[MUSIC] What do I do? How do I do it? How do I get new teachers to understand the importance of reading for second language learning? And how do we teach our students to read? Reading in a foreign language is so impossible, but it is a gateway to another culture. And there are so many different types of readings, so many different types of readers, what should I teach? Intensive reading, extensive reading, top-up processes, bottom-down processes. Jigsaw, jigsaw, jigsaw. [MUSIC] Hello Dorothy, I'm the great and powerful Oz. >> What am I doing here? >> I'm in need of your services. >> Services? What do you want me to do? >> I'm going to have you meet three different individuals. Each of them has the same problem, with a twist. >> What do you mean a twist? >> You'll see. First, I just want you to go down the yellow brick road here, and you'll find them, three non-readers. >> Non-readers? >> Yes, students who struggle with reading. And each of these students is in desperate need of your help. >> So I'm a teacher? >> Of course you're a teacher, Dorothy. And your job is to help each of them learn how to read. >> Why do they need to learn how to read? >> Everyone needs to learn how to read. And anyway, it will help them get to the Emerald City. >> To get to the Emerald City, you need to learn how to read? >> Yes, and I love signs, I've put them up everywhere. You can't get to where you are going without signs, very handy. Well, anyway you will meet three different kinds of readers. One of these readers, lacks information, lacks knowledge. Lacks the ability to process information. >> You mean he's dumb. >> Silence! I mean he lacks understanding. He is say, ignorant of reading, but not lazy, not uncommitted. He is in fact a delightfully willing learner. >> Okay, and the next student? >> To be honest, he is a bit of a stiff. He doesn't lacks knowledge. He lacks movement. He doesn't recognize the importance of reading as a physical skill. >> Reading is physical? >> Reading is interactivity. Reading involves moving about. Reading involves getting involved with others. You'll have to help him out there. >> Okay and the last student? >> Our last student is perhaps the most common reader you will encounter. He is let's say, uninterested. >> Uninterested? Wait, I thought he was cowardly? >> No, not at all. You must be thinking of a different story. He's uninterested. He's un-engaged. He is, at least when it comes to reading, one lazy lion. You could even say that he is always lying about. [LAUGH] Joke. My heavens, I'm funny. >> If you say so. >> Hm. Anyway, all these readers, you will discover are very common in the world of reading and you will see them a lot throughout your teaching career. But I warn you, because each reader has a different problem, you will need different techniques and different strategies to help each one. Are you ready? >> I guess so. But shouldn't I have a little bit more information before I begin? >> Most certainly. Here's a book to read that will help you learn the wonderful road to reading proficiency. >> Wow, thank you. What's the name of really, The Wonderful Road to Reading Proficiency. >> Seriously, now follow the yellow brick road. [MUSIC]
