Reading Strategies for ESL Students

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First step in reading a new text

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Look at the title and headings

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Purpose of skimming a text

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Get a general idea of the content

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Understanding unfamiliar words

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Use context clues

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Main idea in a text

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Central thought or message

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Speaker in fiction

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Narrator

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Not an element of fiction

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Bibliography

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Primary purpose of non-fiction

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Inform or educate readers

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Genre with magical elements

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Fantasy

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Author's purpose

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Reason for writing the text

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Not a common text structure

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Rising action and climax