You’ve now explored a range of strategies to support learners in reading longer texts, from building comprehension techniques to developing genre awareness and applying scaffolding in a structured way.
This final section brings these ideas together and highlights how they can be applied in your own teaching context to support learner independence, confidence, and critical engagement with texts.
Watch the final video below to revisit the key ideas from this module and reflect on how these strategies can be integrated into your teaching practice.
As you watch, consider which approaches you are most likely to implement, and how they can be adapted to suit your learners’ needs.
To complete this module, please take the final knowledge check.
Successfully completing the quiz will allow you to receive your certificate and 1 hour of CPD.
You are welcome to revisit any section of the module before attempting the quiz.
If you’d like to explore practical ways to extend these ideas in your teaching, the following resources are a good starting point:
- British Council – Teaching Reading Skills
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-resources/teaching-secondary/teaching-tools/teaching-reading?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Practical classroom strategies and lesson ideas. - Reading Rockets – Classroom Strategies
https://www.readingrockets.org/classroom/classroom-strategies?utm_source
Clear explanations of reading strategies with classroom applications. - EAP Foundation – Reading Skills
https://www.eapfoundation.com/reading/
Useful for academic contexts, including skimming, scanning, and critical reading.
These resources focus on practical application and can help you extend the strategies explored in this module.
Further Videos
These videos provide additional perspectives on reading comprehension, strategy instruction, and classroom application.
They are optional, but useful if you would like to extend your understanding or explore different teaching approaches.
Bibliography
Grabe, W., & Stoller, F. L. (2013). Teaching and Researching Reading. Routledge.
Ur, P. (2012). Reading Skills for Language Learners. Cambridge University Press.
Nation, I. S. P. (2015). Reading for Academic Purposes. Cambridge University Press.
Nuttall, C. (2005). Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language. Macmillan.
