Explore the differences between intensive, extensive, and hybrid approaches to teaching reading.
Learn how to select and effectively adapt authentic materials for teaching reading.
Learn how to create original materials for teaching reading.
Develop your skills through an opportunity to write and publish a graded reader.
In this course you will learn how to:
· Understand the relationship between major approaches to reading in ELT.
· Put together materials that combine the best aspects of both intensive and extensive reading.
· Create a sample reading curriculum.
The original live course included a workshop component, As you work through the recordings, you can also practice finding, writing, simplifying, editing, and even publishing texts for use in reading class.
Note: Some of the tools and resources mentioned have become outdated since this course was originally offered. Where appropriate, informatoin about new tools and resources have been added to the course units. Marcos' explanations about extensive vs. intensive reading and the level of known vocabulary necessary for reading fluency, and his demonstrations about how to adapt text language for different reading levels remain as useful today as ever.