Teaching Reading And Writing

Question 1

What is reading?

Answer 1

Interaction between Reader and Text

Question 2

What is reading comprehension?

Answer 2

The degree to which there is a match between reader and the text

Question 3

What are the three types of schemata for reading?

Answer 3

Content: knowledge of the world (top down)
Formal: Knowledge of text type
Linguistic:Grammatical structures, Lexicon, Syntax (bottom up)

Question 4

What is the difference between skimming, scanning and sampling

Answer 4

Scanning: looking for one specific thing
Skimming: brief reading when you don’t know what your looking for
Sampling: reading the first sentence of each paragraph

Question 5

What are Dr. Bateman’s three purposes of pre-reading activities

Answer 5

Establish a purpose for reading
Activate students’ background knowledge
Teach necessary info for comprehension
Establish realistic expectations
Raise interest in the topic and motivation to read

Question 6

What are Dr. Bateman’s three categories of post-reading activities? What are their purposes?

Answer 6

Information Activities: assess comprehension, consider both the text in its entirety and specific details
Linguistic Activities: Use reading as a vehicle for language learning
Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation Activities: Develop critical thinking, evaluate the merit of the text, examine cultural perspectives, synthesize content and link reading to other skills

Question 7

What are the five things students need to know before writing (The five schemata)

Answer 7

1. Content (knowledge of topic)
2. Linguistic (knowledge of language forms)
3. Formal (knowledge of rhetorical structures, genre)
4. Context (knowledge of audience)
5. Process (knowledge of writing process)

Question 8

What type of errors should teachers be correcting in writing?

Answer 8

Genre-specific errors
Stigmatizing errors
Comprehensibility errors
Frequent errors
Student-identified errors

Question 9

Characterisitcs of a good L2 writer

Answer 9

1. Revise writing.
2. Reader centered
3. Non-linear approach
4. Use materials effectively
5. Plan before they write

Question 10

Describe the difference between Holistic, Analytic, Primary trait and Muli-trait rubrics

Answer 10

Look it up fool.