FAQ

  • What is reciprocal teaching?

    Reciprocal teaching refers to an instructional cognitive activity that takes place in the form of a dialogue between teachers and learners regarding segments of the text. The strategy involves a role reversal: learners "become" teachers of reading strategies.

  • How will this help my learners?

    Research findings show that reading comprehension will improve after 10 - 15 days of instruction from 30% - 80%. Learners will begin to understand what they are reading.

  • Why is explicit teaching of reading comprehension strategies so important?

    The explicit teaching of reading comprehension strategies will help learners move from Learn to Read (Foundation Phase) to Read to Learn (Intermediate Phase).

  • I have used Predicting and Clarifying in the past. How is this different?

    This time all 4 strategies: Predicting, Clarifying, Questioning, and Summarising will be taught to learners.

Course Layout

    1. A Word of Welcome

    2. Lesson 1: Broad Aim and Learning Outcomes

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    3. Lesson 2: What is Reciprocal Teaching?

    4. Lesson 3: Overview of The Four Strategies of Reciprocal Teaching

    1. Lesson 1: Overview of Foundation

    2. Lesson 2: Scaffolding

    3. Lesson 3: Thinking-Aloud

    4. Thinking-Aloud Activity: Explain step-by-step to someone how you would solve the following problems.

    5. Lesson 4: Metacognition

    6. Lesson 5: Metacognitive Activity (Thinking about your thinking)

    7. Lesson 6: Cooperative Learning - Jigsaw Method

    1. Schedule for Intervention of Reciprocal Teaching

    2. Week 1: Orientation

    3. Week 2: Direct Teaching of Predicting

    4. Week 3: Direct Teaching of Clarifying

    5. Week 4: Direct Teaching of Questioning

    6. Week 5: Direct Teaching of Summarising

    7. Week 6: Cooperative Learning with the Incredible Four Cards

    1. Observation of Reciprocal Teaching Strategies

    2. Observation Sheet: Incredible Four Strategies

    3. Assessment form: Use of the Four Stratgies

    1. Self-evaluation Questions

    2. Incredible Four Cards for small group reading comprehension activities

    3. Additional Resources for Reciprocal Teaching

    4. Word of Thanks

About this course

  • $10.00
  • 25 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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Approximately R180 for South Africans