Students are more likely to retain information that they can relate to (Ferriter, 2010). ... Understanding the ways in which the alphabet represents spoken sounds. . Understanding the systematic ways in which letters and sounds combine to form syllables and words. . Putting into practice understanding of sounds and letters to pronounce words. . Relating prior knowledge about language and world to text information (Pressley,2010). ...

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Such texts are concerned with teaching basic concepts and factual information in such content areas as science, social studies, and health. The emphasis on providing basic concepts and factual information to the reader represents a shift from story structures that are inherent in our culture to expository text that utilises a variety of organisational patterns. ... All six passages are taken from a book of readings on different text types called Read and Retell. ... Each passage is complete in itself, that is, not any of the passages relies on another for further information and meaning. ....

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Recommend a book-list and instruct the outside reading 2.3.The approaches in detail 2.3.1.Vocabulary 2.3.2.Reading Habits and Skills 2.3.3.Outside Reading 2.3.4. ... Due to the long-term influence of the traditional teaching method, which overemphasized on the words and syntax, the students formulate an unavailable reading habit, which affects the information input, and the ability improvement of reading comprehension. ... Thus the students can not obtain the information as much as possible when they do timed-reading. 2.1.2.Reading Quality Above all, we can learn obviously that the trad...

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