READING: RECEPTIVE SKILL

What reading involves:

1. Knowledge of certain reading mechanism

a. The direction in which a text is to be read varies from language to language.b. The Eye Movement Drill.

2. Real reading involves not merely sounding of the words in a text but understanding the meaning or

message the words are intended to carry.

Phonetic rules of English – Sense of the content

3. Understanding a text involves understanding the language in which it is written.

Activity: Do you understand it?

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Orthographic system (the visual look of a word).Phonological system (sound of language – phonemes).Morphological system (small meaningful units of language – morphemes).Semantic system (the meaning of words).Syntactic system (the order and arrangement of words in sentences).

4. Reading involves previous knowledge ( of the world, of culture, of the topic under discussion,

of the print conventions being used, etc.)

When we select a text to read it should extent ourknowledge or skill:

- give new perspective regarding old knowledge.

- provide new information - provide nwe opportunities for intellectual, emotional or spiritual development, etc.

5. Reading is a thinking and interpretative process

Understand the thinking of the writer. Thinking of our own (we infer, we predict, we draw conclusions, etc.)

We interact (we agree, we disagree, we question and we respond). Reaction determined by: previous knowledge, attitudes and believes about the

content, the author, form of writing, degree of interesting, etc.

6. Reading is a life-support system

• Different kind of texts and for all of purposes.

Label on the bottle of medicine

Game instructions

Programme summary

Instructions of a test

Books, journals and textbooks

7. Reading is not a single skill that we use all the time in the same way but is a multiple skill that is

used differently with different kinds of texts and in fulfilling purposes.

• Read a telephone directory • Read a textbook.

• Read an advertissement.• Research findings published ina scientific

magazine.

8. Wide reading experience in a particular kind of text is often necessary for a proper understanding

of anyone instance of that kind of writing.

• Film advertissement.

9. What reading enables a person to do must be perceived as interesting

and worthwhile. Otherwise, no reading will take place beyond school and beyond the stage of learning to

read.

It is not enough to bring the horse to the water. You must also make him thirsty.

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION

Intrinsic motivation is when I am motivated by internal factors. It drives me to do things just for the fun of it, or because I believe it is a good or right thing to do.

ExampleMost people's hobbies are intrinsicallymotivated.

EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION

Extrinsic motivation is when I am motivated by external factors. It drives me to do things for tangible rewards or pressures, rather than for the fun of it. The rewards provide satisfaction and pleasure that the task itself may not provide.

ExampleSupermarkets use loyalty cards and discounts, airlines use air miles, companies use bonuses and commissions.

Intrinsic motivation:It’s when you want to do something.

Extrinsic motivation:It’s when somebody else tries to make you do something.

REFERENCES

• http://p2pfoundation.net/Intrinsic_vs._Extrinsic_Motivation

• http://giftedkids.about.com/od/glossary/g/intrinsic.htm

• Al –Jawi, Fadwa D. (2010) Teaching the receptive skills. Listening and reading skills.