This document provides tips and strategies for teaching reading and vocabulary. It discusses introducing reading passages through previewing activities and predictions. It recommends training students to not read every word by using cloze passages and scanning exercises. Post-reading activities include comprehension checks, group presentations, vocabulary study, and speaking activities related to the passage. When teaching vocabulary, the document suggests using visuals, examples, synonyms, mime, and having students guess meanings from context. Tips include explaining the purpose of activities, emphasizing vocabulary strategies, and highlighting the need for repetition and reading to learn new words.

1. READING &
VOCABULARY

2. READıNG ıN CLASS OR
OUTSıDE CLASS
Reading activities that we do in class are usually
‘intensive’. We may aim to
* present and give practice in reading skills ss will
find useful for independent reading for later
* introduce or give further practice.

3. SELECTED READıNG TıPS
*Reading aloud
*Ss don’t need to understand every single
word
*Setting a time limit to speed up ss’ reading

5. HOW TO ıNTRODUCE A
READıNG PASSAGE
1- Do a speaking activiy.
2-Have Ss preview the page or reading passage. Previewing steps:
 Read the title
 Look at any pictures
 Notice if the text is divided into parts and if there are subtitles
 Read the first sentence of each paragraph
 Read the last paragraph or at least the last sentence
3- Have students predict what will be in the passage.

6. TRAıNıNG STUDENTS NOT
TO READ EVERY WORD
 Cloze passages and Scanning exercises

7.  Sample exercise : Cloze passages
 Elise Butler doesn’t need to own a car. She is 28 years
…………., single, and a school………….. She doesn’t earn
much …………, she likes to ………….. She often …………. a
car. She prefers ……………. rent a car on …………… because
the prices are……….. . She also usually rents ………….. car for
several weeks ………………the summer because she
…………….. to take a vacation………………
 Elise Butler is married. yes/no
 Elise likes to travel. yes/no
 Elise often rents a car. yes/no

8. POST READıNG ACTıVıTES
 Comprehension Check (Scanning ) game with white boards
 Group Summary Presentations
 Vocabulary study
 Debate
 Make a list of discussion questions
 Find a video clip that matches the topic

9. SPEAKıNG ACTıVıTıES FOR
READıNG PASSAGES
 Read and Run
 Read, Think, Speak
 Off the Wall Reading
 Finish the sentence

10. TIPS ON TEACHING READING
 Explain the purpose of each reading activity.
 Make sure you teach the strategies they should use for reading. Show them how to
read a text and answer the questions especially the first week (strategies like highlighting
or underlining).
 Always plan pre-reading activities because they facilitate comprehension.
 Tell your students to answer the questions without looking at the text. This will help
them learn paraphrasing.
 Asking a student to read a long text aloud will not help your students. This can cause
word-for-word reading. However, reading short excerpts aloud can be beneficial.

11. PRESENTıNG VOCABULARY
 Visuals (flashcards, board drawıngs, photographs, realia:the real things
themselves)
 Mime, gesture, facial expression
 Synonyms, antonyms and defintions in simple English
 Illusrative mini-situations
 Examples of the type (pear, plum, peach, mango are all…fruits)
 Translation
 Dictionary
 Getting ss to guess the meaning from the context and word formation.

12. H O W WO U L D YO U T E A C H T H E S E
WO R D S ?
Target Give examples/explanations
vocabulary of how you would do, what
you would say,
*Mime Leader
*Picture Lift
*Realia Mosquito
*Simple example Mountain
*Simple Petrol
explanation Teddy bear
*Visuals To limp
To stagger
To stammer
Vinegar
Velvet

13. T I P S O N T E A C H I N G VO C A B U L A RY
 Explain the purpose of vocabulary activities.
 They should do their homework at home and speak in class. Create speaking
activities, so students can use the new vocabulary they learn.
 Emphasize the importance of using vocabulary acquisition strategies like
context clues.
 Highlight the importance of reading more. To learn a new word, they need to be
exposed to that word 5-16 times.
 Make sure they understand the importance of having a vocabulary notebook or
cards. Repetition can be helpful in the lower levels.