READING STRATEGIES

READING STRATEGIES

1. 1. Predicting (before/during reading)

   • It is involves thinking ahead about information and events, which can are in the text.
     • Using...
       • Pictures, titles, headings and texts.
         • This activates students' prior knowledge about the text, making connections between new information and what they already know.
           • You can use this when...
             • READING: Start reading of new chapter of any book.
               • After reading, discuss the text and any information that helped verify the predictions.
             • WRITING: After reading ...
               • write a summary of your initial prediction and why it was correct or needed to be modified.
   • For example: If I have new book called "Stranger tales for guys with problems", before reading, I could question me: why the author writed this book? which is the aim of the text?; Or make hypothesis as, it's could be the life story of a young, or also many sad stories, but interestings.

2. 2. Inferring (during reading)

   • It is interpret meaning of the text and have a deeper understanding (motives, purpose and intentions)
     • This is very important, because
       • We don't go astray from any intended meaning.
         • It's can use when...
           • READING: Inferring about thoughts and actions
             • Inferring when you find unknown words within the main ideas and context.
           • WRITING: After reading a text, write
             • - a list of the facts you see
               • -a list of unknown words
                 • -the inference your maked
   • For example
     • -Here says: "Claudia had a great smile"
       • -Smile mean that someone is happy...
         • -Claudia going to win the race!
   • The meaning unknown words can are in the text (understanding). This help to practice association-making skills for better our vocabulary.

3. 3. Guessing (durin/after reading)

   • It is assume, presume and assert a fact.
     • You can guess the meaning of unknown word in two ways:
       • Using affixes (prefix and suffix) to guess vocabulary
         • Prefix: Is a syllable added to the beginnind of a word (re, in, ex, sub, post,etc).
           • For example: un- unhappy
             • multi- multicultural
               • over- overwork
         • Suffix: Are added to the end of a word
           • For example: ish- childish
             • er- worker
               • less-tasteles
         • Stem or root: Word elemnt that serve as a base, to which other elements are added to modify the root.
           • For exmaple: act- actor, acting, active
             • man- unmanly
               • arch- anarchy
       • Using context to guess the meaning of the word
         • 1. Using a short definition with a verb "to be" (am, is, are),
           • 2. Uisng clauses (which are/is)
             • 3. Using punctuations. () ""
               • 4. Using contrasts ( unlike, opposite, compare, same)
                 • 5. Using synonyms (Usually expressed in a word "or")
                   • 6. Using examples or pictures (such as)

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