nang cao
and design a lesson plan.

I. Reading skills and strategies
1. Scanning: Students read the text in order
to find some specific information. When
reading, they do not have to read every
word and line.
e.g. instructions on how to find a house
2. Skimming: Students read the text quickly
in order to get the gist or the general idea
or global meaning.
e.g. reading a magazine article

3. Reading for detailed comprehension:
Students read the text and try to get all the
details, concentrating hard on specifics.
e.g. instructions on how to find a house
4. Predicting: Students predict what the text is
about before reading and continuing to
predict what will come next while reading.


not just to the language. The meaning, the
message of the text is important so teachers
should give students an opportunity to
respond to that message, to express their
feelings about the topic. This will make them
be engaged with the reading text and the
language.

II. Principles behind the teaching of
reading (continued)
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Principle 4: Prediction is a major factor in
reading.The book cover, the headlines, the
photographs, the word-processed page can
be used as hints to make a student’s brain
start predicting what he/she is going to read.
Predicting what is coming will help students
become better and more engaged readers.

II. Principles behind the teaching of
reading (continued)
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Principle 5: Match the task to the topic.
Teachers should choose good reading tasks for
students to read. The most exciting passage is the
one with appropriate questions, imaginative and
challenging tasks.
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Principle 6: Good teachers exploit the reading text
to the full.