1P2L1 Reading

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• Studiejaar 1

English Reading

Lesson 1

18 November

1928

The first animated film with sound by Walt Disney to feature Mickey Mouse

Today's lesson 

Attendance

Listening test

Goals for today

Reading strategies 

Listening test

For students who did the test on B1 level:

The level I tested you on was too high.

You can cancel your grade you if you want to.

We will do a resit on a lower level.

When your grade was sufficient, you can keep it of course

Lesson goals for today:

1. After this lesson, you will know different reading strategies.
2. After this lesson, you know how to apply reading strategies.

What do you already know about reading strategies / techniques?

Why are reading techniques important?

Reading techniques

1. Predicting: what do you think is the text about?
2. Skimming: understanding the main idea and concept. 
3. Scanning: look for key information (for example: names, dates, numbers)
4. Intensive reading: read and understand the complete text.

Predicting

1. What do you think the text is about?

2. Look at the title and headings

3. Look at pictures.

4. What kind of text is it?

Skimming

1. To get the big picture, the global idea
2. Search for the source (=bron) of your text
3. Read the first and last paragraph 
4. Read the first and last line of the other paragraphs 
5. What are the main items?

When I skim I do this:

Scanning 

1. Read the title and subheadings (=tussenkopjes)
2. When you are looking for specific information
3. Look for keywords that tell you more about what you are looking for in a text
4. Look at bold or underlined words or words in italics. 

When do you use the reading technique scanning?

1. Deciding if you want to read a news article or not.
2. Reading and understanding a complete text.
3. When you look for a date of birth.
4. While reading a recipe.

Intensive reading 

1. Read the complete text 
2. Pay attention to the introduction and subheadings (=tussenkopjes)
3. Look for the most important sentences and words 
4. Look up the meaning of difficult words 

You should always use intensive reading during a reading test...

YES! I agree with this statement

No... I disagree with this statement.

TIPS

1. First read the QUESTION+ANSWERS, then read the TEXT.
2. You don't need to know all the words in order to understand a text.
3. Practice, practice, practice! Skills need to be TRAINED. 
4. Useful website: British Council Teens (level A2) or the regular British Council website

Reading Exercise

Email from a friend

Recap reading techniques

Which techniques are there?

Recap reading techniques

1. Predicting: what do you think is the text about?
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Recap reading techniques

1. Predicting: what do you think is the text about?
2. Skimming: understanding the main idea and concept. 
3. 
   

Recap reading techniques

1. Predicting: what do you think is the text about?
2. Skimming: understanding the main idea and concept. 
3. Scanning: look for key information (for example: names, dates, numbers)
4. 
   

Recap reading techniques

1. Predicting: what do you think is the text about?
2. Skimming: understanding the main idea and concept. 
3. Scanning: look for key information (for example: names, dates, numbers)
4. Intensive reading: read and understand the complete text.

Questions?

See you next week!!!