Transcript Слайд 1 - Language Link

Starting to read
with
young learners
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Who are Young Learners?
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YL characteristics
Learn through
experience
Have short attention
and concentration span
Need to move
Are not very able to
control and plan their
own behavior
More concerned about
themselves than others
Are not afraid of making
mistakes or taking risks
Pay attention to meaning Have limited
in language
experience of life
Have a limited
knowledge about the
world
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They have limited
reading and writing skills
even in their first
language.
They enjoy fantasy and
imagination
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What is reading with YLs?
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Reading is…
• …a process whereby one looks
and understands what has been written.
(Williams 1989)
• …is the main source of expanding and strengthening
the language.
(Scott & Ytreberg 2000)
• …is the process of decoding the written words.
• … is both process and product. The process of
reading involves the interaction between the reader
and the text – how the reader is deciphering the
writing on the page. The product of reading is
reading comprehension, or internal construction of
meaning.
(Alderson 2000)
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Why teach reading?
enthusiasm
reinforcement
interest
sense of achievement
exposure to the written form
Help link learning with use of English outside class
(learning technologies)
• E.g. i-chat, email, forum, blogs etc.
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How to start reading?
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Start reading with…
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decoding familiar written language
Matching spoken and written forms
Labeling objects
Posters with common phrases
A calendar
ABC poster
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How to teach reading?
Whole word method
• encourages immediate recognition is used for
irregular words
Letter-sound correspondence(phonics)
• encourages to recognize analogies below
word level to help them to work out how to
read and write
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Ways of Reading
Skimming (Reading for gist)
Scanning (Reading for specific info)
Reading for detail
Intensive reading
Extensive reading
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Useful links
• http://www.readingrockets.org/
• www.school-collection.edu.ru
• http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids.htm
• www.ruteachers.ru
• www.languagelink.ru
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References:
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Alderson, J.C. 2000. Assessing Reading. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Cameron, L. 2001. Teaching Languages to Young Learners. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
McKay, P. 2006. Assessing Young Language Learners. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Ministry of Education Of Russian Federation. 2001. National Curriculum.
Moscow: Prosveshenie
Scott, W. A. and L. H. Ytreberg. 2000. Teaching English to Children. New
York: Longman
Slattery, M. and J. Willis. 2001. English for Primary Teachers. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations. 2002. Cambridge Young
Learners English Tests Sample Papers.
Williams, E. 1989. Reading in the Language Classroom. UK: Macmillan
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Thank you!
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