How to Teach Your ESL Students to Read [primary school]

Developing reading comprehension skills in the classroom is not about understanding every single word in a text – it’s physically impossible, it would take ages and it would be horribly mundane. Besides, it is not the way we read in everyday life anyway. Looking up every word is useful for improving vocabulary or grammar but it does not necessarily make students better learners. When teaching ESL reading skills to second language learners, the most important concept to convey is that reading, like writing,