EN 2202: Advanced Reading Skills IV
Comprehending texts at different levels
· Reading tasks
which help to comprehend a text at different levels. literal comprehension,
making inferences, evaluating a text, going beyond the text
Using graphs / diagrams to find information
· Interpret data in
maps, charts, graphs etc.
· Types of
activities:
- Write down all information diagrams represents
- Complete text using information from diagram.
Cohesive features
· Types of
activities: finding references, identifying substitution and ellipsis,
identifying lexical cohesion
Evaluating the text
· Focus: develop
reader’s critical faculties
· Types of
activities:
- The article has been written as a film review. What
does the writer think of the film? Do you think it fair to write a review of a
film like this?
- After reading the passage, would you describe it as
factual / critical / humorous / ironic. Give reasons for your decision.
Integrating activities
· Interviewing a
local reporter or person in the news for more background - Information about a
report that appeared in the newspaper (Can be a simulation)
· Reading a news
item which appeared in the paper and re-telling it accurately to the others in
the group
· Clipping local,
provincial, national and international news items from a Newspaper and
arranging them appropriately on the bulletin board.
Extensive reading (fluent reading or
gist reading)
· Text types:
chapter in a book, an article, a short story
· Focus: less
worried about individual words and sentences. Concentrate on the general flow
of the text.
· Activities: Give a
headline to each section of the article, Discuss reactions to / feelings about
the text
