During this week I reflected about why people use to read?, and I supposed they read for study or simply for pleasure, in my experience I realized students don´t feel motivated to read, so teachers should make it easier for students because it´s useful for language acquisition, the more they read, they better they get at it, reading is a good way to increase students ‘vocabulary knowledge, if reading is developed with a well input process, the consequence will be an interesting writing, it is important to select authentic materials like books, novels, magazine, newspaper, etc. because they stimulate discussion, debate, and imaginative responses. The web pages could be an excellent “tour” to take a glance, specially if they work in an interactive tasks like pairs activities, jigsaw readings, after that they can conclude in a fun writing or vice versa like the example from the page which Mykola Kisil posted (make a story).
Hi Marisol,
ResponderEliminarI agree that a good selection of readings could be a great starting point. However, I give my students the responsibility of choosing their own reading stuff for our Reading workshops.
Another source of readings comes from our Book Class Rating, so when someone need some inspiration can resort to the rating and see what others have read and enjoyed.
Cheers,
Gonzalo :-)
Hi Mary,
ResponderEliminarThis is a nice reflection post. I like your questions but remember that there are some interesting students vs lazy ones.
As a teacher you can do anything you want to make them progress but your effort can stay without success.
Anyway, we have to find the best stimulus/incentive to incite them read and study for a better result and not in vain or for pleasure.
Thanks
David