Learning English reading

Pronunciation involves far more than individual sounds. Word stress, sentence stress, intonation, and word linking all influence the sound of spoken English, not to mention the way we often slur words and phrases together in casual speech. 'What are you going to do?' becomes 'Whaddaya gonna do?' English pronunciation involves too many complexities for learners to strive for a complete elimination of accent, but improving pronunciation will boost self esteem, facilitate communication, and possibly lead to a better job or a least more respect in the workplace....

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The nature of the reading skills Initial stages of reading: matching tests Intermediate and advanced stages of reading: matching tests True/false reading tests Multiple choice items Completion items Rearrangement items Cloze procedure Open – ended and miscellaneous items Cursory reading

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The teacher establishes a context and introduces the topic of a reading text. The students are required to guess what they are going to read. The teacher (or students) writes students’ guesses on the board. The students are asked to read the text to check if things they guess are correct or not.

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