Sharing Reading with Young Learners
Naďa Vojtková
English Department
Faculty of Education
Masaryk University
What is a „shared reading“?
Shared reading is an
interactive reading
experience that children
can get when an
experienced reader
shares reading a book
with them. It can be
done in a home
environment or at
school.
Don Holdaway´s Natural learning Cycle
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Demonstration
Guided participation
Unsupervised practice/role-play
Performance
Holdaway, Don. 1980.Independence in reading: A
handbook on individualized procedures. Gosford,
Australia: Ashton Scholastic
How to do it?
• Set up the scene
• Choose the right book
• Read multiple times
with different focus
• Use pictures to help
comprehension
• Involve learners
• Use the book for
creative practice
Before reading
• Use pictures, cover
• Predict the story in L1
• Tell the story, use key
words
• Create tension and
excitement
While reading
• Change your voice
• Use body language and
eye contact
• Make pauses, ask
questions
• Use pictures as visual
clues
• Make pupils predict the
story
After reading
• Make class books
• Dramatise the book
• Let children borrow the
book and take it home
• Make book boxes
• Make a book poster
• Look for a similar story
in L1
• Personalise the story
What are the benefits?
• Pupils can enjoy materials that they may not be
able to read on their own
• Pupils can experience success in reading a real
book in English
• Pupils can experience the strategies an
experienced reader uses
• Pupils are exposed to authentic language
• Pupils appreciate books and reading
Resources:
• Ghosan,I. 1998.Four Good Reasons to Use
Literature in the Primary School
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfGjgOc-rJw
• Holdaway, Don. 1980.Independence in reading:
A handbook on individualized procedures.
Gosford, Australia: Ashton Scholastic
• Brewster, Ellis. Tell It Again (doplnit)
Conclusion
„The greatest gift is a
passion for reading.”
Elizabeth Hardwick