Selecting Reading Materials

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1 Selecting Reading Materials
What are your criteria for the selection or assessment of reading materials? 创思英语： 如何选择阅读材料 标准 趣味性 实用性 可读性 多样性 可操作性 真实性 难度

2 Selecting Reading Materials
1. Interestingness 趣味性 2. Practicality 实用性 3. Difficulty 难度 4. Variety 多样性 Nuttall, C Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language．上海：上海外语教育出版社． 播放时逐一点击序号 5. Authenticity 真实性 6. Presentation 包装排版

3 1. Interestingness The most important criterion is that the text should interest the readers. What do you like reading in English? Why do you like reading them? 阅读材料趣味性

4 2. Practicality Sometimes we read because it serves some practical functions. What do you want to be after graduation? What are you reading to get yourself ready? 实用性 工作需要 职业需要

5 3. Difficulty Difficulty refers to the extent to which the reader is difficult in terms of: The proportion of new words The complexity of sentence structure The familiarity with the notions 阅读材料难度 生词量 句型结构 概念

6 4. Variety Reading can be made more enjoyable and practical if materials vary in content, difficulty and length. About what fields/topics do you read the most? Do you often challenge yourself with difficult and long materials? How do you deal with the kind of materials? 阅读材料多样性 内容话题 语言难度 长度

7 5. Authenticity Authentic texts are texts written for use by foreign language community, not language learners. Why are authentic materials preferred? Should we use simplified or modified versions? 语言材料 语言输入 真实性 简写版 原版 改编版

8 6. Presentation Presentation is how a text is presented.
Looking authentic Looking attractive 图书包装装订排版样式 封面内容 插图 文字编排 图文并茂 创思英语 How do you like reading our textbook?