Plan Main part. Circular narrative structure and its importance in teaching foreign language 3 The implementation of the circular narrative structure by May Sinclair in English classes 19 Conclusion 25 References 28 Introduction

1.3 The implementation of the circular narrative structure by May Sinclair in English classes

Circular narrative structure is related to language indirectly through reading which is one of the most important skills of language and other skills namely writing speaking and even listening in terms of vocabulary and grammar aspects of language rely on this essential skill of language, undoubtedly. Thus, it is necessary to address how to read and what is reading.
Reading is a receptive type of speech activity. It is visual and cognitive process of making meaning from print. It requires that learners can identify the words in print - a process called word recognition and construct an understanding from them
comprehension. For developing word recognition, learners should know: how to write and pronounce the words this is phonemic awareness. how to analyze words and spelling patterns in order to become more efficient at reading words - this is word study, example: classroom has two words I know: class and room.
For developing comprehension, learners need to improve:
- basic knowledge about many topics, example: This book is about Life and Death of Harriett Frean who leads a life of conventional mortality and self denial.
- knowledge how the English language works, example: We say he took the book, not he taked the booked;
- understandings about how print works, example: reading goes from left to right;
- knowledge of various kinds of texts, example: I bet they live happily ever after
- various purposes for reading, example: I want to know what ladybugs eat.⁸
For developing fluency in reading, learners need to:
- improve a high level of accuracy in word recognition;
-read much enough to facilitate comprehension;
- use phrasing and expression so that oral reading sounds like speech;
- transform deliberate strategies for word recognition and comprehension into automatic skills.
For developing and maintaining the motivation to read, learners need to:
-appreciate the pleasures of reading;
-view reading as a social act, to be shared with others;
- see reading as an opportunity to explore their interests;
-read widely for a variety of purposes, from enjoyment to gathering information;
- become comfortable with a variety of different written forms and genres.
Extensive reading materials: one of the fundamental conditions of a successful extensive reading programme is that students should be reading material which they can understand. If they are struggling to understand every word, they can hardly be reading for pleasure - the main goal of this activity. This means that we need to provide books which either by go chance, or because they have been specially written, are readily accessible to our students. ⁹
Intensive reading is a type of reading that is done with the purpose of understanding a text in depth. This type of reading requires attention and focus in order to be able to comprehend the meaning of the text. We use intensive reading sequences in class for a number of reasons we may want to have students practice specific skills such as skimming reading for general understanding or scanning to extract specific information. To the contrary, we may get students read texts for communicative purposes as part of other activities as sources of information or in order to identify specific uses of language. True, many learners of language choose reading stories and novels in order to enjoy and expand their horizon, however in this topic of discussion the language used Mary Oliver A life in which circular narrative structure is used by May Sinclair is much more complex and, perhaps, suitable for B2 level students but for easy types of questions in reading including fill in the gap it can be implemented for B1 level students accurately.
Below I selected some parts from the aforementioned book and designed them in classes for B2 level students.