SKKN ( 09 - 10 )

Reading skill is one of the most important skills to language learners . The purposes of learning English are to learn how to listen , speak , read and write English well . Englins is an international language . It is a means to communicate with other people in the world . Many books are written in English .So how to help readers understand information written in English in books, newspapers , magazines ,etc is more important . If students have a good reading skill, they can easily understand the information written in English well .
To English teachers , helping students drill their reading skill is more important because it is one of the four skills in teaching English . Moreover , teachers have to teach students reading skills so that they can understand the knowledge in English books and in English tests .
To students , about 30 percent or even more than 30 percent of the exercises in their English tests are to test their reading skills .So if students have a good reading skill , they can easily complete their English tests well.
Moreover,people said that “A good reader make a good writer”. If students are good at reading, of course , they are good at writing, speaking, and listening.
In conclusion , how to teach students to be good at reading skills in English is very important. And my ideas above are the reasons why I have spent most of my time studying the topic :
” How to teach reading effectively ? “.
( WHAT TASKS DOES THIS TOPIC SOLVE ? )

In this topic , I focus on the following contents :
1.The ways to read texts .
2.Sub-skills in teaching reading .
3.Principles of teaching reading .
4.Steps for presenting a reading text .
5.Some purposes of reading texts .
6.Techniques of teaching reading .
7.Games often used in teaching reading .
8.Some kinds of exercises in reading.


First of all , I use the knowledge of methods I have learnt at University .
Secondly , I read many methodogical books to get the knowledge of the methods to teach reading .
Moreover , I learn many experiences from my colleagues .
With all the knowledge I have collected , I use them in teaching my students reading skills. After that , I choose the methods which are suitable for my students . this means that I choose the methods which make my students good at reading skill .
I use these methods many times and then they become my own experiences . Now I am writing my own experiences in teaching reading in this material .


During a long time teaching English at Binh Nghi secondary school , I am experienced in teaching reading skills.
I have researched this topic for over 3 years . ( from 2004 upto now ) .






A . THE SITUATION OF LEARNING READING IN ENGLISH OF THE STUDENTS AT BINH NGHI SECONDARY SCHOOL AT PRESENT .
* Students get acquainted with many kinds of reading exercises , and they do reading exercises well.
* Students have a lot of skills and methods in doing reading texts and their reading skill is becoming better and better .
* Students have many pleasures in reading periods .
* Students read English texts more fluently and they can easily understand the contents of the English texts .
* Students can do many reading exercises in the reference books by themselves at home .
* Students enjoy reading periods .
* When my students take part in examinations , they all get good results at reading .
* Students have a lot of abilities in doing reading exercises and they do reading texts carefully *Students’English pronunciation is better .
B .SOLUTIONS TO SOLVE THE CONTENTS IN THIS TOPIC .
I . The ways to read English texts :
There are many ways to read English texts .
1.Reading aloud :
The purpose of reading aloud is to communicate someone’s information written to other people such as reading newspapers , news , letters , passages , messages ,etc …
In teaching foreign languages , reading aloud has fewer effects to the development of students’reading skill, but It mainly helps students practice pronunciation , intonation , stress or reading for announcing something .
2. Silent reading :
When we want to read in order to understand something or to get information , we often read silently . It means that we only look at the words and understand them in our mind .
3. Intensive reading : including two kinds of reading .
* Reading