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'Don't just read this book - study it! Whatever your involvement with reading … the experience will be humbling, challenging and gratifying.' Leonare Courtney, Journal of Reading
'Developing Reading Skills is the kind of book that one wants to keep near one when composing exercise material. There must be something in it for everyone. Thoroughly recommended.' Bob Jordan, Reading in a Foreign Language
'Developing Reading Skills is the kind of book that one wants to keep near one when composing exercise material. There must be something in it for everyone. Thoroughly recommended.' Bob Jordan, Reading in a Foreign Language
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This is a handbook for language teachers who would like to develop their own reading materials or who wish to enrich a reading course. It offers a classification and description of exercises aimed at developing different reading skills. While the book is designed primarily for teachers of English as a second language, the exercises are equally appropriate for the teaching of other foreign languages and much of the book is relevant to the teaching of first-language reading skills. The question-types range from the familiar (for example, multiple-choice and open questions) to highly original exercises which require the integration of different skills and an active, creative response from the student. It encourages teachers to introduce variety into the teaching of reading and offers them a great deal of resource material to draw on.
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Françoise Grellet's 9-page introduction provides a helpful summary of the main text-types, reasons for reading and skills employed in reading. Especially helpful are the 4 pages describing the important considerations to be borne in mind when designing reading comprehension exercises for learners of second languages.
I would highly recommend "Developing Reading Skills"
(1) to trainee language teachers who need to summarize text-types, purposes and sub-skills in answering questions on the teaching of reading comprehension in training exams such as The Cambridge CELTA or DELTA.
(2) to more experienced teachers, especially those in posts involving English for Specific Purposes, who are ready to rise to the challenge of selecting reading material and designing associated exercises which truly reflect their learners' interests and purposes. This challenge involves hard work, but Françoise Grellet's categories and practical examples offer helpful starting-points.
I am fairly familiar with the literature on teaching reading in the second language classroom. Although Françoise Grellet's book dates back to 1981, it reflects early attempts in language teaching methodology to focus on specific skills and purposes in addition to General English. "Developing Reading Skills" is a book for the practising language teacher, helpful to those who are sufficiently hard-working and have the time to produce tailor-made lesson content. The author does not speculate tediously on philosophical concerns (e.g. endless definitions of vague terms such as "task", "process" or "communication"!). I cannot recommend a better resource for the purposes described above.
I would highly recommend "Developing Reading Skills"
(1) to trainee language teachers who need to summarize text-types, purposes and sub-skills in answering questions on the teaching of reading comprehension in training exams such as The Cambridge CELTA or DELTA.
(2) to more experienced teachers, especially those in posts involving English for Specific Purposes, who are ready to rise to the challenge of selecting reading material and designing associated exercises which truly reflect their learners' interests and purposes. This challenge involves hard work, but Françoise Grellet's categories and practical examples offer helpful starting-points.
I am fairly familiar with the literature on teaching reading in the second language classroom. Although Françoise Grellet's book dates back to 1981, it reflects early attempts in language teaching methodology to focus on specific skills and purposes in addition to General English. "Developing Reading Skills" is a book for the practising language teacher, helpful to those who are sufficiently hard-working and have the time to produce tailor-made lesson content. The author does not speculate tediously on philosophical concerns (e.g. endless definitions of vague terms such as "task", "process" or "communication"!). I cannot recommend a better resource for the purposes described above.
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"Developing Reading Skills is undoubtedly and definitely a reference handbook for Teachers of English and Foreign Language Teachers who wish to go beyond classical "Yes/No", "True/False", "Gap Filling" and "MCQ" exercises. Offering a wide range of sample Reading Comprehension exercises the book help stir teacher's creativeness and inventiveness in their Reading Comprehension sessions. With this momentous book, teachers will certainly find appropriate exercise-types to cover both Receptive and Productive skills: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening. It is real Reading Comprehension exercise database."
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