English: Reading

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Welcome!

Last lessons:
Listening: Mr Duncan
Speaking: Beschrijvingen

Today:
Reading: different strategies!

Do we always read in the same way?

4 reading strategies

• Predicting
• Skimming
• Scanning
• Intensive reading

1. predicting: What will this be about?

Predicting in a nutshell:

2. skimming:
I want to see if this would be a fun park for me...

3. Scanning:
I'm quickly searching for what I'm looking for!

4. Intensive reading:
I really want to understand what this article is about!

Skimming, Scannen, intensive reading:

What will we read today:

We are going to read an article. First let's look at the title and the images (They will be shown on the next slides!)

Try to predict what the texts will be about.
You'll be asked to share your ideas in a minute!

US election: Businesses brace for unrest

What do you think this text will be about?

Assignment:

1. Read the whole article on teams.

2. Answer the questions.
3. For each question be aware: How did I read the text in order to answer the questions? (Skimming, Scanning, Intensive)
4. Add new words that you learned to your learning file!

Please be back in 20 minutes!

Welcome back!

Let's think about what we learned!

Was your prediction about the text accurate?

1. Yes
2. No

Was it useful to make predictions beforehand? Why (not)?

Which type of reading did you use the most, in order to answer the questions?

1. skimming
2. scanning
3. intensive reading

In one sentence, whats your opinion about what you've just read?

Finally:

• Remember to add the article to your portfolio.
• Remember to add new words (atleast 5) that you've learned to your learning file!
• Next week will be working with "taalblokken" Make sure you'll be able to log in starting next wednesday!  
  

Tomorrow: We've got one more skill to go: Writing!