B1 reading p44&45

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• Studiejaar 2

About today....

Let's try some reading!!!

Because......

-Reading is an important skill

-You need to read when using a manual

-You will be assessed on reading during your exams

Planning:

Discuss reading tips

Analyse a text

Answer questions

Here are some tips for reading a text...

• Look for keywords 
• Read the first and last sentence of a paragraph
• Read in circles (first globally and then more precise)
• Try to guess the meaning of an unknown word from it's context
• Write down difficult words so you can look these up later
•  READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST!

Do any of you have a tip you
would like to share?

Let's give this a try..... p 44 & 45 exercise 4

1. What's the goal of this correspondence?

Next....

The following slide is a drag and drop question.

Be careful! there are wrong answers included (drag these to the 'wrong' box)

5. What did Jeremy tell Steven that he would do?

When does Steven want the repairs to be done?

2. In the adress there is an abbreviation: 'St', what does this stand for?

5. What did Jeremy actually do?

3. What happened because of the water damage?

WRONG

He would take action ASAP

The ceilings of appartments 11 & 13 collapsed

The ceiling collapsed and two other appartments were dameged as well

Saint

Street

Instruct an amployee to do the repairs

Make no effort in speeding up repairs

Jeremy fled the country

the repairs should be done quickly

The repairs should be done before November 15th

4. What do you think an 'estimator of an insurance company' does?
(try to answer in English)

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