Reading skills

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1-4

Happy New Year!

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Reading

How to become better at reading and what to practice

Planning

• Text types
• Reading strategies
• The WHY-method
• How to practice reading
• Tips

• Instruction
• Practice moment

Text types

• News articles
• Research reports
• Reviews
• Q&A messages
• Comments
• Fiction

Every text has its own goal

Reading strategies

1. Intensive
2. Scanning
3. Detective

When would you use them?

• Headers/titles, images, sources
• Difficult words > context, guess, link to other languages

The WHY-method

When answering questions, use the WHY-question to convince yourself of your answer

• Prove to yourself the answer is correct
• Take doubt away

Works well with True or false? -questions

How to practice reading

The best way to practice your reading skills is to READ A LOT

• Reading practice on the internet
• English magazines or newspapers
• English reviews
• Novels and short stories
• Subtitles (vocabulary)

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Practice moment

1. Do both reading tests
2. Practice your reading comprehension (begrip)
3. Ready? Read a book on https://english-e-reader.net/

Need help? Work together with a classmate