Supplementary readers.

Workbooks Flash cards Sentence strips Placement Achievement test

BASAL READING APPROACH

Recreational reading for pleasure is often neglected Stories at the beginning levels may be dull and unnatural in language patterns Not personalized Not individualized enough

MATERIAL HOW DOES IT WORKS? CONCEPT

DISADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES
It gives detailed guidance on how to teach and suggest various activities Vocabulary is introduced, repeated and reinforced throughout all the readers A big help to a beginning teacher Good scope and sequence; skills are taught continuously throughout all of the grades It develops comprehension as the stories contain many details and are often divided into small parts

Basal reading approach is a method that using text written to teach reading. Basal readers text books for the subject of reading that should contain a variety of fiction and non-fiction of interest to the age that they taught. From least to most difficult reading levels.

The direct reading approach is used. The reading lesson is structured in the following way: Firstly, learners are encouraged to learn the material. Then the new concepts and vocabulary presented to them. By asking questions, the teacher guides the learners through the reading content for the day. The questions set a specific goal or purpose for the reading. Skills are then developed by using activity books or drill activities. Learners must apply the skills just learned by doing similar activities. Learners are evaluated on their application of the skills learned.