Becoming a Reading Teacher

Connecting Research and Practice

Amos Paran author Jane Spiro author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:10th Apr '23

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Becoming a Reading Teacher cover

This book encourages readers to think about reading not only as an encounter with written language, but as a lifelong habit of engagement with ideas. We look at reading in four different ways: as linguistic process, personal experience, collective experience, and as classroom practice. We think about how reading influences a life, how it changes over time, how we might return at different stages of life to the same reading, how we might respond differently to ideas read in an L1 and L2. There are 44 teaching activities, all founded on research that explores the nature, value and impact of reading as an authentic activity rather than for language or study purposes alone. We consider what this means for schools and classrooms, and for different kinds of learners. The final part of the book provides practical stepping stones for the teacher to become a researcher of their own classes and learners. The four parts of the book offer a virtuous join between reading, teaching and researching. It will be useful for any teacher or reader who wishes to refresh their view of how reading fits in to the development of language and the development of a reading life.

'This publication describes a very neat virtuous circle that begins with research into reading, moving on to its implications, the applications of these and their implementation and back again to research.'

Rebecca Place, IATEFL Voices

'Becoming a Reading Teacher is an informative and thought-provoking companion for any teacher at any stage of their pedagogical journey, and it supports the teaching of reading to learners of any age. [...] The book not only introduces the attractive concept of a ‘reading culture’ it additionally offers concrete steps to creating one. This laudable aim is supported by relevant research findings with over 100 pages of practical suggestions and concrete ideas for small-scale classroom research. While the publication does not claim to be a step-by-step reading syllabus; it offers substantial scaffolding for educators to develop important micro- and macro-skills for learners of English to read more confidently, competently, fluently and joyfully.'

Alison Hasegawa, Children’s Literature in English Language Education 12.2 (2024)

ISBN: 9781032405261

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 585g

212 pages