Reading practice (signal words)

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Reading practice

For test week

Do you start by reading the questions or by reading the text?

1. Questions
2. Text

Where do you start?

Starting by reading the questions can make it easier to go look for the answer in the text and saves you time!

Most of the time the questions are in the order of the text.

What do you do if you don't know a word?

What if you don't know a word?

First, decide: is the word important? Do I need to know it to understand the text?

Strategy 1: decide what the word means by looking at the context. Is it a verb or a noun? Is it positive or negative? Does it contain parts of words you know?

Strategy 2: if you are allowed to have a dictionary, look up the word. Watch out, this takes quite a lot of time!

What do you think this text is about and why?

How do you know what a text is about?

• Look at the title. What does it tell you? Does it give a certain tone?
• Look at the pictures (if there are any).
• Are there any headers (tussenkopjes)? Those might help you!
• Look at the questions. Do they have any information about the text?
  

Signal words

Signal words (also known as linking words) can be a word or phrase that gives an idea about what we might expect to come next. They tell us how different parts of the text are linked.

Write down any signal
words you know.

Some categories of signal words

- Toevoeging (om toe te voegen): er wordt iets anders toegevoegd aan wat al gezegd was.

- Vergelijking (om te vergelijken): de schrijver gaat uitleggen hoe twee dingen hetzelfde zijn.

- tegenstelling: de schrijver gaat uitleggen hoe twee dingen van elkaar verschillen.

- Voorbeeld: de schrijver geeft een voorbeeld van waar hij over praat.

- Samenvatting: de schrijver herhaalt de belangrijkste punten van de tekst.

- Uitleg (om uit te leggen): de schrijver geeft een reden waarom.

- Conclusie/gevolg (om te concluderen): de schrijver vertelt welke boodschap we uit de tekst moeten halen, of wat er zal gebeuren door de dingen die hij beschrijft.

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Opsomming

Vergelijking

Tegenstelling

and

additionally

also

in addition

plus

similarly

likewise

in the same way

too

in common

but

although

however

nevertheless

on the other hand

furthermore

Voorwaarde

Voorbeeld

Oorzaak/gevolg

If

Except

Unless

Provided that

for example

for instance

such as

to illustrate

to show

so

as a result

consequently

thus

therefore

that's why

hence

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