RECIPROCAL TEACHING

Reciprocal Teaching

Reciprocal teaching is a strategy used to help students develop a better understanding of

what is presented in any given text.

It encourages interactive dialogue or discussion between teacher and learners and is mostly

used with pupils who have adequate reading ability.

Roles

Leader

QuestionerClarifier

PredictorSummariser

Leader• Decides who will do each

role• Tells the group what they

will be reading• Invites each member of

the group to do their role

• Encourages all members to join in with discussions

Questioner• Ask questions that

will help the group to understand what has been read

• Think of questions while reading the text

Summariser• Tells the group what

they have read in their own words

• Picks out the main ideas

Clarifier• Clarifies confusing parts

of the text to the group• Explains the meanings

of unknown words• Answers questions

about the meaning of the text

• Tells the group the strategies they used to work out words

Predictor• Discusses the

predictions they made before, during and after reading the text

• Discuss any changes of predictions that were made (confirm & reject)