COD 2006 - P042
Texts are Lazy Machineries
Teachers of English. Level: Primary School.
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sessions, start: 25-Apr
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2006
Level: Primary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. María Teresa De Vido de Stringa
ESSARP Schools
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Exams Schools
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Non affiliate
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Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 April 2006 | 09:00 am | 12:00 pm |
Facilitator/s
María Teresa De Vido de Stringa
Teachers of English. Level: Primary School.
- To provide teachers with a guide to develop reading comprehension skills.
- To bridge the gap between teaching reading skills and assessing reading skills.
- To present DRTA (Directed Reading Thinking Activity) as an approach to teaching reading at early stages.
- To show teachers how to help learners evaluate the fit between information in the text and their own mental representation of the text.
- Notions of literacy.
- Reading as a dynamic rhetorical process.
- Anchoring Techniques to encourage reading at early stages of learning.
Methodology: The session combines theory and practice. There will be a reading assignment for the teachers who attend the session. The coordinator will present activities to develop reading skills so that teachers can experience by themselves the benefits of the DRTA approach. There will be examples from various sources, which teachers an use in their own lessons. By the end of the session the teachers will reflect on the topic and the extent of its learning value.
- Gerngross G. & Puchta H. (1996) Do and Understand. Longman.
- Kern R.(2000) Literacy and Language Teaching. Oxford.
- Wright A. (1995) Storytelling with Children. Oxford.