Becoming a Reading Teacher: Connecting Research and Practice

This book encourages readers to think about reading as a lifelong habit of engagement with ideas, exploring how it influences a life, changes over time, and can be responded to differently in different languages. It provides 44 teaching activities based on research into the nature, value, and impact of reading as an authentic activity, and offers practical stepping stones for teachers to become researchers of their own classes and learners.

Format: Hardback
Length: 212 pages
Publication date: 10 April 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book encourages readers to think about reading not only as an encounter with written language, but as a lifelong habit of engagement with ideas. We explore reading in four distinct ways: as a linguistic process, a personal experience, a collective experience, and as a classroom practice. We delve into the profound influence of reading on a person's life, its evolution over time, the possibility of revisiting the same readings at different stages of life, and the diverse ways in which we may respond to ideas encountered in both our first and second languages.

To support these explorations, we offer a comprehensive collection of 44 teaching activities, all grounded in research that emphasizes reading as an authentic activity rather than solely for language or study purposes. We consider the implications of this for schools and classrooms, as well as the diverse needs of different learners.

The final part of the book provides practical guidance for teachers to embark on their journey as researchers of their own classes and learners. It serves as a seamless bridge between reading, teaching, and research, offering valuable insights for any teacher or reader seeking to revitalize their understanding of how reading contributes to language development and the cultivation of a lifelong reading life.

Weight: 590g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032405261