Book Report

Summary

Anderson, Neil. Practica English Language Teaching: Reading. U.S.A. McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT, 2008. print
What is reading?

Reading can be defined as making meaning from print or aprocess of readers combining information from a text and their own background knowledge to, build meaning . It has 4 elements:

* The Reader
* The text
* Reading strategies
* FluencyWhen you learn to read in your native language is the only time that you learn it, after that, when you learn a second language you learn no transfer this knowledge and skills to the new language.Establishing a culture of reading

There are 3 important benefits of reading

* Much of the information available comes into a format of print.
* Reading strengthens other areas oflearning.
* Increases critical thinking skills.

Botton- up, top-down, and interactive reading

Botton- up, top-down, and interactive reading are diferrent theotical models that describe howpeople process print.

Botton-up: Lower- level reading process, students start recognizing the fundamentals basics of letters and and sound recognition. It helps to recognize phonics and to practicethem.
Top-down: the reader uses background knowledge, makes perditions, and searches the text to confirm or reject the perditions that are made. Comprenhesion I sdierxted by the reader´s goals andexpectatios. It has 4 keys features highlight a literature- based approach to teaching reading

* It´s a literature- based approach
* Individual readers choosing what they want to read.
*Reading is integrated with writing.
* Emphasis is on constructing meaning.

Interactive reading: It is the best type of reading because it combines both of the last types.

Intensive andextensive reading

Intensive reading is the teaching of reading skills, vocabulary, and phonological instruction, typically through short reading passages followed by reading comprehension...