Review from last session

5 minutes

  • Quiz trainees on their homework (the Korean vocabulary lesson).
  • Link the previous lesson on sight words and phonics to the reading section below (i.e. sight words and phonics allow learners to decode the symbols but it does not necessarily allow them to understand what they are reading.
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Overview of Session 6: Teaching Strategies (Part II)

  • Discuss objectives.
  • Show overhead, Overview of Session 6.


25 minutes


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A: Reading

  • Introduce reading as a complex process.
  • Show overhead, What happens during reading (decoding the symbols) and ask trainees to read the text (on the overhead) to a partner.
  • Ask trainees some follow up questions. (Can you pronounce these words? Do you know what they mean? If an ESL learner can say the words, is she reading?)
  • Show overhead, What happens during reading (understanding the syntax) and ask a trainee to read the overhead aloud.
  • Ask trainees: Which words do you know? Can you use word parts to figure out what some of the words mean?
  • Show overhead, What happens during reading (sentence samples) and show trainees sentence #1.
  • Ask trainees: Can you easily determine the meaning? What does this tell us about the importance of syntax or sentence patterns?
  • Show overhead, What happens during reading (sentence samples) and show trainees the second sentence.
  • Discuss how the syntax (which is appropriate for English speakers) makes it easier to understand. However, the text is still difficult because it is obviously intended for a specific audience with scientific knowledge.
  • Review the basic concepts outlined in the tutor training manual that relate to this exercise. (Reading is a complex activity that involves decoding the symbols, as well as understanding the patterns, the meaning and the context.)