Reading Skills 1

READING SKILLS 1 Developing efficiency

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What is involved in reading? READING Content vocabulary Content knowledge Reading well (with understanding- Effective reading) Reading fast (Efficient reading) Understandingtext type and language features Understanding text structure (cohesion and syntax) Purpose

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Activity: Clustering/Chunking ,[object Object],[object Object],The standard design of the bicycle has been in existence for about 100 years. But in the past 10 years there have been more changes than during any other decade. Bicycles, and especially racing bicycles have much in common with aircraft: both are designed to minimize wind resistance maximize energy efficiency, respond instantly to the demands placed on them, yet weigh very little without losing strength. So, much of the technology used in aerospace has found its way into racing bicycles. The heart of the bicycle is its frame. I t must be strong, light, flexible enough to absorb bumps, but not so much that it wastes energy the rider transmits by pedalling. (112 words) -Text source: Glendinning, Eric H. and Glendinning, Norman. (2000). Oxford English for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Oxford: Oxford Unversity Press. P 67

Activity: Clustering/Chunking ( second reading) ,[object Object],The standard design of the bicycle / has been in existence / for about 100 years. / But in the past 10 years /there have been more changes / than during any other decade. / Bicycles, and especially racing bicycles / have much in common with aircraft: / both are designed / to minimize wind resistance, / maximize energy efficiency, / respond instantly to the demands / placed on them, / yet weigh very little / without losing strength. / So, much of the technology / used in aerospace / has found its way / into racing bicycles./ The heart of the bicycle / is its frame. /I t must be strong, / light, / flexible enough to absorb bumps, / but not so much that / it wastes energy / the rider transmits by pedalling. / (27 clusters)

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