Developing Learners’ Critical Reading Strategies in ESP Settings & Beyond

1. DEVELOPING LEARNERS’
CRITICAL READING
STRATEGIES IN ESP
SETTINGS & BEYOND
MoRCE-Net Annual Conference 2016
Laura Patch MA TESOL, MPH
Omar Abouelazm MA TESOL
English Language Fellows, Algiers, Algeria

2. DO YOU READ LIKE THIS?

3. READING FOR UNDERSTANDING

4. WHAT DO LANGUAGE RESEARCHERS
SAY?
 3 + 1 Levels of Understanding &
Comprehension of Reading Content:
* Literal 
* Referential/Interpretive 
* Critical Reading 
( Feng Liu, 2010)

5. 4TH
LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING:
APPRECIATIVE COMPREHENSION

6. READING STRATEGIES VS. READING
SKILLS
Strategies ------------------------ Skills
* Reader-oriented * Text-oriented
* Conscious decisions * Unconscious
ability
* Response to a * Show reading
challenge proficiency, not
necessarily
comprehension

7. TYPES OF READING STRATEGIES
 Browsing 
 Skimming 
 Scanning 
 Search Reading 
 Careful Reading 

8. L1 VS. L2 READING –
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER…
 Are L1 and L2 reading processes similar?
 Is there a universal reading process?
 Do individuals transfer reading skills from
their 1st
to their 2nd
/3rd
language? If yes, when
does it happen in the learning process?
 Are good L1 readers also good L2 readers?

9. ??? THE BIG
QUESTION ???
Reading in a Foreign Language:
Is it
a Reading Problem
or
a Language Problem?

10. 5 STEPS TO PRACTICING CRITICAL
LITERACY
1. Familiarize learners with the meaning and value
of critical reading/literacy 
 Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS)
Developed by K. Mokhtari & R. Sheorey, 2002
2. Negotiate readings by including learners in the
selection of readings process 
3. Ask critical questions to direct and motivate
students towards using critical reading strategies


11. 5 STEPS (CONTINUED)
 Questions to Promote Critical Literacy
(taken from eworkshop.on.ca website)
4. Discuss questions collaboratively 
5. Write reflective journals 
What is Our End Goal?
(Abednia & Izadinia, 2011)

12. CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES

13. CRITICAL READING ACTIVITY
 Instructions:
Mortimer Adler
 How To Mark a Book by Mortimer Adler

14. REFERENCES
 Abednia, A., Izadinia, M. (2011). Five steps to
practice critical literacy in second language
reading. AUC TESOL Journal; Spring 2011.
 Adler, M. (July 6, 1941). How to Mark a Book.
The Saturday Review of Literature. Retrieved
online at https://emu.edu/writing-program/faculty
-services/articles-handouts-exercises/Adler.pdf
 Liu, F. (Aug. 2010). Reading Abilities and
Strategies: A Short Introduction. International
Education Studies; Vol. 3, No. 3.
 Mokhtari, K., Sheorey, R (Spring 2002).
Measuring ESL Students’ Awareness of Reading
Strategies. Journal of Developmental Education;
Vol. 25, No. 3.