Reading Approach

Pio Melancolico Jr.

What is an approach?
• is a way of looking at teaching and
learning.
• the way of teaching something, which
use classroom activities or techniques to
help learners learn. (BBC)
 Reading Approach
Only the grammar necessary for reading
comprehension and fluency is taught.
Reading approach is a way to start teaching
beginning readers.
It is based on cognitive theory originally
conceptualized by Albert Bandura.
 Objectives:
a. The students are able to identify meaning
rather than letters or words;
b. The students are able to understand and
read the text quickly;
c. The students are able to read actively.
 Types of Teaching and Learning
Activities
Skimming to read shorter texts to
extract accurate
detailed information.

quickly reading a
Scanning text to get the gist of
it.
 Types of Teaching and Learning
Activities

Extensive large amount of

Reading reading.

going through a text to

Intensive
Extensive find a particular piece
Reading
Reading of information.
 Kinds of instructional
experiences and
materials

Reading Independent
Reading
aloud
Word
Shared Study Guided
Reading Reading
Teacher Roles
 Motivating learners
 Encouraging to set reading
strategies
 Supporting the students to develop
reading comprehension
The Role of Instructional Materials
 To get meaning from whole chunks
of text
 To have good vocabulary and
integrate naturally with other class
work.
 Advantages of Reading Approach
Reading approach can be used in a big class.
In reading approach, students can know much
vocabulary because they have to read the passage.
Students focus what they are studying because
they only learn grammar.
The reading method requires little teaching skill
since the lesson-form is a standardized and fixed
procedure.
Disadvantages of Reading Approach
Since reading approach is only focused
on written skill, this approach is lack in
speaking skill.
Reading approach is oppressive
approach because the vocabularies and
grammar are controlled.
Reference:

https://novaekasari09.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/a-
teaching-method-reading-approach/