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Lorena Molina

READING SKILLS

WHAT AND WHY DO WE READ?


Kinds of things we read
Novels, short stories, fiction Non-fiction, textbooks, travel books, encyclopaedias Newspapers, journals, magazines, maps, directories, dictionaries Forms, applications, questionnaires Brochures, catalogues, hoardings, advertisements, notices, labels, posters, signs at airports, in the street, etc. Letters, reports, proposals

Some reasons for reading

For specific information To know details of something To have an overall or general idea For pleasure For work or study

HOW WE READ

Bottom up reading

Top-down reading

We use the grammar, syntax and word of reading texts to understand what we read

when we use background information to predict the meaning of language we are going to read (genre)
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READING SUB-SKILLS

Skimming Scanning

Intensive reading

Extensive reading

MATCH THE TYPE OF READING WITH AN READING SUB-SKILL


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Read the headlines of a newspaper Read a novel Look up a word in the dictionary Read the title and first paragraph of a magazine article Read a recipe Read an booklet on Providence Island gastronomy

Scanning Skimming Intensive reading Extensive reading

DEMO LESSON

WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PERSON?

LESSON FRAMEWORK FOR READING


Pre-reading- Prepare ss by providing a context Activate prior knowledge Pre-teach vocabulary Skim for gist (general idea) Scan for specific information Intensive for detailed information Post-reading- Provide a follow-on task

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