Do you read Sunday newspapers? Have you read Pablo Coelho poems? Do you like editorials? From 1 to 5 where are you in the reading-freak-scale?
I love reading. Why? I am not sure, my dad loves it but my mom doesn’t. I don’t even remember my reading at school class. This year I am giving a reading class to 7th graders and I have found that reading is not really hard to teach, but motivate students is.
We don’t have reading habits. But as teachers we are pushed, somehow, to change this. There are many strategies to help out our students; one of them is silent reading.
I don’t think this could work with classes. A lot of concentration is being demanding from students. As English teachers we need to deal with more issues than regular teachers in Spanish. What a bout if they find a new vocabulary?
Lorena Baquerizo G.
I love reading. Why? I am not sure, my dad loves it but my mom doesn’t. I don’t even remember my reading at school class. This year I am giving a reading class to 7th graders and I have found that reading is not really hard to teach, but motivate students is.
We don’t have reading habits. But as teachers we are pushed, somehow, to change this. There are many strategies to help out our students; one of them is silent reading.
I don’t think this could work with classes. A lot of concentration is being demanding from students. As English teachers we need to deal with more issues than regular teachers in Spanish. What a bout if they find a new vocabulary?
Lorena Baquerizo G.
3 comments:
Dear Lorenita
I think that the most important element of education to motivate children to read is a teacher who reads. I think teacher should remember the following “Example is not the main thing in influence others. It is the only thing” (Quoted in Simpson 1997, page 388).
Then I think that to Become a Better Reading Model and for avoid student’s nightmares we should:
• Tell children about the books you read. Share your experience with it.
• Ask children for their feeling about what they are reading. Respects their thought even when they are different from you.
By vivian_angelical@hotmail.com
Thanks Viviana for your comment, I think that is really hard to get teachers read children book. time...main factor, plus the lack of habit in our culture, but sure we can change that little by little.
Lorena
Thanks Viviana for your comment, I think that is really hard to get teachers read children book. time...main factor, plus the lack of habit in our culture, but sure we can change that little by little.
Lorena
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