Enhancing Reading Comprehension Through Thinking Routines in ELT
Aleksandra Popovski Golubovic
Aleksandra is teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer and international ELT consultant. Her talk will cover how effective reading comprehension goes beyond decoding words, and requires active engagement, critical thinking, and metacognitive awareness. This session explores how structured thinking routines can equip English learners with the cognitive tools necessary to process, analyze, and retain information from texts. By implementing various strategies, teachers can foster deeper textual interaction, helping students move from surface-level understanding to meaningful interpretation. Through practical, classroom-ready examples, this talk will demonstrate how thinking routines enhance comprehension monitoring, inference-making, and vocabulary retention.