1. The British People
Reading British and American Culture
Week 3
Professor Hayashi

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3. 6 Reading Strategies
Reading Strategies – plans for solving problems
encountered in constructing meaning
Why learn reading strategies?
1)Improve reading comprehension as well as
efficiency in reading
2)Read in the way that expert readers do
3)Process the text actively, to monitor
comprehension, and to connect what they are
reading to their own knowledge and to other parts of
the text

4. Reading Strategy #1
PREDICT
Check:
-titles/pictures
-headlines/subtitles, look for key words and
guess what the text will be about
-when the author asks a question
-when the character in a story is about to do
something
textbook e.g. – Statistics, state of nation……
what kind of statistics? what do you expect to
read?

5. Reading Strategy # 2
CLARIFY
- If you don’t understand something, reread, look for
clues
-Find the meaning of words by:
1)Look for little words in big words
2)Look for roots/bases/prefixes/suffixes
3)Look for commas that follow unfamiliar words.
Sometimes the author may use the word "or".
4)Keep reading.
textbook e.g. – Aged 16 and over… does that include 16
year olds?

6. Reading Strategy #3
VISUALIZE Make a picture in your head.

7. Reading Strategy # 4
ASK QUESTIONS
-Interact with the material
WHY?
1)To test yourself for comprehension.
2)To identify what is important to remember in the
story or the passage.
3)To further your understanding
textbook e.g. – How many British people are
common law?

8. Reading Strategy # 5
MAKE CONNECTIONS
-Connect the material to your prior knowledge
Ask:
-What does this text remind me of?
-What do I know about the topic?
-Does this text make me think of another text/TV
show/story/etc?
-How does this compare/contrast/connect to what I
already know?
e.g. – I know the divorce rate in Korea is much
higher.

9. Reading Strategy # 6
SUMMARIZE
-Retell what has happened
-Paraphrase
-Comprehension check
textbook e.g. – The majority of Brits are
married, and not too many are divorced

10. 6 Reading Strategies
1) PREDICT
2) CLARIFY
3) VISUALIZE
4) ASK QUESTIONS
5) MAKE CONNECTIONS
6) SUMMARIZE

11. EXERCISE 1 – PG. 4
(Think/Pair/Share)
In pairs:
- introduce yourself and become best friends^^
- read the instructions & think about what kind of
reading strategy could be used
- read the article in turn
- answer the questions above the
article

12. PAGE 5 – SMALL GROUP
WORK
In groups of 6:
- Each pair should adopt a reading strategy
to cover ONE of the three exercises
- Share your findings with your group

13. LEISURE & SPORT IN BRITAIN (PG. 6)
In groups of 6:
-Predict what could be contained in
the article
- Read the article in turn
- Go over key vocabulary
- Answer exercise 5 and 6

14. YOUNG PEOPLE IN BRITAIN
-Read the article on page 7
-Fill out the chart on page 6
-Answer the questions in exercise 8
-Which reading strategies did you use?