Thursday 17 April 2008

READING COMPRHENSION TECHNIQUES

TAKE 3 STEPS…AND YOU ARE ALREADY THERE!!


1st STEP

LOOK AT



THE PICTURES
THE TITLE
THE FORMAT

YOU CAN “ACTIVE” IN YOUR HEAD EVERYTHING YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE TOPIC

SO YOU CAN PREDICT THE CONTENT OF THE TEXT





2nd STEP

READ AND SEARCH FOR



COGNATES

WORDS YOU ALREADY KNOW... (because you are such a good student)

VOCABULARY GIVEN WITH THE TEXT



IF YOU PUT TOGETHER THE WORDS, "LITTLE IDEAS" WILL START TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. WRITE THESE IDEAS DOWN.



3rd STEP

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MESSAGE


NOW YOU ARE IN A POSSITION WHERE YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER ALL THE "LITTLE IDEAS" AND DO ABSTRACT, EN ESPAÑOL, REDACTANDO CON LÓGICA, HACIENDO QUE LAS IDEAS TENGAN SENTIDO.



FINALLY, YOU CAN TELL WHAT THE MAIN IDEA IS.





LET'S EXERCISE

DEAR STUDENT, PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2008/02/080213_nepal_airport.shtml

APPLY THE "3 STEPS" TECHNIQUES TO THE TEXT

SEND YOUR TASK TO:

missandrea.english@gmail.com






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