Developing Reading Skills

Cambridge Language Teaching Library

by Francoise Grellet

This is a handbook for language teachers who would like to develop their own reading materials or who wish to enrich a reading course. It offers a classification and description of exercises aimed at developing different reading skills. While the book is designed primarily for teachers of English as a second language, the exercises are equally appropriate for the teaching of other foreign languages and much of the book is relevant to the teaching of first-language reading skills. The question-types range from the familiar (for example, multiple-choice and open questions) to highly original exercises which require the integration of different skills and an active, creative response from the student. It encourages teachers to introduce variety into the teaching of reading and offers them a great deal of resource material to draw on.

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 1981

Reviews

[Jay Cat · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a really good introduction for teachers about reading comprehension exercises. However, there are a few flaws. There should be a new edition including more modern topics, new types of activities (emails...) and the last but not the least taking in consideration more students dealing with special needs (dyslexia...)