COMBINING INTENSIVE

AND EXTENSIVE READING READING

STRATEGIES WITH COOPERATIVE &
COMMUNICATIVE LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
John Paul Loucky
( Seinan Womens University)
INTRODUCTION
Reading is complex, multi-faceted activity,
involving a combination of both lexical and
text-progressing skills that are widely
recognize as being interactive.

Two major approaches in helping
development of fluency in learners are :


INTENSIVE READING

EXTENSIVE READING
EXTENSIVE READING
Extensive reading is reading as much as
possible, for your own pleasure, at a difficulty
level at which you can read smoothly and
quickly without looking up words or
translating to English as you go.
DEFINITION :
- Intensive Reading is not a careful, single reading, but is
a method based on a variety of techniques like scanning,
the surveying techniques of planning your purpose, and
others.

OBJECTIVE
To help learners comprehend written texts.
To become more aware of text organization to better
comprehend.
To learn how to use and monitor effective reading
strategies.
To develop general literacy skills necessary to generate
productive expressions in L2.

INTENSIVE READING
COMPONENTS OF FLUENT READING
(Grabe, 1991)
1. Automatic word recognition skills
2. Structural and vocabulary knowledge about words
3. Formal discourse structure knowledge
4. Background knowledge about content and the
world
5. Skill in using essential reading strategies , evaluative
skills and an ability to synthesize or compare texts
6. An ability to monitor ones own reading skills and
strategies
CHARACTERISTICS OF EXTENSIVE
READING
(Day & Bamford, 1998)
Students read as much as possible
Students select what they want to read
Reading is its own reward
Reading is individual and silent
Reading speed is usually faster
TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING VOCABULARY
1. Draw It Game
2. Write It Game
3. Manipulate It
4. Word Tables
5. Word Grids
6. Word Boxes
4 MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF
GOOD READING
1. Adjusting reading rate or flexibility.
2. Building comprehension and retention skills.
3. Developing concentration ability.
4. Critical and creative evaluation and insight.
JAMESTOWN EDUCATIONS SIX
STRATEGIES
1. Monitoring comprehension
2. Solving reading problems
3. Personalizing/connecting with real life
experiences
4. Commenting/interpreting by organizing within
advanced GO
5. Visualizing
6. Predicting
7. * social interaction
FOUR STRATEGIES MOST APPROPRIATE
TO USE BEFORE
1. Acquiring critical core vocabulary (High frequency keywords)
2. Activating prior knowledge
3. Previewing the selection
4. Setting a purpose of reading.
ARRANGEMENT DURING READING
EXAMPLE
Guided
Silent
Paired
Choral
Echo
Radio
Reading
BENEFITS
Improves learners comprehension and critical thinking
Helps learner better review, analyze, reflect and
respond to selections
Extend learners comprehension and communication
skills.
Students involvement in the story deepens.
Improves students communication and cooperative
learning skills simultaneously
COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC READING
(CSR)
Example
Group roles (ex: leader, chunk expert, encourager and time-keeper)
Recording (ex: Comprehension games)
Advantages
Active involvement is stimulated among students.
Help to foster greater interest and retention among learners.
Four reading
strategies
Preview
Click and chunk
Get the gist
Wrap up
COOPERATIVE LEARNING GROUPS
ENCOURAGEMENT
Solve problems together in a calm manner
Cooperate rather than compete
Contribute ideas to the group
Help in making good group decisions
Listen carefully to learn from each others ideas
ESSENTIAL
CHARACTERISTICS
Positive interdependence
Considerable face-to-face interaction among students
Individual accountability
Explicit social skills instruction
Process evaluations following each sessions
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES
Revisiting
Reviewing
Rehearsing
Reading
Reflecting
and
Responding
Soar to
Success
Clarifying
Predicting
Questioning
Summarizing
Reciprocal
Teaching
Reading rate flexibility
High levels of
comprehension and
retention
Ability to focus attention,
ask question, and predict
accurately about various
texts
Skills in critical evaluation
High vocabulary levels
which facilitate automatic
recognition of most
common words read.
MAJOR
CHARACTERISTICS
OF GOOD READERS
CONCLUSION
Wider extensive reading is helpful for
broadening exposure to the target language
meanings and forms, while Intensive Reading
serves to deepen cognitive processing through
learning and practicing specific lexical and
reading comprehension skills and strategies in
a more clearly focused and intentional
manner .