Reading Strategies/Alianza

We also use WH questions to identify...

• Authors´ purpose

• Basic Information

• Unknown Vocabulary

• First and last Sentences

Dictionaries are your best friend. Your dictionary tells you what words mean and how to use them. But it is also important to use the strategy .....

embarrased- embarazada constipated- constipado Are examples of

• Friendly words

• Cognates

• False friends

• Key words

Before reading the text you can read the __________. They usually summarize the text.

• key phrases

• first and last sentences

• simple phrases

• semantic areas

You can identify Key phrases because they can be ...

• Capitalized

• Bold

• Kursive

• all of the above

The strategy of finding words that belong to the same group, (i.e dog, cat, bird, mouse) is called....

Sentences made of subject+verb+complement are called...

• Simple sentences

• Key phrases

• Key sentences

• Semantic Area

A message from the author that says, “this is what this text is about” is ...

• First and Last sentences

• Title

• Key words

• Friendly words

The questions "who, what, where, when, why" before you read, are part of the strategy:

• Basic Information

• Friendly Words

• Key Phrases

• Background Information