A typology of reading in the EFL classroom types of learners/readers
A typology of reading in the EFL classroom types of learners/readers

Summary/Abstract: The article A typology of reading in the EFL classroom. Types of readers is adressed to language and communication teachers and is intended to provide an analysis of the different types of EFL readers, from the perspective of several various factors that can fundamentally influence our students’ reading competences: age, gender, motivation, learning styles. In his attempt to develop in his/her students’ real, effective competences of accurate, fluent, comprehensive reading, the foreign languages teacher must be able to grasp all these similarities and differences and to efficiently use them within the EFL classroom. The current educational context, based on the student-centered learning principle, makes it necessary to take into consideration all these individuality traits both when planning our teaching strategies and when selecting our materials or evaluation methods.

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