Planning Lessons for a Reading Class by Thomas S.C. Farrell (original) (raw)

2004, University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center

The Singapore-based Regional English Language Centre (RELC) Portfolio Series, available in English, Portuguese and Spanish, is designed for hands-on English teaching practitioners as well as teacher educators and teachers undertaking professional development. Thomas S.C. Farrell's Planning Lessons for a Reading Class, is a prominent addition to this series of accessible, readable practical resource booklets. Its focus on the identification of non-reductionist principles and their immediate application through clearly identified procedures makes the book applicable in an immediate way. The issues in the series are uncluttered by academic lexis, theory and research processes. They are designed to be picked up, read within the hour, assimilated and applied within minutes. These booklets-too brief to be called volumes-offer a techniqueorientation that immediately appears to be common sense, leading the reader to think "Yes, I can do that today", rather than "Well, I might try that someday".