2010년 6월 6일 일요일

[Self-Access Reading] How to utilize 'Current Issues' section?

This section is for the students who have the highest proficiency level. Maybe their aim is to advance to ‘foreign language’ high school. The main purpose of this collection is learning words from news articles treating current issues.
First two articles come from BBC learning English. It provides difficult word’s explanation. Student tries to guess the meaning of the words and then check the meaning. This step is to adjust students to news articles. Then, students practice reading to the last 4 articles.
Teacher makes students read the articles without dictionaries at first. Then, try to guess the meaning of the difficult words. Students have to be checked what they have read. Moreover, students make vocabulary list to categorize the words. It makes students memorize the words easier as it is classified.
Moreover, by reading these articles, students may be able to build up background knowledge, schema, about the current issues. Also, students and teachers can discuss together about the topic.

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