PRINCIPLES OF READING REVIEW

When learners decode, they are....

• practising pronunciation

• identifying written words

• building their schema

In adult classes, reading aloud...

• is the best way of improving pronunciation

• activates previous knowledge

• does not enhance any reading skills

When I check an email to find the date for the next meeting, I will need to .....

• do some intensive reading

• scan for details

• infer meaning from context

• read for gist

After reading a story quckly, I will analyse the sentences in past tenses. In this case, I will be....

• scanning for details

• doing intensive reading

• reading for gist

• inferring meaning

........ derives from experiences we have had

• Our language system

• Our vocabulary

• Schema

• A skill

One reason to find a text difficult to read is lack of previous ..........

When a learner's ........ is limited, then they will find a text difficult to understand.

If the writer's ideas are too ......., then the reader won't be able to understand the text.

Before reading, it is always important to.....

• ask students to bring a dictionary

• make a list of words for students to study

• ask students to read the text quickly

• give learners a purpose for reading

If I want my students to learn narrative tenses, ....... can turn out to be helpful.

• a biography

• an essay

• a report

• an editorial