Much was learnt.
Much creative thoughts were applied.
One of the creative ideas were the use of Scaffold Reading.
Scaffold Reading method includes:
1. Scan: Ask students to circle words they don't know
2. Roughly read for a general idea
3. Teacher reads aloud (so students can connect the written words with spoken pronunciation)
4. Time students, and ask them to read as much as they can in limited time, see if their speed improved
This teaching method is an option teachers can consider when teaching reading, but of course there are other methods, and every method has its different purpose. Teachers should consider the many successful ones and blend them in teaching.
Comments and suggestions from teacher:
-教單字要字形(spelling)、字音(pronunciation)、字意(meaning)、字的使用(in context)都兼顧
-請學生造句後，叫全班再複誦ㄧ次，因為通常其他學生會分心，不知道學生造什麼句子
-要講解worksheet上的內容前，記得先把worksheet發下去
-叫學生分組討論時，確認每個人都有分到組別，若沒有直接分配
-可用“愛的小手“指vocabulary(if there are too many of them on board)
-使用的單字照片要清楚，如果用線條就可以表達單字內容，則用之，只是線要粗點
-做drilling時，可邀學生上台模仿老師的例句，ask student to rearrange the nouns and do a new drilling with the rest of the class... this way students can have the experience of choosing for one self
-make good use of different colours to separate different concepts
-instructions ought to be clear, tell students exactly what to listen or read for and write the instructions on board for students to see
