Reading and technology

Reading and technology

Reading is a process of making meaning from a text.

Prof. Slater

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What is reading?

We learn through reading.

Readers have learger vocabulary.

Readers write better.

Why is reading important?

​Culture is constructed by langauge.

Reading introduces us to new worlds, new words,and new ways of looking at ideas.

How is reading related to culture?

• Trigger students' background knowledge

• Introduce some vocabulary and assure students get familiar with it.

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How can we teach reading?

• Offer authentic texts to motivate students and to help them realize that what they are decoding is meaningful and interesting for them .

• Encourage students to read what is interesting for them.

• Offer students lot's of reading materials