📚 5 Super Fun & Engaging Activities for Teaching Reading in Your ESL Classroom! — Transcript

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1. 0:00hello there amazing fellow teachers and
2. 0:02future Educators welcome back to the
3. 0:04teacher trainers Channel or if you're
4. 0:07new here well it's about time you joined
5. 0:09in the fun we are diving in today to one
6. 0:11of the trickiest skills to teach reading
7. 0:14I know I know it's not everyone's
8. 0:17favorite but I promise by the end of
9. 0:19this video you'll have a toolkit full of
10. 0:21some simple yet awesome strategies to
11. 0:23turn those sleepy yawns into Smiles
12. 0:27let's be real guys reading in class can
13. 0:29feel a little bit like pulling teeth
14. 0:32whether the texts are too long too hard
15. 0:34or just plain boring it really doesn't
16. 0:37have to be that way remember back when
17. 0:39we were kids and we'd get lost in
18. 0:41magical tales and Fantastical stories
19. 0:43for hours well somewhere along that line
20. 0:47the excitement kind of Fades so it's our
21. 0:49job to find and bring that little Spock
22. 0:52of fire back to life now before I get
23. 0:55into these juicy bits let me clear up
24. 0:58one thing for students to get the most
25. 1:00most out of their reading and all the
26. 1:01reading activities it isn't all just
27. 1:04about skimming and scanning simply to
28. 1:06answer test questions we are talking
29. 1:08about real reading where they can
30. 1:10understand absorve and can actually talk
31. 1:12or discuss about what they've just read
32. 1:15that is what this video is all about
33. 1:18ready for some cool interactive reading
34. 1:20activities that will make your class a
35. 1:22blast let's go number one the ABC
36. 1:26technique this one is a crowd favorite
37. 1:29here's how it it works start by
38. 1:31splitting up the text into four groups a
39. 1:34b c and d divide your students into
40. 1:37those same four groups A B C D and
41. 1:39assign each group a section of the text
42. 1:42to read now after they read let them
43. 1:44huddle up and discuss what they've read
44. 1:47to make sure that everyone is literally
45. 1:49on the same page that pun was most
46. 1:52certainly then mix up the groups so that
47. 1:54each new group has one student from part
48. 1:57A one from Part B one from part C and so
49. 2:00on now they've actually got to share
50. 2:02their section of the story verbally with
51. 2:05their new teammates to put together all
52. 2:07parts of the reading text once all team
53. 2:10members have moved around to each group
54. 2:12they must then present their version in
55. 2:15summary of the whole text and put it all
56. 2:17together and then you can compare to see
57. 2:19which group is more accurate or collect
58. 2:22any common errors perhaps you can ask
59. 2:24additional questions this one is a hit
60. 2:27because it forces everyone to stay
61. 2:29engaged at as they learn through
62. 2:30collaboration and movement number two
63. 2:33popcorn reading here's a classic one but
64. 2:36oh so effective poorn reading give each
65. 2:40student a copy of the text you'll start
66. 2:42reading a little bit and stop at a
67. 2:44sentence but here's the twist at any
68. 2:47moment you can say popcorn and call on a
69. 2:50student to take over they read a few
70. 2:52lines and then pass it on to another
71. 2:54classmate by saying popcorn and their
72. 2:56name are you thinking wait a second
73. 2:59there must be a catch here here see the
74. 3:00thing about this one is that it really
75. 3:02requires all students to pay attention
76. 3:05because they never know when their name
77. 3:07is going to pop up it's great for
78. 3:09keeping students focused and on their
79. 3:11toes as well as shoing up their
80. 3:13listening skills picture it here's how
81. 3:15to add a creative twist to reading
82. 3:17because sometimes words aren't just
83. 3:20enough a picture really is worth a th000
84. 3:22words after reading a portion of the
85. 3:24text have students draw a picture of
86. 3:27what they think is happening in the
87. 3:28story works great with kids this is
88. 3:31especially good with descriptive texts
89. 3:33once they finished drawing let them
90. 3:35share their pictures with the class then
91. 3:37ask them to explain how their drawing
92. 3:39connects to the text this technique
93. 3:41helps visual Learners and can Spar some
94. 3:44awesome conversations about different
95. 3:46interpretations of the text number four
96. 3:48character role plays this one's perfect
97. 3:51for stories especially ones with a lot
98. 3:53of dialogue or action once the students
99. 3:56have read the text assign each character
100. 3:59to each of the students have them then
101. 4:01reenact a scene from the story or even
102. 4:04alternatively improvise what they think
103. 4:07might happen next they'll really need to
104. 4:09understand the text the characters in
105. 4:11the story and even the plot to ensure
106. 4:13they play their roles well and it's a
107. 4:15fun way to bring the story to life lucky
108. 4:17last one number five the predictions
109. 4:20game who doesn't love a great plot twist
110. 4:22here's a fun way to get your students
111. 4:24thinking creatively before reading the
112. 4:26final section of a text have students
113. 4:29pred predict or guess how they think the
114. 4:31story will end once they've made their
115. 4:33guesses and decisions finish the reading
116. 4:35and see who was the closest you'll find
117. 4:37that students really love coming up with
118. 4:39those creative crazy endings and it also
119. 4:42encourages them to stay engaged
120. 4:43throughout the text and this my friends
121. 4:46is how you can turn boring reading
122. 4:49classes into an eye openening not
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