Module
7
Understanding and Developing Reading in a Foreign Language
CONTENTS
This module is divided into the following sections:
7.1 Understanding reading theory7.1.1 Lessons from L17.2 Flexible approaches to reading
7.1.2 A question of reading or language?
7.1.3 Word recognition and memory
7.1.4 Schema theory
7.1.5 An interactive reading model
7.2.1 Skimming
7.2.2 Scanning
7.2.3 Intensive reading
7.2.4 Extensive reading
7.5.1 Ignoring unfamiliar vocabulary
7.5.2 Accessing unfamiliar vocabulary
7.5.2.1 Formal guessing
7.5.2.2 Contextual guessing
7.5.2.3 Glossing
7.6.1 Text organization
7.6.2 Sentence-level features
7.6.2.1 Cohesion
7.6.2.2 Coherence markers
7.7.1 The importance of extensive reading
7.7.2 Challenge and reality of HE language learning
7.7.3 Motivated and flexible readers
7.7.4 Research findings
7.7.5 Extensive reading and vocabulary
7.7.6 What to read
7.7.7 Using dictionaries
7.7.8 Implementing a reading programme
7.7.9 Reading and language teaching in higher education
7.10 Commentary on reflective tasks
Printable versions of the entire module are available in the following formats:
- Word 97 version (click here)
- RTF version (click here)
ACCREDITATION INFORMATION
Those who are intending to count work on this module towards their university's
postgraduate programme, certificate or diploma in teaching and learning,
or equivalent, are advised that sections 7.1-7.6 and 7.8-7.10, (including
the assessment task in 7.9), are to be considered core material, while
section 7.7 is extension material.
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