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TEFL Basics: Teaching reading

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    Teaching reading skills in the EFL classroom
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  • TRUE or FALSE: Reading is a receptive skill
    TRUE
  •  5
  • TRUE or FALSE: The main reason for teaching reading in class is to present and practise grammar or vocabulary
    FALSE
  •  15
  • Top-down or bottom-up processing? Learners try to understand every word.
    Bottom-up
  •  5
  • Top-down or bottom-up processing? Learners predict what they will read.
    Top-down
  •  15
  • Top-down or bottom-up processing? Learners think about the main ideas first.
    Top-down
  •  10
  • Top-down or bottom-up processing? Teachers check learners understand any new grammar.
    Bottom-up
  •  5
  • What is usually the last stage of a reading lesson?
    Follow-up (productive skills task)
  •  25
  • TRUE or FALSE? The teacher can help the learners to skim by asking them to match a title to the article.
    TRUE
  •  15
  • Learners discuss their opinions of ideas in the text. What stage of the reading lesson is this?
    Follow-up (productive skills task)
  •  15