{"id":15705,"date":"2020-12-11T04:29:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/?p=15705"},"modified":"2020-12-11T04:30:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:30:14","slug":"engaging-weaker-readers-in-wider-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/2020\/12\/engaging-weaker-readers-in-wider-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging Weaker Readers in Wider Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my years of teaching <a href=\"\/studiowebsite\/courses\/reading-and-writing\/\">Love to Read<\/a>, I\u2019ve come across many weak readers who struggle due to insufficient vocabulary and a lack of motivation. For these children, there\u2019s a risk that the purpose behind reading becomes blurry. Reading isn\u2019t the goal itself, but a tool through which to explore and learn other things. It\u2019s important to <i>love <\/i>reading if you\u2019re going to use it well. Therefore, reading needs to be meaningful and motivating. Here are some ways to engage weaker readers in wider reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select reading materials that match your child\u2019s passions. We might want them to read <i>War and Peace<\/i>, but an unenthusiastic learner is more likely to read a Minecraft book or a comic featuring their favourite superhero.<\/li>\n<li>Have a range of reading resources readily available for your child \u2013 there should be a variety of genres and formats which are age and especially ability appropriate.<\/li>\n<li>Maximise your child\u2019s exposure to different books through frequent visits to the library, bookshops, talks and other promotional activities.<\/li>\n<li>Let your child choose what to read to ensure his or her interest in those titles.<\/li>\n<li>Incorporate a wide range of activities to make reading enjoyable and meaningful. Find out more tips on making reading fun from the articles in the <a href=\"\/studiowebsite\/category\/steps-to-success\/reading-skills\/\">Reading Skills Series<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your child to note down new, interesting vocabulary while reading. This way, they can gradually enrich their vocabulary both for reading comprehension and writing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wider reading is critical to a child\u2019s literacy development. Let\u2019s help children love to read!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my years of teaching Love to Read, I\u2019ve come across many weak readers who struggle due to insufficient vocabulary and a lack of motivation. For these children, there\u2019s a risk that the purpose behind reading becomes blurry. Reading isn\u2019t the goal itself, but a tool through which to explore and learn other things. It\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":15706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[814],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15707,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705\/revisions\/15707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}