Seameo regional language centre
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English 11 English 12 SB WB SB WB SB WB Total Essays 14 20 16 20 21 22 113 Stories 4 5 5 5 1 3 23 Small talks 3 1 0 2 0 2 8 Letters 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 TV programs 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Leaflet information 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Total number of texts 24 26 22 27 22 27 148 Total number of units 22 16 22 16 22 16 114 Mean number of texts per unit 1.1 1.6 1.0 1.7 1.0 1.7 1.3 As mentioned earlier, following each reading text there are 3-4 activities to help students develop reading skills and strategies and reflect on the topic. The While you read activities normally take the form of multiple-choice questions, open-ended questions, gap-fill, True or False questions, and matching headings with paragraphs. The After you read activities often require students to retell the story or summarize the 25 text in either oral or written form, and/ or discuss the topic further, relating it to their own experience. A close look at the types of micro-skills and strategies developed through while- reading activities reveals that the three textbooks and their workbooks mostly focus on reading for specific information (68/257 activities) and detailed understanding (117/257 activities) (see Table 6). Reading for gist and guessing meaning in context, though explicitly spelled out both in the syllabus and the book map of each book, are not appropriately dealt with. Table 6 shows that only 16 out of 257 activities provide a chance for practice in reading for gist. Even fewer activities (9/257) offer a chance for practicing guessing meaning of unfamiliar words. In fact, many activities are claimed to develop guessing skills but they hardly help to do so. This is mostly because the activities are not properly designed. In some activities, there are insufficient contextual clues for the guess work to be possible. In others, all what students are requited to do is to translate the words into their mother tongue, which could be simply done with the help of a dictionary. Consider these two examples: Example 1: Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the passage. Fill each blank with a suitable word. mysterious ramp tomb chamber spiral wonder 1. Last week we paid a visit to the ………………. of an unknown mandarin. 2. The movie was about a …………………… of the world. 26 3. A …………………… is needed at the exit and the entrance for wheelchairs users. 4. The Queen’s private …………………… is not opened to public. 5. It’s not known why Beson disappeared in ……………………. circumstances. 6. A snail’s shell is …………………… in form. (English 11: 180) Example 2 Task 1: give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words and phrases: human civilization …………… deep-seated cultural beliefs………… child-bearing ………………… homemaking…. ..………………….. involvement………………. … intellectual ability …..……………… Age of Enlightenment………… equal work opportunity ...………….. (English 12: 151) In Example 1, the six words mysterious, chamber, ramp, spiral, tomb, and wonder all occur in the reading text but not all of them are guessable in the provided context. The words ramp and spiral, for instance, occurring in a paragraph about the construction of the Pyramids, would require some certain specialist knowledge to understand: “Although it is not known how the blocks were put in place, several theories have been proposed. One theory involves the construction of a straight or tải về 421.94 Kb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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