Teaching Technique

Some Techniques in teaching Reading

There are lots of techniques that a teacher may apply in their class; however, the teachers have to be careful in choosing the technique that they want to use. A teacher has to consider the students grade and also their language level before applying the technique. Here some example of the techniques that the teachers may use in teaching reading subject. 

v  Flashboard, it is use for early stage of reading

Here the teachers have to provide themselves with some flashboard. The flashboards are the same with the flashcard but in flashboard it consists of the letter of the words meanwhile in flashcard it consists of the picture of the words. How to apply this technique is the same with the way the teachers apply flashcard. So they flash the board as fast as possible so that the students will full concentrate on the letters on the boards.

v  Pictures stories, it can be used both for early stage and also intermediate

This technique is very useful when introducing a reading subject to the students. Here the students will find that the reading subject is not a boring. The students will have some stories that accompanied by some pictures so if the students find it hard to understand the text they will still be able to make sense of it through the pictures. In addition, they will find the reading text is enjoyable for they will see lots of pictures in the text.

v  Teaching questioning, it is use for skimming and scanning

Teaching questioning is more like the teachers give question orally when the students finish their reading. So here the teachers let the students to read for some time and then ask them some question related to the reading text orally and the students have to answer it orally. It is good to build the students’ understanding in reading text.

v  Students questions, it is use to deep understanding of the students

Here is the opposite of the teaching questioning. The students have to prepare some questions related to the topic before they read the reading passage. So when they read the passage they have to find out the answers for the question that they prepared. After that the teachers can ask them to tell what information that they get from the text passage.

v  Pictures, diagrams, chart, and model, it is make the text that we read clearer

This technique is very useful for higher level of text and need more understanding. For example population report. When we read population report of one country there will be amount of increase and amount of decrease population. It will be easier for the students or any other reader to understand the points if the text has some pictures diagrams or chart.

v  SQ3R (survey, question, read, recall, review), it is determined the deep understanding of the students to the text.

Here before the teachers give the reading text to the students the teachers have to make sure that the reading text is suitable for the students’ grade and also the students’ level of language. When it fixed the teachers give the passage to the students to read and then prepare some questions for the reading passage. It can be students questioning or teaching questioning depend on the way the teachers want to do it. Now give some time to the students to read the passage. After that let the students to answer the question or defining their understanding about the passage. At last the teachers may ask the students to retell the passage of ask for the summaries of the passage. 

v  Games, it makes the reading enjoyable

There are lots of games for reading one of the examples is: sounding out and blending game. Here the teachers have to prepare flashcard and also letters that will form the words of the flashcard. Blend all the letters together and then put some pictures on the board and ask some of the students to come in front and choose some letters that will produce the name of the pictures. Ask the other students to check whether the students in front already make a correct name for the pictures. It will encourage them in spelling and how to read the words. Remember to give some reward if the students produce a correct answer but don’t punish those who can not produce the correct answer.

(Modified by: Mela Tustiawati, May 2012)