Q2 - Reading strategies Flashcards
____ is a piece of written material, such as a book or poem, that has the purpose of telling a story or entertaining, as in a fictional novel.
Literary text
Two types of reading approach?
Textual and Contextual Approach
It involves looking at the text as it is and what literary strategies it entails. Also, it is used to dig deep into the literal text and better understand what is being said and what the speaker is trying to defend or present to the reader.
Textual approach
It focuses on better understanding the reasons behind why a particular piece is written, looking at it as part of a bigger picture, not just words on a paper, but something that has a role in a particular time or event.
Contextual approach
What are the reading strategies?
Skimming and Scanning
It is when you read quickly to get the general idea of the passage
Skimming
It is also a fast reading technique where you look for a specific information in a text (key words)
Scanning
It can be used to read through the ads in a newspaper, or for browsing TV schedules, timetables, lists, catalogues or web pages for information.
Scanning
It is also useful when studying or looking to find specific information from a book or article quickly as there is not always time to read every word.
Scanning
It is used, for example, to get the gist of a page of a textbook to decide whether it is useful and should therefore be read more slowly and in more detail.
Skimming
It is used to obtain specific information from a piece of text and can be used, for example, to find a particular number in a telephone directory.
Scanning
It is an approach to language learning, including foreign language learning, by means of a large amount of reading.
Extensive reading
Chechnya by ___
Anthony Marra
Equality by __
Maya Angelou
Chehcnya is a place in ?
Russia
The Journey to the River Sea by ___
Eva Ibbotson
Who is the main character in “The journey to the river sea”?
Maia - orphan
Before Maia was adopted, who was her only guardian?
Mr. Murray - Lawyer
Who are the carter twins?
Gwendolyn and Beatrice
Who is the struggling child actor?
Clovis King
Maia met him as he was running away from private detectives known as “The Crows”
Finn
In the journey to the river sea, where did the story happened?
In Amazon - Brazil
In chechnya, where did the story happened?
Hospital
Who is the main character in Chechnya?
Sonja
Who was Sonja’s late sister?
Natasha
Who was the man, Sonja’s been talking to?
Akhmed
Akhmed brought a little girl, what was her name?
Havaa
Extensive reading is sometimes called as __?
Free voluntary reading
Enumerate the steps of skimming
- Read the title
- Read the subtitle
- Read the first sentences of each paragraph
- Notice any picture, charts, or graphics.
- Read the summary or last paragraph if there is one.
What are the three steps in scanning?
- Search for keywords
- Move quickly over the page
- Less reading and more searching.
