FLIPPING ACADEMIC READING FOR IELTS

Abstract

The article focuses more specifically on the experiences teaching Academic Reading for IELTS in TTPU. Initially, in the paper it is given a brief description of the skills that are typically covered in the academic reading course. Afterwards, it illustrates how reading topics were traditionally taught and how they have been flipped. As the article demonstrates, flipped learning can allow more time for students to learn less cognitively demanding skills at home (e.g., definition, comprehension) and more time in class for Bloom’s higher-order thinking skills. (e.g., analysis, synthesis, evaluation).