Teaching Articles offers practical teaching ideas and advice for teachers using Read and Think!

What Should I Read to Improve My English?

"As I talk with students, I’m often asked the same question: "What should I read to improve my English?" The simple answer is everything!

Anyone who wants to improve his or her English should take every opportunity not just to read, but also to learn from the newspapers, magazines, books, and even the advertising copy and song lyrics they read. Learning English is best done in context. This means that instead of... ."

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Seven Steps to Enhance Students' Reading

"Teachers use a variety of approaches to teach reading, depending on the age and level of their students. In student-centered classes, teachers find it useful to adapt approaches to individual students, giving extra support to less-able students and extra challenges to more-able students.

Some teachers teach reading using short stories, novels, and non-fiction sources, such as newspapers and magazines, or authentic reading materials, such as bus schedules. Others use textbooks in which the steps to reading mastery are thoughtfully laid out in a program that considers the grammar, vocabulary and syntax. But regardless of the approach you use, there are seven steps that all teachers can use to enhance interest in reading:... ."

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Keeping a Reading Diary

"To become effective readers, students need to read extensively; however, reading outside of class can require a lot of motivation. Keeping a Reading Diary can help provide this motivation by showing students their achievement of having read extensively over an extended period of time.

What is a Reading Diary?

In its most basic form, a Reading Diary is a record of what a student has read. It can simply list the titles of books or magazine articles. A more comprehensive Reading Diary, however, includes ... ."

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Using the Student Club topic links

At the end of each Read and Think! unit, there is a reminder to visit the Read and Think! companion website, www.read-and-think.com. In the Teacher's Club, you will find numerous articles offering teaching suggestions to help you and your students get the most out of Read and Think!. In addition, the Student Club provides ... ."

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Seven Concerns about Using New Materials

Teachers often have similar concerns about using new materials. Below are seven common concerns with helpful ideas about how you can address them.

1. The course is too difficult for my students.
Teachers often have a good understanding of what level of material their students can handle, especially when they find a course that is too easy or too difficult. Many teachers choose a course whose level feels the safest; however, teachers should … .”

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