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INTRODUCTION TO READING SKILLS FOR BEGINNERS
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- 3. PHYSICAL AND ONLINE READINGMATERIALS Book s Websites and Blogs Newspape rs Magazines and newsletters or reports Essays and Short Stories Journals and biographie s
- 5. 01 02 03 04 05 READINGSKILLSto help youcomprehendbetter! USING CONTEXTUAL CLUES & REFERENCE WORDS If the words are unfamiliar, don’t fret. Look around for clues & guess their meaning. SKIMMING & SCANNIN G Sometimes we need to read every word. Sometimes we leave bits out. IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS & SUPPORTING DETAILS A reader should have the mind of a writer. A writer writes a main idea & supports it with elaboration & examples. MAKING INFERENCES, CONCLUSIONS & PREDICTIONS We are all reading detectives. We read & look for clues in the text. READING NON- LINEAR TEXTS Check your understanding of a linear text. Retrieve significant points from the text & transfer them into a diagram. Always activate your prior knowledge. Get yourself familiar with the text first. What have you already
- 7. How to Bean Active Reader Highlight new / unfamiliar words Paraphrase sentences / summarise the text Comment & question the text Make notes from your reading
- 8. If your textdoes not look like this, it means that you haven’t read actively enough
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- 10. People Poems 1. Lookat your name. If you have a long name, choose a short part of your name. 2. Use the letters in your names to create a poem. Each line begins with the letters of your name in order. Only use 1 word in each line. 3. The words must tell something about yourself – for example, something you like to do, or a personal characteristic. 4. Use the dictionary to help you out in choosing your words. 5. When you have finished the poem, share the poem with your classmates.