Teaching Reading and Viewing (Secondary)

More than Meets the Eye 

How can I enable my students to read and view print and digital texts more effectively and with discernment? How do I teach them a repertoire of reading and viewing learner strategies for use, including in blended learning contexts? What appropriate tasks and tools can I use to assess my students’ skills and learner strategies in reading and viewing?

Overview

This learning programme aims to provide you with an understanding of the processes in close and critical reading and viewing to address the diverse needs of learners in your EL classrooms. You will be able to apply your understanding to teach and assess reading and viewing more effectively in integration with the other areas of language learning. You will consider ways to use EdTech, including AI, in blended learning contexts to support active learning in participatory, connected and reflective classrooms. The intended outcomes are for students to become inquiring and discerning readers and viewers.

Learning Goals

By the end of this learning programme, you will be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the theories and psycholinguistic processes of reading and viewing;

• employ a range of approaches, underpinned by the theories and principles, to teach and support the cognitive and metacognitive processes for reading and viewing through the use of print and digital texts; and

• use formative assessment tasks and tools to monitor students’ development of learner strategies and skills for reading and viewing, to enable them to become inquiring and discerning readers and viewers.

Target Participants

EL KP, TLs and Teachers