An Outline Of Reading Theory And Practice
Unit 1 The nature of reading
Section 1 What is reading? Reading means to understand written or printed texts and get the information one needs as efficiently as possible.
Section 2 Major elements involved in the definition of reading
1. Understanding Three levels of understanding Understanding the literal meaning (Reading the lines) Understanding the figurative meaning (reading between the lines) Application (reading beyond the lines)
2. Text Features of a text Unity: a single idea Coherence: relationship between ideas Cohesion: relationship between structures Function: to narrate, to describe, to explain, to argue and persuade
3. Written texts and spoken texts Diction Structures Levels of Formality Tones Emphasis Audience
4. Information and knowledge Time factor Audience factor Utility factor
5. Efficiency
6. What do we understand? Form Language Purpose and function Tone Patterns of development Relation between ideas
7. How do we understand meaning? What do we already know? What we would like to know? What have we learned? How to use the knowledge gained as a base of understanding new ideas? What is meaning after all?
8. Purposes of reading Reading for survival Reading for entertainment Reading for information Reading for study Reading for research Reading for profession Reading to make sure Reading to check Reading to compare Reading to choose
Unit 2 reading and language
Section 1 reading and vocabulary Section 2 reading and grammar Section 3 reading and sound Section 4 reading and idioms and proverbs Section 5 reading and figures of speech
Unit 3 reading . society. culture
Section 1 social meaning of reading Section 2 cultural influence of reading
Unit 4 reading skills
Section 1 preview anticipation predict Section 2 guess the meaning of new words Section 3 understanding text patterns Section 4 purpose and tones of the text Section 5 main idea and supporting ideas Section 6 linguistic and non-linguistic information Section 7 transformation Section 8 outline and summary
Unit 5 text patterns
Section 1 time order Section 2 space order Section 3 comparison and contrast Section 4 classification Section 5 general-specific Section 6 topic-discussion Section 7 problem-solution Section 8 question-answer Section 9 definition Section 10 cause and effects
Unit 6 understanding short stories
Section 1 characters Section 2 plots Section 3 setting Section 4 conflicts Section 5 theme Section 6 climax
Unit 7 understanding poems
Section 1 rime Section 2 rhythm Section 3 image
Unit 8 understanding drama
Unit 9 critical reading
Section 1 what is critical reading Section 2 facts and opinions Section 3 fallacies of development
Unit 10 comparative reading
Section 1 nationality Section 2 genre Section 3 time Section 4 gender Section 5 language
Unit 11 understanding non-linguistic information Charts, tables, pie grid
Unit 12 reading and writing
Section 1 similarities and dissimilarities Section 2 dialogue between the reader and writer
Unit 13 reading exams
Common types of items
Unit 14 understanding newspaper articles
Section 1 organization of newspaper Section 2 information structure of articles
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