TEACHING READING

   Skimming is a quick reading activity to get a quick idea about the gist of the text. And help them to get a general understanding of what it is all about.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Scanning is a reading activity that is done to extract specific information and usually used to gain general understanding. It requires reading quickly while looking to get specific information.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Reading comprehension is an active reading to get information and to create meaning from reading materials by integrating what to be end into what has already known

• Kamil (2003)

• (Guthrie, Wingfiels & Perencevich, 2004:227).

What is Reading to learn the language:

• Reading material is language input. By giving students a variety of materials to read, instructors providemultiple opportunities for students to absorb vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure and discourse structure as they occur in authentic contexts.

• Reading everyday materials that are designed for native speakers can give students insight into the lifestyles and worldviews of the people whose language they are studying.

How many type of principle for teaching reading to young learners

• 3

• 4

• 5

  Teaching reading is a complex process that does not only give the information from the teacher to the students but also to make them understand what is written in the passage. It is about giving a clue to understand written texts through word recognition and comprehension.

• KAMIL(2003)

• (Guthrie, Wingfiels & Perencevich, 2004)

Young learners enjoy learning through movement: they like pointing and touching things, acting and dancing. Reading in class should not be a monotonous act that makes students sleepy.

Included in the strategy of teaching reading to young students are:

• Have fun with flashcard

• Move and Act

Children love rhymes, and they become familiar with them at a very early age (2-3). They repeat and imitate words without actually questioning what the teacher said. This quality helps them develop unscathed pronunciation at an early age. If the teacher creates an activity with chant, the teacher can naturally practice intonation and sentence structure with your young learners.

Included in the strategy of teaching reading to young students are:

• chant

• Do creative project and play games

   In this method, children are taught the alphabet first. And learning the alphabet involves learning not only the names of the letters but also the sounds they make.

The method is called..

• The phonics method

• The whole-word approach

Planning reading assignments. Set goals in advance for what to read. Discuss if more linguistic or background knowledge is needed.

Included in the technique for teaching reading to young learners:

• Integrating Reading Strategies

• Before Reading