Reading strategies

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Reading strategies 

Types of reading strategies  

• Reading strategies
• New vocabulary

After this lesson you should be able to: 

• Identify the purpose of a text. 
• Preview a text. 
• Use different reading strategies to find information in a text.

Reading a text

 Previewing a text: 

• Subject
• Pictures
• Main title
• Subheadings
  
• Authors

Reading

Purposes of a text (what does the writer want from you): 

Inform, instruct, persuade, entertain

Reading strategies:

• Scanning:  specific information/details
• Skimming:  topic and main points, getting the author's point of view
• Intensive Reading: complete understanding of the text as a whole
• Extensive Reading: learn to read large texts quickly (books)

Reading strategies 

Scanning

To find specific information

Skimming

To understand the topic and the main points

Intensive reading 

To understand exactly what the writer means. 

Reading exercise

• Read text 
• Look at the questions and try to answer them
• Answer the questions
• Individually

• Time: 15 minutes
• Ready? Take a look at the vocabulary

Start reading > exam text

note time (tempo)

note vocabulary and study it as well

which strategies will you apply? 

Questions > underline answers in the text, put the number of the question in the margin of the text > account for answers.

Which readingstrategy did you use?

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_8bqof5?x=1qqt&i=1xvu5a