This document contains questions for a teacher trainee about the concepts of reading, including: defining reading; completing a chart contrasting coherence and cohesion; discussing whether the reader's role is passive or active; identifying something that can make a text difficult and why; and explaining why it's important for readers and writers to have things in common. The trainee is asked to answer the questions, prove their understanding, and provide any comments on how their conception of reading may have changed after reviewing the text.

1. HI DEAR TEACHER TRAINEEDID YOU UNDERSTAND « WHAT IS READING»?PLEASE ANSWER THIS EXERCISE AND PROVE IT.

2. PLEASE WRITE YOUR DEFINITION OF READING.

3. COMPLETE THIS CHART IN YOUR OWN WORDS:

4. PLEASE WRITE YOUR DEFINITION OF COHERENCE AND COHESION.1. COHERENCE IS…2. COHESION IS…

5. PLEASE WRITE IF THE READER’S ROLE IS PASSIVE AND WHY

6. MENTION A POINT THAT MAKES A TEXT DIFFICULT FOR A READER AND EXPLAIN WHY

7. WHY DO YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT THE READER AND THE WRITER HAVE SOME THINGS IN COMMON?

8. I HOPE THAT YOUR CONCEPTION ON READING HAS PROSPERED WITH THIS TEXT, HAVE AN EXELENTE DAY! AND PLEASE, WRITE YOUR COMMENTS