FTC117 – Confident Communication – Reading for Enrichment Course

This interactive course is designed for teachers to critically analyse the written word by comparing and contrasting themes and issues in text. They will also be able to respond to information with understanding in order to justify their views and opinions within the classroom context. This course will develop their reading and research skills.

This course will be conducted over 6 sessions.

Topic	Content
Unit 1: Basic reading techniques	Reading as a form of communication Improve your reading speed through Scanning; Skimming and Detailed reading How to use reading time – developing good reading habits in yourself and learners Classroom communication: Push your reading speed.
Unit 2: Reading for pleasure	Improve your reading speed Encourage reading: – Myself – Learners Reading at appropriate levels Content interest vs difficulty Classroom communication: Learners read for pleasure and parents’ involvement.
Unit 3: Additional reading techniques	Improve your reading speed Improve your comprehension Identifying topic sentence in paragraphs Using sight words Classroom communication: How to read aloud to learners (set the scene, expression, speed, volume, pitch and different voices.
Unit 4: Reading the visual	Improve your reading speed Visual literacy: Maps, pictures, tables, graphs, etc Classroom communication: Visual literacy needed in your subject.
Unit 5: Reading for your profession	Improve your reading speed Read to improve your subject knowledge School content: reading teacher’s guides, textbooks, CAPS documents, guidelines and circulars Identify and research reading resources for your content Classroom communication: Overwriting content so learners can read it.
Unit 6: Reading for further study and research	Crediting sources Compiling a bibliography Classroom communication: How to get your learners to research for projects and assignments.

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