Reading Comprehension Strategies

Reading Comprehension Strategies

1. Scaffolding

   • proper scaffolding should support your students' learning process. Scaffolding can come in the form of graphic organizers, concept-mapping, visual aids or fill-in-the-blank exercises.
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2. Scanning

   • It’s just a quick read-through.The goal behind scanning is to give your students the ability to deconstruct the material and take a closer look, picking up the specific details and combining them with the general information they discovered while skimming.
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3. Predicting

   • Choose an individual paragraph and to discuss what will happen in the next one. This will open up discussion and get them really thinking in English.Saying new words and phrases from the text out loud will reinforce this language in the mind.
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4. Skimming

   • Skimming is an essential skill as it gives an idea of ​​what the text is about. It prepares us for the details we'd like to know about when you read the meaning carefully.

5. Context clues

   • Awareness of contextual cues can help your students guess meanings of unfamiliar words in context.

6. Diving in

   • When you can summarize a particular reading material in your own words, an excellent understanding of the material's main concept and message has definitely been developed.

7. Discussing

   • Comprehension methods can be combined with discussion based activities that will allow time to develop other sub-skills.

8. Extracting

   • Carry out a vacation activity through tourist use board information or travel agent brochures.

9. Diving in

   • Using classified ads from newspapers or online websites. Must negotiate what the advertisement is selling or offering in a short paragraph containing a few sentences.

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