Reading

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Reading

Goals / agenda

At the end of this class I.....

can make reading excercises by using tips and choice

the right answer 

Reading

wat weten de studenten al als het gaat om leesopdrachten. welke handelingen moet je doen bij deze opdracht

3 strategies 

Skimming (aim = General idea of the text)

Scanning (aim = Specific information)

 Using context (aim = reading to deduce meaning)

deduce = draw a logical conclusion

What do you do with Skimming?

denken -delen -uitwisselen 

What do you do with Skimming?

Skimming = Globaal lezen 

•  Read the title and subheadings
•  Read introduction and conclusion 
•  Read first and last sentence of every paragraph

• use when you need the main idea of the text

What do you do with Scanning?

What do you do with Scanning?

• looking for specific information 
•  look for a name, date or word 

what do you do when you use context?

use of context 

• How do you know what a word means without looking it up?

• It can explain further on in the sentence (definition) 
• Word parts - do you know part of the word? 
• There might be examples or pictures  
• Synonyms ( other word for) and antonyms (means the opposite)

Practice makes perfect 

grab something you can write with 

and a marker if you have it

Which strategy would you use?

• Skimming 
• Scanning 
• use of context 

Scanning 

Which word do you need to look for 

Answer questions

answer the last 5

discuss with you neighbour

Answers 

1. The Palisade 

2. Market square 

3. Main street 

4. Bohemia 

5. The showground 

Answers 

6. The palisade 

7. The showground 

8. Market square 

9. Main street 

10. The Palisade 

Practice makes perfect 

Group 1 go to allesvoorengels.nl 

make 2 excercises before starting on taalblokken 

group 2 and 3 lets move to the next subject 

which strategy would you use?

• Skimming 
• scanning 
• use of context  

Answer the question

underline where you found the answer put number with it 

1. What sports did Jennifer play at school?

2. What films has Jennifer Lawrence starred in?

3. What cities has she lived in?

4. what job has she done?

5. What does Jennifer do in her free time?

6. What are her two brothers called?

Practice makes perfect 

group 2 start working on taalblokken, if you have questions ask you neigbour

Group 3 open taalblokken lets look at the text together

What do you do when you skim the text?

What do you do when you use the context?

Which strategy did you use the most?

See you Friday!

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