Becoming a Reading Teacher

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Becoming a Reading Teacher

Connecting Research and Practice

Paran, Amos; Spiro, Jane

Taylor & Francis Ltd

04/2023

212

Dura

Inglês

9781032405261

15 a 20 dias

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List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Series Editors Preface

Introduction

Becoming a reading teacher

Why should a teacher of reading engage with research?

Ten questions about reading

What this book is not

What this book is

PART ONE From research to implications

A Framing reading as linguistic process

Question 1: What are we doing when we read?

Question 2: What are the different reasons and ways people read?

Question 3: What knowledge do we bring to our reading?

Question 4: What is the relationship between L1 and L2 reading?

B Framing reading as personal experience

Question 5: Why and how do people read for pleasure?

Question 6: Can reading change the way we think and feel?

C Framing reading as collective experience

Question 7: How far and in what ways is reading a collective act?

D Framing reading as pedagogy

Question 8: What pedagogies are used in the teaching of reading?

Question 9: How should teachers of reading teach language?

Question 10: What does it mean to be an effective teacher of reading?

Our beliefs and principles

PART TWO From implications to application

A Teaching reading as linguistic process

Question 1: What are we doing when we read?

Activity 1.1 All in one: the shape of words

Activity 1.2 Word chain race

Activity 1.3 Learner generated word race

Activity 1.4 Run-on sentences: seeing and hearing sentence boundaries

Activity 1.5 Text shopping: what's next in the text?

Activity 1.6 Reading aloud and holistic reading

Activity 1.7 Storytelling: stories without barriers

Question 2 What are the different reasons and ways people read?

Activity 2.1 Reading the landscape: noticing and acting in the linguistic landscape

Activity 2.2 Bits and pieces: choosing your favourite bits in a longer text

Activity 2.3 Wikipedia race: searching for something specific

Activity 2.4 Information slant: separating facts and opinions

Activity 2.5 Why I read: personal reading behaviours

Question 3 What knowledge do we bring to our reading?

Activity 3.1 Rhyme race: reading and sounds

Activity 3.2 Word bags: knowing about words

Activity 3.3 Language detectives: reading and language patterns

Activity 3.4 Text guessing: reading and text types

Activity 3.5 Reading between the lines: reading for nuance

Activity 3.6 Border crossing: reading culturally

Question 4 What is the relationship between L1 and L2 reading?

Activity 4.1 Book covers crossing borders

Activity 4.2 Text memory game

Activity 4.3 First language story sharing

Activity 4.4 Talking to the author: asking questions about a text

Activity 4.5 Comprehending across languages

B Teaching reading as personal experience

Question 5 When and how do people read for pleasure?

Activity 5.1 Feeling stories

Activity 5.2 The dream book competition: understanding reading preferences

Activity 5.3 Reading spurs and blocks

Activity 5.4 Profiles of lifelong readers

Question 6 Can reading change the way we think and feel?

Activity 6.1 Nobel Prize champions: books which changed the way we think

Activity 6.2 Re-reading over time: returning to childhood stories

Activity 6.3 Reading in layers

Activity 6.4 Personal reading histories

C Teaching reading as collective experience

Question 7 How far and in what ways is reading a collective act?

Activity 7.1 Performing reading

Activity 7.2 Dream circles: building reading circles

Activity 7.3 Choosing together

Activity 7.4 Reading shaping the child

D Teaching and training reading pedagogy

Question 8 What pedagogies are used in the teaching of reading?

Activity 8.1 Communicating with texts

Activity 8.2 Text activities: interacting with texts

Activity 8.3 Task-based reading and the real world

Activity 8.4 Activity detective: mining for principles

Question 9 How should teachers of reading teach language?

Activity 9.1 Genre-bending: unravelling text types

Activity 9.2 Language doctor: unravelling a text

Question 10 What does it mean to be an effective teacher of reading?

Activity 10.1 Finding a star teacher 1: criteria for stardom

Activity 10.2 Finding a star teacher 2: Asking questions

Activity 10.3 Star teacher of reading competition

Activity 10.4 Walking into the shoes of star teachers

PART THREE From application to implementation

A Becoming a reading teacher: connecting with others

B Becoming a reading teacher: know yourself as a reader

C Building reading resources

D Building a reading assessment strategy

E Reading for many kinds of learners

F Reading for different kinds of classes

G Reading outside the classroom

H Creating a reading culture

I Conclusion

PART FOUR From implementation to research

Introduction: researching as a teacher

A Researching reading as linguistic process

Research Idea 1: How does cultural knowledge help us read a text?

Research Idea 2: What are the differences in the way learners process LI and L2 texts?

Research Idea 3: Does translanguaging help reading in the L2?

Research Idea 4: How many words do my learners need to understand for a text to be readable?

B Researching reading as personal experience

Research Idea 5: What makes readers choose books?

Research Idea 6: What are the triggers for reading enjoyment in my own reading life?

C Researching reading as collective experience

Research Idea 7: Do reading communities make a difference to my learners?

Research Idea 8: How do my learners interact in self-run reading groups?

D Researching reading pedagogy

Research Idea 9 What kind of questions do I use in the reading classroom?

Research Idea 10 What are the qualities of successful reading lessons?

Final reflections: the virtuous circle

Reference List

Index

literacy development;second language acquisition;reading pedagogy;classroom literacy strategies;cognitive reading processes;educational linguistics;evidence-based reading instruction