Critical Reading

Project Based, Research-Based Learning, Question-Answer Relationship Strategy, Think-Pair Share Activities: Work in small groups to analyse poetic pieces and present their analyses for peer review, focusing on the social and cultural elements. Flexible-pace learning: Using a flexible approach to time-based composition, faster language learners are given the facility to complete extension tasks, and it gives slow learners an opportunity to complete their exercise at a more comfortable speed.
Collaborative learning:
- Forming mixed-ability groups of learners gives high achievers a platform to tell their observations, while it gives lower ability learners a way of collaborating with and learning from their peers.
- Allocating different times and opportunity to each member of the group to make an input can help learners organise themselves according to their different skills and capabilities. This also gives less able students a way to add value and generates more confidence. Facilitating group work is excellent for empowering learners who are shy to participate more in class.
Learning Stations: Create learning stations/groupings based on visual, auditory, reading/writing and kinaesthetic learning. This requires that individual learners are supported with their different learning styles, where audio-visual, subtitles are incorporated in speaking exercises to cater for the various learning styles.

Assessment (1.3.4.AS.4). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Textbooks and Reading materials.
- Audio Materials.
- Interactive materials.
- Flash cards.
- Audio-visual materials.