Reading Café is a useful website published to help students at Imam Mouhammad bin Soud Islamic university level 2 (intermediate level learners of English) with reading.
-Is it for Imam Mouhammad bin Soud Islamic university students only?
No, All intermediate level learners can get the benefit of sharing us this website.
-Why intermediate level learner of English?
Reading café is provided with reading passages that help intermediate level learners of English with reading because the majority of English learners are in intermediate level. All the reading passages, articles, recommended books and book of the month are chosen precisely to suit this level readers. Beginners may get benefit of this website as they challenge their abilities in reading which will eventually help them to improve their proficiency level. Advanced learners also may read the passages, articles, e-books recommended. Since they are in higher level of the contents provided, they may take them as a practice of their reading skills. They will probably find the contents of this website attractive enough to make them read and take the quizzes provided.
-Why reading?
Reading is the most important skill of learning because in our everyday live we need to read newspapers, surf the internet,and do our studying which is basically focused on our ability to read and comprehend.
- How is 'Reading Café' useful to you?
'Reading Café' is not the only website designed to help learners with reading skill however it is the only website designed specifically for intermediate level learners. The website offers useful texts for everyday reading practice like newspapers, websites, emails and discussions. It helps you with reading you will need to do in English at home, school , serving the internet or when you are visiting another English-speaking country. Most of the readings are provided with exercises and quizzes to help you develop important skills like working out the meaning of unknown words from the context and how to use online dictionaries to help you with understanding important information about the word other than meaning. It is well known that reading alone is a joy but reading with others is a pleasure. Thus, 'Reading Café' offers you the opportunity to share your readings with other members through the chat room, forum , facebook group and in the meeting appointments declared in the website calendar.
-What are the main objectives behind 'Reading Café'?
•Help intermediate level learners of English with reading skill.
•Provide learners with useful reading passages of everyday life to enhance their reading skill.
•Provide learners with quizzes to measure the development learners had after reading.
•encourage extensive reading i.e reading for fun.
•Provide learners with learning tips and useful links.
•This site is published mainly to keep in contact with my student providing them with their assignment , handouts and online contact with eachother.
•a main objective of this site is to provide my students with extensive (out class) reading beside intensive reading passages and books.
This Reading course and website both follows the communicative approach to language learning. Reading is enhanced to enable students to communicate with other EFL learners and native speakers of English. All passages , Articles, resources, reading aids and reading Cafe community are chosen and found for one basic aim to give students an approtunity to communicate with others based on what they learnt.
