imaginative Tips: Read through the sentences in the task Locate the words in italic in the passage Read around these words and guess their meaning Eg: The word “speedy” in line 3 i
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INTRODUCTION
I Back ground and the reason for the study
For the purpose of teaching language, we may divide language into the various skill areas such as writing skill, reading skill, listening skill and speaking skill and concentrate on once at time.
Reading is a receptive skill When we read we are able to understand written language in books, letters, etc However, to teach a reading lesson effectively and successfully, it’s important for the teacher to give clear instructions The way a teacher gives instructions for a reading passage can be vital A good instruction should:
a not be ambiguous, but be short, simple and clear
b make the students understand the requirements of the tasks and know what they are going to do
The main reason why I vote for this study derived from the period of time at a high school when I was a trainee student I have realized that the students feel confused when the teacher just asks them to do the task without giving any explanation Therefore,
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Owing to the necessities, I have made up my mind to choose
“ Some tips/ strategies on giving instructions for reading exercises” as
my topic of the study
II Aim of the study
With the reasons above in my mind, the specific aim of the study accordingly are:
1 To help the students improve their reading skills.
2 To encourage the students to use the language they’ve
learnt to solve the communicative tasks.
3 To encourage the students to be interested in learning
English
III Sources of the study
The materials that have been greatly valuable to my study are from the text books - English 10,11, “Thiết kế bàai giảng tiếng anh lớp 11- NXB Ha Nội”, and “Methodology- Part II- Nguyen
Thu Hien, MA”
I hope that my topic “ Some tips/ strategies on giving instructions for reading exercises” can result in effective ways in teaching reading skill.
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Part II
DIFFERENT TYPES OF READING EXERCISES
A Multiple choice
exercises
Exercise 1: (Unit 9- English 11- page 102)
Task 1: Circle the letter (A,B,C or D) before the word that has the opposite
meaning to the italicized word.
1 Thanh Ba Post Office has a spacious and pleasant front office
A large B beautiful C cramped D open
2 Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers.
A helpful B rude C friendly D open
3 This speedy and secure service of transferring money can be useful.
A rapid B hurried C careful D slow
4 If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original
shape, send it by a fax machine.
A unique B outdated C changed D imaginative
Tips:
Read through the sentences in the task
Locate the words in italic in the passage
Read around these words and guess their meaning
Eg:
The word “speedy” in line 3 in the paragraph about Express Money Transfer is the same meaning as “quick” Students can get the meaning of the word “speedy” thanks to such word as “express” and “quick”
(Teacher may note that some of the words in this task are hard to guess because the context is not helpful enough Teacher should therefore give students more instructions and guide For example teaching them to combine different methods to deal with difficult words)
Eg:
The word “ spacious” occurring in line 2 of the first paragraph T may
guide students so that they can see that this word may have a positive meaning
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“ spacious” is related to “ space”, so it may mean “ having a lot of space”
“ Cramped” means “ narrow”, so it should be the answer.
Do the same with the rest
Exercise 2: (Unit 10- English 11- page 117)
Task 2: Circle A,B,C or D before that best sum up each paragraph
1 Paragraph 1
A Human beings need to grow food.
B Human beings pollute the environment.
C Human beings interfere with nature.
D People should stop living in cities and villages.
2 Paragraph 2
A Many animals are disappearing.
B Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C People are in danger of becoming extinct.
3 Paragraph 3
A Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment
B Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C People should keep away from animals and plants.
D Rare animals do not disappear.
4 Paragraph 4
A The survival of endangered species.
B The Earth- a happy planet.
C Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D People’s interference with the environment.
Strategies:
Read the first, the middle and the last sentences of each paragraph
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We can see that B, C or D do not sum up the paragraph B is too broad
C and D are not supported by information in the text So the best answer must
be A
( It is based on the last sentence of the paragraph)
Do the same with other sentences
Exercise 3: (Unit 4- English 11- page 48)
Task 2: Choose the best answer from A,B,C or D for each of the following
C telling them stories, and singing and dancing for them.
D.taking them to baseball games.
2 Big brothers is
A the name of a club
B.a home for children
C the name of a film
D.an organization for boys who no longer have fathers.
3 Most of the boys’ and girls’ club use many high school and college students as volunteers because they
A have lot of free time
B.can understand the problems of younger boys and girls
C know how to do the work
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4 Volunteers believe that
A in order to make others happy, they have to be unhappy.
B.the happiest people are those who make themselves happy.
C the happiest people are those who are young and healthy.
D.bringing happiness to others makes themselves the happiest people
5 The best title for the passage is
A Taking Care of Others
B.Volunteer Work in the United States
C Volunteers: The Happiest People in the World
D.Helping Old and Sick People in the United States
Strategies:
Skim the five sentences to understand them
Underline the key words
Read the four choice given to choose the most suitable one
Do the same with other sentences
Eg:
The best answer for then sentence 1 is “A”
To complete sentence 5, students can read the passage and try giving its title Then search through the list of the title provided in the task to find the most suitable one Students should make sure that the title chosen covers the entire text and not just one idea within it
Exercise 4: (Unit 14- English 11- page 156)
Task 1: The words/ phrases in italics in the following sentences all appear
in the passage Circle the correct answer
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A At home
B.Outdoors
C In the basement of the house
2 Television viewing is by far the most popular pastime This mean _
A people have to go very far to watch television
B.television viewing is much more popular than any other pastime
C television viewing is as popular as other pastimes
3 There are many different courses on offer This mean _
A there are many different courses on television
B.there are many different courses to be taken
C there are many different courses that teach people
4 Besides watching television, people have other pursuits This mean _
A besides watching television, people have other leisure activities B.besides watching television, people have to work
C besides watching television, people don’t enjoy doing anything else
5 Spectator sports are _
A sport people take part in
B.sport people often watch
C beautiful sports
6 Entry qualification are _
A necessary conditions for being admitted to the course
B.ability to pay the fees
C entry examinations
Strategies:
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Go back to the passage to locate the italicized words/ phrase
Read around the italicized words/ phrase so that we can guess its
meanings
Eg:
The phrase “ home based” in sentence 1 is found in line 1 of the first
paragraph may refer to “ at home”- “A” Students can understand this
meaning thanks to the activities that are given as example in this paragraph: “
watching T.V, listening to music, reading…”
Then read the three choices given in the book an work out which one is closest in meaning to the word/ phrase
Do the same with other sentences
B Gap- filling exercises
Exercise 1: (Unit 10- English 11- page 116)
Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill each blank with
a suitable word.
Pollutants decreasing protect Interference extinct endangered
1 Dinosaurs became _ millions of years ago.
2 She tried to _herself from the wind.
3 This species of bird is _in numbers every year.
4 The chemical _from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty.
5 The blue whale is a(n) _species.
6 Because of the _of human beings, many animals have become extinct.
Strategies:
Look for the instances of the new words in the text and read around them
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Eg:
The word “ pollutant” found in the last line of the first paragraph means
” substances that pollute” Students can understand this meaning thanks to the phrase “ destroying the air” and their knowledge of the verb “ pollute”
To do the task more easily if we work out what part of speech is needed
in each blank so that we can choose the word that best fits in
Eg:
Sentence 1 requires “ an adjective”
“ Dinosaurs became _millions of years ago.” There is one
adjective in the box So the word” extinct” is the answer
Do the same with the rest
Exercise 2: (Unit 11- English 11- page 126-127)
Summary: Complete the summary of the reading passage by filling each
blank with a suitable word from the box
(This is a kind of exercise to check students’ understanding of the reading
passage So teacher should encourage students to do the exercise without
looking back the reading It the students can’t remember the content, they can
go back to the text to look for the information)
one environment alternative limited unlimited sources energy fuels
We need energy to live and work Our major sources of (1) _ is oil Oil is (2) _kind of fossil fuel The amount of fossil (3) _ in the world is (4) _ Therefore, we must save it, and at the same time, we must find new sources of energy Geothermal heat and nuclear power are (5) _ sources of energy They can give us electricity Other alternative(6) _ are the sun, waves and water These sources are not only(7) _ and valuable but also clean and safe for the (8) _ People should develop and use them more and more in the future.
Strategies:
Read through the passage
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Read the words/ phrases before and after the blanks to choose the suitable words
Eg:
The first blank requires a noun, and the phrase “our major source
of _ is oil” So the next word will certainly be “ energy”
Do the same with the rest
Exercise 3: (Unit 14- English 10- page 144)
Task 2: Scan the text and complete each of the following sentences with a
word or a number.
1 Only teams competed in the first World Cup.
2 Today the final tournament of the World Cup has teams.
3 The team which was defeated in the first World Cup final was
4 The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over _billions viewers.
5 After FIFA’s first meeting, _years has passed before the first World Cup was held in Uruguay.
Strategies:
Read through the sentences and identify the key words
Eg:
The key words in the first sentences are “ teams”,” first World Cup”
Go back to the passage and locate the key words
Eg:
These information appears in sentence 4 of the second paragraph
Read around these words to find the answers
Eg:
The answer is “13”
Continue with the rest
Exercise 4: (Unit 4- English 11- page 48)
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speech Use an appropriate form of the word “ volunteer” to complete each of the following sentences.
For this kind of exercise, teacher should elicit different parts of speech of the
word “ volunteer”
Volunteer (v,n)
Voluntary (a)
Voluntarily (adv)
1 When she retired, she did a lot of _service for the Red Cross.
2 She was not fired She left the company _
3 She needs some _to clean up the kitchen.
4 Last month the company to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas.
Strategies:
Read through the sentences provided in the task
Identify the parts of speech of the word to fill in each blank
Eg:
In sentence 1 the word to fill in should be an adjective
In sentence 2 the word to fill in should be an adverb
In sentence 3 the word to fill in should be a noun
In sentence 4 the word to fill in should be a verb
Fill in each blank with an appropriate form of the word
Students should pay attention to the word preceding the blank to fill in the right form of the word
Eg:
In sentence 3 the word preceding the blank is “ some”, so a plural nouns
should be filled in – “ volunteers”
C Matching exercises
Exercise 1: (Unit 15- English 11- page 168)
Task 1: Match the heading to the paragraphs
Paragraph 1 A The tragic accident
Paragraph 2 B The lift-off
Paragraph 3 C Congratulations
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The answer for the first paragraph is “ B” – “ The lift- off”
Exercise 2: (Unit 6- English 11- page 68)
Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the
right
1 representative a without problems or difficulties
2 annual b enthusiasm and energy
3 stimulate c altogether or as a total
4 in all d a person chosen or pointed on behalf
of another person or a group
5 spirit e encourage or make something more active
6 smoothly f happening or done once every year
Strategies:
Look for the instances of the new words in the text and read around them
Use the context in which the words occur and their knowledge of word formation to understand the meanings
Eg:
The word “ representative” found in line 1 may refer to “ someone who
represent a group” Students can understand this meaning thanks to the phrase
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representative” derives from “ represent”
Read through the definitions in the right and choose the best answerEg:
1 “ representative” will be matched with d ” a person chosen or
appointed on behalf of another person or a group”
Do the same with the rest
Exercise 3: (Unit 10- English 10- page 105)
Task 1: Match the word in A with a suitable definition in B
b concerning or producing electricity by the power
of the falling water
c remove or get rid of completely
d liquid which flows off or from (something)
Tips:
Read through the words in column A
Go back to the passage and locate them in the reading passage
Read around them to guess their meanings from the context in the
reading passage
Eg:
The word “ circulation” that occur in line 5 of the second paragraph
may refer to “the movement inside something” Moreover, students can
understand this meaning thanks to the information around it For example” Trees, grasses and other pant life play an important part in the natural
circulation of water, and thus help conserve it”
Read through the definitions in the right and choose the correct answerEg:
2 “circulation” will be matched with a ” The movement of something
around a closed system”
Do the same with the rest