3V Text comprehension

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Text Comprehension 

Goal: improve text comprehension by becoming aware of linking words and strategies

What is the most difficult thing about Text Comprehension for you?

What do we do first when we have a text in front of us?

1. Look at the title, picture, writer and source.
2. Read the first paragraph
3. Read the text
4. Read all the questions

What do you have to look for in a text?

1. Synonyms
2. Linking words
3. Names
4. Interpunction

What do you have to pay attention to when doing gap-fill questions?

1. Opposites
2. Positives
3. Negatives
4. Answers that look alike

Which reading strategy is appropriate for bigger texts with many questions?

1. Skimming
2. Scanning
3. Global Reading, read question, detailed reading
4. Prediction

Which of these are linking words?

1. So
2. But
3. However
4. (even) if

Why are linking words important (and should be marked by you)

Look at the title of text 1. Positive or negative? Why?

Read the q, read the article. What is a nonsense answer? Why?

Which is the most accurate answer? Why?

Text 2: look at the title and picture, what does the picture tell you?

1. It is Rambo
2. It suggests spying
3. It suggests spying and camouflage / outdoors
4. It suggests the text will be about war

Read the text quicky. Which are two very important lines?

Read the questions. Which is the answer to question 2? just type the letter

Read the questions. Which is the answer to question 3? just type the letter

What is an important thing in text comprehension that you have learned?

To do

Do texts 3 and 4. 

What does however mean?

1. Maar
2. Echter
3. Alhoewel