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1. A Reading Programme for Elementary Schools

   In: English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article provides ways to create a positive attitude toward reading through a structured reading program. The article argues that reading programs should include increased reading materials via libraries, fund-raising, and other various collection ideas. The author emphasizes the importance of motivating and structured activities, parental involvement, and various teaching techniques, followed by promises and rewards. This helps young learners create a positive attitude towards reading.

2. Activities to Support Students’ Out-of-Class Reading

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Teaching Technique gives suggestions for supporting students’ reading outside the classroom.

3. Using Task Journals with Independent Readers

   In: English Teaching Forum 2002, Volume 40, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses using journal tasks to help intermediate students with the challenges they face when they do independent reading in ESL/EFL reading classes. It describes the design, implementation, and integration of task journals designed to encourage students to think about content, reflection on the reading process, and vocabulary learning.

4. A Judicious Lesson: A Whole-learning Reading Activity

   In: English Teaching Forum 2001, Volume 39, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This article discusses the use of whole-reading activities in a university level reading and speaking course. The author used a magazine article about a murder and a trial to develop a four-week unit in which students investigated ideas about crime, punishment, rhetorical strategies, idiomatic language, and the United States' judicial system. Through the use of this unit, the author advocates for readings and activities that challenge students to move beyond comprehension of a text.

5. Using Narrow Reading to Develop Fluency

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   The author presents a step-by-step procedure for using narrow reading—“reading several texts about a single, narrow topic”—to promote reading fluency, with examples and suggested variations.

6. Online Reading Strategies for the Classroom

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This article presents three clear strategies for reading online content effectively and productively, with examples and a helpful discussion of differences between reading content online and reading printed texts.

7. Task-Based Reading Activities Using Authentic Materials and Skills

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, "Task-Based Reading Activities Using Authentic Materials and Skills," shares two reading activities that involve the station-based learning and authentic materials; these tasks promote a range of reading skills while maximizing learner engagement, critical thinking, and learner autonomy!

8. Reading to Speak: Integrating Oral Communication Skills

   In: English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   Although students want to practice speaking English, they do not have many opportunities to do so in the Chinese EFL system. This often results in something called 'mute English.' This article suggests a greater integration of skills through reading to speak activities. The author includes activities for reading to act, reading to debate, and reading to interview. These activities move students away from a focus on form, allowing students to be creative and build fluency.

9. Promoting Reading Fluency with the ACTIVE Framework

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This session, “Promoting Reading Fluency with the ACTIVE Framework,” explores the six elements of the ACTIVE reading framework, designed to systematically enhance reading skills in the EFL classroom.

10. Building Fluency through the Repeated Reading Method

    In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    This article discusses the success of Repeated Reading (RR) within EFL classrooms, illustrating three techniques of RR that can be used to develop students’ fluency, comprehension skills, and reading self-esteem. After providing a background on the RR method, the author explains the techniques step by step and suggests activities. The techniques include classic oral repeated reading (ORR), Paired repeated reading (PRR), and Reader’s Theater (RT).

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