How to Make the Studying and Teaching of Reading Less Boring

Authors

Rachnee Sosothikul

Publication Date

1980-01-01

Abstract

When speaking about reading, most people primarily think in terms of comprehension. That is, whatever we read must be understood. Therefore, the teachers who teach reading usually select reading material like books, short stories or articles and have their students read them. Then, they ask their students questions directly related to the material to see if the material has been comprehended. The questions might be of a multiple choice or true-false type, or those which require sentence and paragraph writing, or combination of these. This method of teaching seems to be boring to the students because what they have to do again and again is to keep on reading whatever their teacher gives them to read and answer the typically dull questions. They are not allowed to try any novelty or deal with a particulary interesting aspect of the material which will make their reading more interesting and exciting.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.10.2.4

First Page

34

Last Page

39

Recommended Citation

Sosothikul, Rachnee (1980) "How to Make the Studying and Teaching of Reading Less Boring," PASAA: Vol. 10: Iss. 2, Article 4.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.10.2.4
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol10/iss2/4