week 1.3 listening and reading strategies

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week 1.3

reading and listening

listening, what do you do before you start listening?

before you start listening

- what are you going to listen to?

- what do you know about the subject?

- what can you expect (words, phrases)?

- what do you want to learn from it, what do you want to know afterwards?

Aims

after today's lesson:

- you have learned to listen to long audio recordings

- you have learned to understand main items and important details in audio

- you've learned about reading strategies and how to use them

- you've practised the strategies while reading several newspaper articles

programme

1. listening assignment

2. reading introduction

3. reading assignments

programme

1. listening assignment

2. reading introduction

3. reading assignments

Practice

Get your book, Unit 4, p.40

exercises 35, 36

programme

1. listening assignment

2. reading introduction

3. reading assignments

Reading

like listening:

- what will you be reading?

- what do you want to learn from it?

What kind of texts are you reading and what do you want to learn from them?

before you start reading

what kind of text will you be reading?

what do you already know about the subject?

what do you want to learn from it?

-> the answer tells you how to read

different ways to read

- is it something for you?

- do you want the big picture?

- are you lokking for an answer?

- do you want to know all the details?

predicting

- what is the text about, look at pictures and headings

- what kind of text is it?

- what is in it for me?

skimming

- to get the big picture

- what are the main items?

- how are they related?

- read the first and last paragraph

- read the first and last line of the other paragraphs

scanning

- look for an answer to your question

- scan the text for specific information

(date of birth: scan for months (August) or years (1971) in the text)

intensive reading

- you want to know the details, the arguments, the connections

critical reading

- what are the facts or the opinions?

- are they valid?

- do you agree or what is your opinion?

context

- you won't understand every word in a text

- can you understand the word from it's context

- you don't have to understand every word to understand the text

(using a dictionary takes a lot of time)

strategies

- most of the time you will use more than 1 

programme

1. listening assignment

2. reading introduction

3. reading assignments

Practise reading strategies

Get your book: 

Unit 4

Exercises 38, 39 (page 42 - 44)

fill in the answers in your book (20 minutes)

Aims

after today's lesson:

- you have learned to listen to long audio recordings

- you have learned to understand main items and important details in audio

- you've learned about reading strategies and how to use them

- you've practised the strategies while reading several newspaper articles

next week

more reading and listening

time left?

work on Can Do Online, Can Do Welzijn B1, U4

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