Teaching Language And Reading Comprehension

Empower yourself with advanced teaching techniques designed to foster deep understanding of texts and language mastery in your students.

This course is a companion course to Teaching Phonological Awareness and Phonics. Together these two courses show you how to teach the two critical literacy skills needed to be a good reader.

• Deepen comprehension: Unlock the secrets of effective reading comprehension through background knowledge of a text, vocabulary development, syntax awareness, and inference making.
• Engaging lessons: Learn to design and implement strategies that enhance language comprehension across various texts and genres.
• Assess and adapt: Evaluate language comprehension skills accurately and tailor your interventions to meet diverse learning needs.

Engage with expert-led live Zoom lectures or catch up with recordings at your convenience. Each module is enriched with readings, discussions, and practical assignments over a structured timeline of 6 weeks.

1. Building blocks of reading: Start with the Simple View of Reading (SVR), focusing on the interplay of decoding and comprehension.
2. Activating and expanding background knowledge: Learn how to enhance student comprehension by activating what they already know about the topic before reading then consolidating new knowledge after reading.
3. Vocabulary as a tool: Explore methods to expand students’ vocabulary effectively.
4. Language structures: Navigate the complexities of syntax to improve comprehension.
5. The power of inference: Teach students to read between the lines for deeper understanding.
6. Genre and text analysis: Prepare students for diverse reading materials they will encounter in higher education.
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Five tailored assignments allow you to experience and apply key concepts firsthand, ensuring you’re not just learning, but doing.

You’ll be equipped with lecture slides and a host of supplementary reading materials available on the course LMS site to support your journey.

Ready to transform your language teaching approach and help your students thrive in their reading journeys? Learn more and sign up today!