READING STRATEGIES

First Level. Intensive course

Ms. Josefina Calle A. Teacher

READING PARAGRAPHS, TEXTS OR ARTICLES

Take into account the following:

SCANNING

You scan a text when you need to find specific information; so,

› you do not need to read every word but to move your eyes quickly looking for the information you need. For example, a reader might scan a page of a newspaper simply to see what time a movie starts.

SKIMMING

You skim a text when you need to find out the topic and the main idea; so, you have to:

› Read quicky. Don´t read every word.› Read the first and last two lines of each

paragraph.› Look at the tittles, photos and diagrams

PREVIEWING

Making predictions: - Say what will the text be about

before actually reading it. Anticipation:- The ability of activating prior

knowledge in order to help the text become comprehensible.

Adapted from: Reading Skills by Lcda. Magda Castro.

INFERRING

- Understand a certain aspect of the text based on the meaning of the rest of the information.

- It is necessary to use ideas stated in the text plus your personal experience.

- You go farther than the text itself.

- Adapted from: Reading Skills by Lcda. Magda Castro

CONTENT CLUES

- When you have to infer the meaning of a new word you may take into account the context in which it appears.

- It might be the external context or the internal structure of the word.

- Adapted from: Reading Skills by Lcda. Magda Castro

PREDINCTING OUTCOMES

Consists of establishing the end of an incomplete fragment based on the sequence of events.

Adapted from: Reading Skills by Lcda. Magda Castro.

EXERCISES

Read the paragraph and do the following exercises

HEALTHY EATING!• Do you want to be healthy?

Perhaps you need to go on a diet. Start the day by drinking a glas of water or orange juice…but not coffee or tea, and not milk or sugar, please.

• For lunch, don´t eat any fried foods…French fries, or burgers for example…some grilled fish, perhaps with some gree vegetables, is really good for you!

• Do you want some pasta for lunch? OK, but don´t put any cheese of tomato sauce on the top

• Don´t eat any desserts than contain cream, butter or chocolate!!

• If you´re still hungry, eaat some fruit, or have some nuts- they´re really healthy!

• And to drink… just water! It doesn´t have any calories so you can drink as much as you want.

• For dinner, have some soup and bread. (But remembeer no butter!) It´s simple… but delicious.

• Book: Cutting Edge 2

Scan:

What do you have to eat to be healthy?What don´t you have to eat to be healthy?

Check the food that you find in the text:

coffee water buttertomatoes fish onions

soup nuddles nutsmeat peach pineapple

Skim:

What is this text about?

Are there some recomendations for the three meals? Which ones?

Previewing - Inferring

Have you been on a diet?

What do you know about diets?

Are they good or bad?

Do you agree with the article about healthy and unhealthy food?

Content clues:

Complete:

› Fried foods: -------------------------› Food without calories:-----------------------› Healthy Food:-----------------------------------› Unhealthy food: --------------------------------

Predicting outcomes:

What do you think happens if the readers follow the article advice?

› Check:

› You will be healthy and in shape.

› You won´t lose weight.

ENJOY READING

THANK YOU