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The document discusses various approaches to developing reading skills in second language acquisition, highlighting three main aims: checking comprehension, facilitating comprehension, and ensuring reading practice. It outlines language-based approaches that focus on grammar and vocabulary, as well as reading comprehension-based approaches that prioritize understanding meaning over mere word recognition. Additionally, it touches on traditional reading pedagogy, which emphasizes vocabulary and comprehension tests following short reading passages.

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Materials For Developing Reading Skills-1

The document discusses various approaches to developing reading skills in second language acquisition, highlighting three main aims: checking comprehension, facilitating comprehension, and ensuring reading practice. It outlines language-based approaches that focus on grammar and vocabulary, as well as reading comprehension-based approaches that prioritize understanding meaning over mere word recognition. Additionally, it touches on traditional reading pedagogy, which emphasizes vocabulary and comprehension tests following short reading passages.

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MATERIALS FOR DEVELOPING ●​ WILLIAMS AND MORAN

READING SKILLS (1989) IDENTIFIED THREE


POSSIBLE AIMS:
By: Lobitos, Jan Jeffery 1.​ To check comprehension
Cariman, Jerwin Alexis S. 2.​ To facilitate comprehension
3.​ Simply to ensure that the learner
reads the text
INTRODUCTION LANGUAGE-BASED
●​ Reading is a fundamental skill in APPROACHES
second language acquisition.
●​ It not only enhances vocabulary ●​ This approach is all about focusing
and comprehension but also on grammar and vocabulary to
strengthens overall language improve reading skills.
proficiency. ●​ Think of it as learning English
step-by-step, starting with words
and sentence structures before
TYPES OF APPROACHES TO
diving into full-on reading.
DEVELOPING READING SKILLS
1.​ Reading Comprehension-Based
KEY FEATURES OF
Approaches LANGUAGE-BASED
2.​ Language-Based Approaches APPROACHES
3.​ Skills/Strategy-Based
Approaches ●​ Strong emphasis on grammar and
4.​ Schema-Based Approaches vocabulary exercises.
●​ Reading sections often start with
READING vocabulary activities to prepare
learners.
COMPREHENSION-BASED
●​ Many reading units use short texts
APPROACHES for teaching grammar.
●​ This approach prioritizes
understanding the meaning of a
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
text rather than just recognizing
●​ In the 1950s and 1960s, the
words.
dominant view was that learning
●​ It encourages deeper
grammar and vocabulary leads to
comprehension, critical thinking,
fluency (Fries, 1963).
and interpretation skills.
●​ The belief was that habit formation
in language use leads to better
TRADITIONAL READING reading skills.
PEDAGOGY
APPROACH TO TEACHING
●​ Reading instructional books
consist of short reading passages
READING
followed by vocabulary and
1.​ Start with vocabulary exercises
comprehension tests.
before introducing the reading text.
●​ Wallace (2001, p. 26) describes
2.​ Use reading texts to reinforce
traditional reading pedagogy as an
grammar rules.
approach that emphasizes
3.​ Encourage rote learning of word
comprehension in the form of the
meanings and sentence structures.
presentation of the text followed by
post-reading questions on the text.

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