TEACHING A SUPPLEMENTARY READER
Supplementary Readers are the books that pupils are expected to study in addition to their regular Readers. The Readers are meant for intensive and detailed study whereas the Supplementary Readers are meant for extensive and non-detailed study. Supplementary Readers are very much helpful in developing the reading skill of the pupils.
Reader(Text) - Intensive
Supplementary - Extensive
OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING A SUPPLEMENTARY READER
1. To create interest in the pupils and develop a taste for wide reading
2. To improve their skill in silent reading with a reasonable speed.
3. To motivate them for self study
4. To expand their passive vocabulary
5. To help their intellectual and emotional development
6. To help them to reinforce the vocabulary and structures already learnt by the pupils