Part 1: Using Reader Roles to Develop Students as Critical Readers
Listen to teachers from School of Science and Technology, Singapore, share how they used reader roles to help students become critical readers.
Last updated 9 September 2026
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In Part 1 of this episode ‘Using Reader Roles to Develop Students as Critical Readers’, we feature Ms Han Siu Yin, Head of Department, English Language, Ms Christine Lam and Ms Jasvinder Kaur, English Language Teachers from School of Science and Technology, Singapore. They talk to Dr Caroline Ho, Lead Specialist (ELIS), about their classroom inquiry project which explored the use of reader roles to develop students as critical readers.
Further reading resources for reader roles and the Four Resources Model
Topic | Further Reading |
Reader Roles/ Four Resources Model | Freebody, P. & Luke, A. (1999). Further notes on the Four Resources Model. Reading Online, 1-4. International Reading Association. Retrieved from https://pdfcoffee.com/further-notes-on-the-four-resources-model-allan-luke-pdf-free.html (opens in new tab) Freebody, P. (1992). A socio-cultural approach: Resourcing four roles as a literacy learner. In A. Watson & A. Badenhop (Eds.), Prevention of reading failure (pp. 48-60). Sydney: Ashton-Scholastic. Freebody, P. & Luke, A. (1990). ‘Literacies’ Programs: Debates and demands in cultural context. Prospect: Australian Journal of TESOL, 5(3), 85- 94. |