TSL 3106 Revision : 5 groups Section A : 7 structured questions (50 marks) Section B : 4 essay questions (50 marks)

SECTION A: 1 People read for different purposes. State two different purposes and provide an example for each (4 marks) ----------Doi -reading for pleasure. For example, read a fiction book to fantasize. -reading for information. For example, reading to find out about animal in the sea. 2 Reading readiness varies greatly from one child to the next. Briefly explain two factors that influence reading readiness (2 marks) ----------Doi Physical factors. Children who have hearing or visual impairments, or those with delayed speech or other physical problem, may require special attention before tackling the process of reading Linguistic factors. This linguistic readiness is important, as it serves as the basis of the child understands of the printed word. Some children may have less advanced language fluency, since they may not have had the opportunities for speaking and listening that other children have had. Extensive reading is important for thr development of students language proficiency. Briefly explain what extensive reading is and suggest three ways to encourage extensive reading among pupils (4 marks) Suggest four ways intensive reading can be used to explore a text in a primary ESL classroom (4 marks) ----------Robo Skimming and scanning are two reading strategies which are commonly used in intensive reading. Briefly explain what skimming and scanning are, and give an example of an activity for each strategy (4 marks) The Language Experience Approach (LEA) is one way to promote literacy development. Describe two features of LEA (2 marks)

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In the sight word approach, new words are learned by sight (memory) as the learner sees them written and aided with pictures cues. Briefly describe one sight word activity that a teacher can apply in a reading lesson (2 marks) ----------aiman You are going to use the text below to teach Reading to a Year 2 class.

Once upon a time, there was a poor little boy called Jack. He lived with his mother. They had an old cow. All they had to live on was the sale of milk. One day, the cow gave no milk. They decided to sell it.

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Based on the text above, identify one reading skill that you can teach. Explain why you will teach that skill (2 marks) Based on the reading skill you have identified in (a), describe one activity that you can carry out to teach the skill (2 marks) ----------Dul

Literacy hour invloves shared reading, word work and guided reading (a) (b) Describe the process of shared reading in the literacy hour (3 marks) Twenty minutes of the literacy hour is allocated for group / independent work. Give three possible reasons for this division of time (3 marks) ----------AJJ Vocabulary knowledge is critical to reading comprehension. Briefly describe two

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techniques to teach vocabulary to young learners (4 marks) (b) Choose one technique mentioned in (a) and design an activity to teach verbs to beginning readers (4 marks) ----------Goldman