Harmer Chapter 18

Extensive reading mostly takes place inside the classroom

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Extensive reading takes place (mostly) outside of the classroom, where intensive reading takes place inside the classroom.

For intensive reading, the students should read comprehension questions BEFORE they read the text.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

If you want to place the emphasis on teaching reading rather than testing, you should let students read the comprehension questions before they read a text and let them speculate what the correct answers might be which will help activate their schema.

In addition to comprehension questions, what other ways are there that we can use to ask our students to interact with reading texts? (multiple answers)

• Questions to elicit student response / critical thinking

• Multiple-choice questions or true/false questions

• Questions that ask students to transfer the information they see to other media

• Questions that use the text as a springboard for follow-up activities and text-related tasks

Answer explanation

Multiple-choice questions or true/false questions fall under comprehension questions. For more info: page 315 and 316 Harmer.

Why can reading out loud be incredibly useful? (multiple answers)

• It can help with links between sounds and written forms

• Because it is one of the oldest and most common procedures that teachers use

• It can be a way of increasing confidence of (weaker) students

• It is a way of getting the class quiet and focussed

Answer explanation

Although the other two options are also valid reasons, they do not actually contribute to the development of reading skills of the learner. Instead, they are beneficial for the teacher.

Is this statement true or false?

Extensive reading is important because we want our students to read as much as they can and it is good for language learning and motivation.

• True

• False