Why pre-reading activities?
Isn’t it enough to get kids to just start reading? ESL/EFL learners need a reason to read. Activating prior knowledge is extremely important therefore for the ESL or EFL learner who does not feel completely confident of his / her ability to read in the target language. This is where pre-reading activities come in. Pre-reading also has practical implications for lesson design and planning. A reading lesson typically has three parts: pre, while and post activities. The logic behind activating prior knowledge is to build upon what students already know about a topic as a lead-in to the main reading task. The more teachers activate students’ prior knowledge, the easier it will be for the students to retain new information from the main reading task. The following are some of the many uses of Pre-Reading Activities: document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘adsense_ad_2_hidden’).innerHTML; • Motivating and setting purposes for reading • Activating
