Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Speak out: Motivating children to read By Howard Devilleres Department of Education Cebu City
PUPILS sleep in Reading class if the lesson is not well set in the minds of the teachers and pupils.
There are two possibilities in teaching pupils to read: either the teacher clearly delineates the characters of the story and thus the reading is enjoyable or the teacher fails to arouse the pupils’ interest and thus it is boring.
The teacher must be smart enough to arouse the interest of pupils in the development of the story being read.
Mentors should be 100 percent masters and must be well versed in the story by reading it through and through.
They must then guide the pupils to raise the motive questions.
If the pupils ask the questions that are in the mind of the teacher, that would lead to better comprehension of the story being read. Developmental reading should deal with the literal and analytical dimensions of the story.
As the story progresses, pupils will find out the answer to the question being asked.
This answer would be the meat or the main idea of the story.
Teaching a Reading lesson is not a joke and should not be taken for granted.
A lot of preparations have to be made, especially if the students are beginners in learning to read.
