Level 1 Reading practice (Docent VO) instructie afhankelijk

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g, t, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4-6

4HGL Reading skills

Opening St. Patricks Day explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5KNQ1xciMQ

Steps

1. Scan: title, images, intro: what is the text about

1a.DO NOT START READING THE TEXT straight away!

2. Read the question: what alineas do you need to use? Mark them

3. What kind of question is it? Multiple choice/gap fill/open/statement

4. Follow the next steps

Types of questions

- Multiple choice

- Open

- Gap fill

- Statement

Multiple choice

Read the question first, not the answers. Is there any useful information in the question?  

In the example on the right you are told to take a look in paragraphs 1 and 2

A nd the word 'relate' is in the question. That means you must find the relation between both text parts.

Multiple choice

1. Read the relevant text and nothing more!

2. Underline signalwords

3. Now read answers.

4. Remove evidently wrong answers

5. What are the most important words in the answers? What do you expect to see in the text?

6 Choose your answer

statements

Steps

Mark the piece of text you need

 Underline searchwords you can work with, like names and places and anything that can be expressed with a number, like (meerderheid) or (tegenwoordig)

Translate those words in English!

Look for signalwords!

Statement one: underline warm aand tegenwoordig

De Afrikaanse kuststreek is tegenwoordig te warm voor pinguïns.

FYI: De tekst gaat algemeen over pinguïns in Afrika

1. Juist
2. Onjuist

Statement

Statement was: De Afrikaanse kuststreek is tegenwoordig te warm voor pinguïns. 

One of the underlined words is warm. But there is no mention of temperature in the text, so this statement is false.

Mr Moody’s looks and manner invite people to share their private
thoughts with him.

1. Juist
2. Onjuist

Open questions

Take the time to read the question. The question usually tells you where to look and what to look for.

it also tells you how to write your answer, for instance with a quote, a number of words or in Dutch. 

Steps

Mark the text where you find he answer.

Check what  they want to know exactly.

Underline important words.

Follow instructions in the question

Gap questions

Know your signal words and what they mean!

Steps gapquestion

- REad the sentence before and after the gap.

- Try to see the connection between the two.

- Find the right fit.

- IF that fails, try to translate both question and signalwords, and try to see what fits in Dutch.