“To read or not to read?” Some advice on how to teach reading with understanding Cover Image

“To read or not to read?” Some advice on how to teach reading with understanding
“To read or not to read?” Some advice on how to teach reading with understanding

Author(s): Renata Jawniak
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: teaching and learning languages; glottodidactics

Summary/Abstract: Reading with understanding is one of the most important communicative skills a successful learner of a language needs to practise. Practising the skill of reading with understanding is as important as mastering listening and speaking skills. However, teachers may fi nd the attempts to develop it diffi cult because students prefer to watch fi lms, listen to the radio and talk to native speakers rather than read books and newspapers. It is easier and, without doubt, more interesting to watch a fi lm, listen to a radio programme or talk to somebody, all of which are faster than reading a text.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 27-33
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English