Teaching Reading: a review

Literacy in reading develop...

• The ability to act in social practices

• The ability to read at the school

• The ability to understand words

• The ability to write efficiently

Genres are spread in a variety of literacy agencies.

• True

• False

The abilities to read abstracts and retain relevante information for later use are...

• Reading strategies

• Reading academic skills

A reading interaction evolves a meaning construction with the read, text and background knowledge.

• True

• False

Which of these schemata make part of reader's knowledge?

• Content and linguistic

• Interpretations

• Experiences

• needs and purposes

In a bottom-up process the reader uses background knowledge.

• True

• False

In reading instruction the three main teaching approaches are...

• skimming, scanning and detailed information

• pre-reading, writing and editing.

• pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading.

The overall reading proficiency of the learners is a purpose for assessment.

• True

• False

Read simple and short texts is a descriptor related to a basic proficiency level related to reading ability.

• True

• False

The teacher verifies the results of a test that measures learner's reading proficiency. Is this an assessment aspect of?

• Reading strategy

• Interactive approach

• Top-down approach

• Validity