Reading practice

What are today's goals?

Practicing with different reading strategies
Practice reading on C1 level.

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What are today's goals?

Practicing with different reading strategies
Practice reading on C1 level.

Slide 1 - Slide

Reading strategies

- Previewing.

- Contextualizing.

- Summarizing.

- Skimming.

- Scanning.

Slide 2 - Slide

Reading strategies

- Previewing.

- Contextualizing.

- Summarizing.

- Skimming.

- Scanning.

Slide 3 - Slide

Read quickly. Try to explain, in your own words, what happened.

Slide 4 - Slide

Jail job applicant not hired, arrested instead in theft case.

Slide 5 - Open question

Previewing

Looking for things that can tell you a bit more before reading the entire article.

Things like:

- Headlines and pictures

- Starting phrases of paragraphs

Slide 6 - Slide

Slide 7 - Slide

What do you think happened?

Slide 8 - Open question

Contextualizing

Putting a text into context.

This makes it easier to make sense of new information.

You're looking for reference points. Is it a story about the entire world or just a certain place. Is it about history, current events or the future?

Slide 9 - Slide

Slide 10 - Slide

In what kind of context would you put this article?

Slide 11 - Open question

What's the difference between
skimming and scanning?

Slide 12 - Mind map

www.examenglish.com

Slide 13 - Link