How the Heck Do I Teach Reading to people who do not read?
You walk into your class with a plan. Not just any plan, a proper one. Pre-reading, while-reading, post-reading. Skimming, scanning,…
Category: Teaching Reading
Literature For Teenage and Adult Learners
It frequently comes to my mind the time I was preparing to sit B2 and C2 level exams, back in…
Having Fun While Learning? Guilty!
If you’ve ever seen students giggling over a book or eagerly flipping through pages, congratulations—you’ve witnessed the magic of extensive…
When the self-fulfilling prophesy…killed the pastime of reading
DECEMBER 2023, waiting for the New Year to come, I find myself in a family gathering overwhelmed by the festive…
It’s not Only How Much you Read but How you read!
Comprehension, Interpretation, Critical Evaluation, Text Processing and Mediation, Scanning, Skimming, Intensive and Extensive Reading, Reading for the Gist, Reading for…
Graded Reading for Grades: How Graded Readers can help with Exam Preparation
Preparing students for tests is a burden all teachers must bear. Test preparation can be taxing and take away valuable…
Adapting reading activities for the online classroom
The new classroom environment, the online classroom, involves adapting the printed coursebook we have been using so far, to…
How to teach reading skills to non-readers
The time has come for you to teach the so called certificate classes and you’re thrilled and can’t wait…
Teaching Reading to students with dyslexia
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. The person diagnosed with dyslexia face difficulties with…
The Best Thing You Can Do for Reading Fluency
Choppy, hesitant reading got you down? Does your child’s lack of fluency affect her comprehension? There is a simple trick…