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Reading Strategies: Raising awareness

Reading is a receptive skill and refers to the ability to understand and make meaning from written texts. It is a crucial skill in very different contexts, in the students’ academic career and in the professional world.

Reading strategies are explicit attempts that students can employ to become more effective readers.

 

Outcomes

Upon completion of this task students will be able to:

  • Utilize an online text to develop their reading strategies
  • Preview and predict (analyze title, make hypotheses/guess using previous knowledge)
  • Use Skimming & Scanning techniques
  • Verify hypotheses

 

Procedure

Before starting the activity:

  • Select a suitable online text or use one of the language specific texts provided within this activity.

 

Plenary session:

Ask students to read the title and discuss what they think the topic of the text is.

  • Students answer the following questions: What do you know about the topic? What keywords do you know regarding this topic? Brainstorming relevant ideas and vocabulary.

 

Group session:

  • Students now read the whole text. What ideas previously discussed, can they find in the text? What is the main point of the text?
  • Students are asked to reflect on the text in groups: are there any passages that are difficult to understand? Any words you do not know? If so underline them and then discuss them – can you infer the meaning of these passages/words from the context? How?
  • Students read the text again and divide it in paragraphs: Give a short title to each paragraph and compare with the students in your group.
  • Final reflection: What is the point of view of the author? What is the tone of the text? What type of text is it? Ask students to discuss this in their group.

 

Language practice:

Provide language exercises to practice specific structures contained in the text or select those suggested within the language-specific content of this activity.

 

Reflection on reading strategies:

For information on reading strategies you can see:

Ask students:

What reading strategies did you employ? How did you arrive at a global comprehension of this text? Discuss with the rest of your class.

Make the students reflect on their use of reading strategies and explain the most commonly used ones.

 

Suggestions for assessment:

1. If the activity is used to assess learning skills:

  • Ask students to reflect on their learning. What did you learn during this activity in terms of:
    • Reading/comprehension skills
    • Contemporary language style
    • Vocabulary/Language
  • Evaluate their learning journal

2. If the activity is used to assess language skills:

  • Evaluate their ability to provide relevant comprehension hypotheses and discussion
  • Evaluate their language practice test.

 

 

Source/attribution: Digilanguages Author: Valentina Rizzo

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Reading is a receptive skill and refers to the ability to understand and make meaning from written texts. It is a crucial skill in very different contexts, in the students’ academic career and in the professional world.Reading strategies are explicit attempts that students can employ to become more effective readers.<br /><strong>Outcomes</strong>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:<li>Utilize an online text to develop their reading strategies</li><li>Preview and predict (analyze title, make hypotheses/guess using previous knowledge)</li><li>Use Skimming & Scanning techniques</li><li>Verify hypotheses</li>
<br /><strong>Procedure</strong><strong>Before starting the activity:</strong><li>Select a suitable online text or use one of the language specific texts provided within this activity.</li>
<br /><strong>Plenary session:</strong>
Ask students to read the title and discuss what they think the topic of the text is.<li>Students answer the following questions: <em>What do you know about the topic? What keywords do you know regarding this topic? Brainstorming relevant ideas and vocabulary.</em></li>
<br /><strong>Group session:</strong><li>Students now read the whole text. <em>What ideas previously discussed, can they find in the text? What is the main point of the text?</em></li><li>Students are asked to reflect on the text in groups: <em>are there any passages that are difficult to understand? Any words you do not know? If so underline them and then discuss them – can you infer the meaning of these passages/words from the context? How?</em></li><li>Students read the text again and divide it in paragraphs: <em>Give a short title to each paragraph and compare with the students in your group.</em></li><li>Final reflection: <em>What is the point of view of the author? What is the tone of the text? What type of text is it? Ask students to discuss this in their group.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Language practice:</strong>Provide language exercises to practice specific structures contained in the text or select those suggested within the language-specific content of this activity.<br /><strong>Reflection on reading strategies:</strong>For information on <em>reading strategies</em> you can see:<li><a href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning”>Skimming and Scanning</a></li><li><a href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/”>Read in a Foreign Language (Fluentu)</a></li>
Ask students:<em>What reading strategies did you employ? How did you arrive at a global comprehension of this text? Discuss with the rest of your class.</em>Make the students reflect on their use of reading strategies and explain the most commonly used ones.<br /><br /><strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>1. If the activity is used to assess learning skills:<li><em>Ask students to reflect on their learning. What did you learn during this activity in terms of:</em><ul><li><em>Reading/comprehension skills</em></li><li><em>Contemporary language style</em></li><li><em>Vocabulary/Language</em></li>
</ul>
</li><li><em>Evaluate their learning journal</em></li>
2. If the activity is used to assess language skills:<li><em>Evaluate their ability to provide relevant comprehension hypotheses and discussion</em></li><li><em>Evaluate their language practice test.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution: </strong>Digilanguages <strong> Author: </strong>Valentina Rizzo

Reading is a receptive skill and refers to the ability to understand and make meaning from written texts. It is a crucial skill in very different contexts, in the students’ academic career and in the professional world.Reading strategies are explicit attempts that students can employ to become more effective readers.<br /><strong>Outcomes</strong>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:<li>Utilize an online text to develop their reading strategies</li><li>Preview and predict (analyze title, make hypotheses/guess using previous knowledge)</li><li>Use Skimming & Scanning techniques</li><li>Verify hypotheses</li>
<br /><strong>Procedure</strong><strong>Before starting the activity:</strong><li>Select a suitable online text or use one of the language specific texts provided within this activity.</li>
<br /><strong>Plenary session:</strong>
Ask students to read the title and discuss what they think the topic of the text is.<li>Students answer the following questions: <em>What do you know about the topic? What keywords do you know regarding this topic? Brainstorming relevant ideas and vocabulary.</em></li>
<br /><strong>Group session:</strong><li>Students now read the whole text. <em>What ideas previously discussed, can they find in the text? What is the main point of the text?</em></li><li>Students are asked to reflect on the text in groups: <em>are there any passages that are difficult to understand? Any words you do not know? If so underline them and then discuss them – can you infer the meaning of these passages/words from the context? How?</em></li><li>Students read the text again and divide it in paragraphs: <em>Give a short title to each paragraph and compare with the students in your group.</em></li><li>Final reflection: <em>What is the point of view of the author? What is the tone of the text? What type of text is it? Ask students to discuss this in their group.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Language practice:</strong>Provide language exercises to practice specific structures contained in the text or select those suggested within the language-specific content of this activity.<br /><strong>Reflection on reading strategies:</strong>For information on <em>reading strategies</em> you can see:<li><a href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning”>Skimming and Scanning</a></li><li><a href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/”>Read in a Foreign Language (Fluentu)</a></li>
Ask students:<em>What reading strategies did you employ? How did you arrive at a global comprehension of this text? Discuss with the rest of your class.</em>Make the students reflect on their use of reading strategies and explain the most commonly used ones.<br /><br /><strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>1. If the activity is used to assess learning skills:<li><em>Ask students to reflect on their learning. What did you learn during this activity in terms of:</em><ul><li><em>Reading/comprehension skills</em></li><li><em>Contemporary language style</em></li><li><em>Vocabulary/Language</em></li>
</ul>
</li><li><em>Evaluate their learning journal</em></li>
2. If the activity is used to assess language skills:<li><em>Evaluate their ability to provide relevant comprehension hypotheses and discussion</em></li><li><em>Evaluate their language practice test.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution: </strong>Digilanguages <strong> Author: </strong>Valentina Rizzo

Reading is a receptive skill and refers to the ability to understand and make meaning from written texts. It is a crucial skill in very different contexts, in the students’ academic career and in the professional world.Reading strategies are explicit attempts that students can employ to become more effective readers.<br /><strong>Outcomes</strong>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:<li>Utilize an online text to develop their reading strategies</li><li>Preview and predict (analyze title, make hypotheses/guess using previous knowledge)</li><li>Use Skimming & Scanning techniques</li><li>Verify hypotheses</li>
<br /><strong>Procedure</strong><strong>Before starting the activity:</strong><li>Select a suitable online text or use one of the language specific texts provided within this activity.</li>
<br /><strong>Plenary session:</strong>
Ask students to read the title and discuss what they think the topic of the text is.<li>Students answer the following questions: <em>What do you know about the topic? What keywords do you know regarding this topic? Brainstorming relevant ideas and vocabulary.</em></li>
<br /><strong>Group session:</strong><li>Students now read the whole text. <em>What ideas previously discussed, can they find in the text? What is the main point of the text?</em></li><li>Students are asked to reflect on the text in groups: <em>are there any passages that are difficult to understand? Any words you do not know? If so underline them and then discuss them – can you infer the meaning of these passages/words from the context? How?</em></li><li>Students read the text again and divide it in paragraphs: <em>Give a short title to each paragraph and compare with the students in your group.</em></li><li>Final reflection: <em>What is the point of view of the author? What is the tone of the text? What type of text is it? Ask students to discuss this in their group.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Language practice:</strong>Provide language exercises to practice specific structures contained in the text or select those suggested within the language-specific content of this activity.<br /><strong>Reflection on reading strategies:</strong>For information on <em>reading strategies</em> you can see:<li><a href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning”>Skimming and Scanning</a></li><li><a href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/”>Read in a Foreign Language (Fluentu)</a></li>
Ask students:<em>What reading strategies did you employ? How did you arrive at a global comprehension of this text? Discuss with the rest of your class.</em>Make the students reflect on their use of reading strategies and explain the most commonly used ones.<br /><br /><strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>1. If the activity is used to assess learning skills:<li><em>Ask students to reflect on their learning. What did you learn during this activity in terms of:</em><ul><li><em>Reading/comprehension skills</em></li><li><em>Contemporary language style</em></li><li><em>Vocabulary/Language</em></li>
</ul>
</li><li><em>Evaluate their learning journal</em></li>
2. If the activity is used to assess language skills:<li><em>Evaluate their ability to provide relevant comprehension hypotheses and discussion</em></li><li><em>Evaluate their language practice test.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution: </strong>Digilanguages <strong> Author: </strong>Valentina Rizzo

Reading is a receptive skill and refers to the ability to understand and make meaning from written texts. It is a crucial skill in very different contexts, in the students’ academic career and in the professional world.Reading strategies are explicit attempts that students can employ to become more effective readers.<br /><strong>Outcomes</strong>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:<li>Utilize an online text to develop their reading strategies</li><li>Preview and predict (analyze title, make hypotheses/guess using previous knowledge)</li><li>Use Skimming & Scanning techniques</li><li>Verify hypotheses</li>
<br /><strong>Procedure</strong><strong>Before starting the activity:</strong><li>Select a suitable online text or use one of the language specific texts provided within this activity.</li>
<br /><strong>Plenary session:</strong>
Ask students to read the title and discuss what they think the topic of the text is.<li>Students answer the following questions: <em>What do you know about the topic? What keywords do you know regarding this topic? Brainstorming relevant ideas and vocabulary.</em></li>
<br /><strong>Group session:</strong><li>Students now read the whole text. <em>What ideas previously discussed, can they find in the text? What is the main point of the text?</em></li><li>Students are asked to reflect on the text in groups: <em>are there any passages that are difficult to understand? Any words you do not know? If so underline them and then discuss them – can you infer the meaning of these passages/words from the context? How?</em></li><li>Students read the text again and divide it in paragraphs: <em>Give a short title to each paragraph and compare with the students in your group.</em></li><li>Final reflection: <em>What is the point of view of the author? What is the tone of the text? What type of text is it? Ask students to discuss this in their group.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Language practice:</strong>Provide language exercises to practice specific structures contained in the text or select those suggested within the language-specific content of this activity.<br /><strong>Reflection on reading strategies:</strong>For information on <em>reading strategies</em> you can see:<li><a href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning”>Skimming and Scanning</a></li><li><a href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/”>Read in a Foreign Language (Fluentu)</a></li>
Ask students:<em>What reading strategies did you employ? How did you arrive at a global comprehension of this text? Discuss with the rest of your class.</em>Make the students reflect on their use of reading strategies and explain the most commonly used ones.<br /><br /><strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>1. If the activity is used to assess learning skills:<li><em>Ask students to reflect on their learning. What did you learn during this activity in terms of:</em><ul><li><em>Reading/comprehension skills</em></li><li><em>Contemporary language style</em></li><li><em>Vocabulary/Language</em></li>
</ul>
</li><li><em>Evaluate their learning journal</em></li>
2. If the activity is used to assess language skills:<li><em>Evaluate their ability to provide relevant comprehension hypotheses and discussion</em></li><li><em>Evaluate their language practice test.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution: </strong>Digilanguages <strong> Author: </strong>Valentina Rizzo

Reading is a receptive skill and refers to the ability to understand and make meaning from written texts. It is a crucial skill in very different contexts, in the students’ academic career and in the professional world.Reading strategies are explicit attempts that students can employ to become more effective readers.<br /><strong>Outcomes</strong>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:<li>Utilize an online text to develop their reading strategies</li><li>Preview and predict (analyze title, make hypotheses/guess using previous knowledge)</li><li>Use Skimming & Scanning techniques</li><li>Verify hypotheses</li>
<br /><strong>Procedure</strong><strong>Before starting the activity:</strong><li>Select a suitable online text or use one of the language specific texts provided within this activity.</li>
<br /><strong>Plenary session:</strong>
Ask students to read the title and discuss what they think the topic of the text is.<li>Students answer the following questions: <em>What do you know about the topic? What keywords do you know regarding this topic? Brainstorming relevant ideas and vocabulary.</em></li>
<br /><strong>Group session:</strong><li>Students now read the whole text. <em>What ideas previously discussed, can they find in the text? What is the main point of the text?</em></li><li>Students are asked to reflect on the text in groups: <em>are there any passages that are difficult to understand? Any words you do not know? If so underline them and then discuss them – can you infer the meaning of these passages/words from the context? How?</em></li><li>Students read the text again and divide it in paragraphs: <em>Give a short title to each paragraph and compare with the students in your group.</em></li><li>Final reflection: <em>What is the point of view of the author? What is the tone of the text? What type of text is it? Ask students to discuss this in their group.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Language practice:</strong>Provide language exercises to practice specific structures contained in the text or select those suggested within the language-specific content of this activity.<br /><strong>Reflection on reading strategies:</strong>For information on <em>reading strategies</em> you can see:<li><a href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning”>Skimming and Scanning</a></li><li><a href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/”>Read in a Foreign Language (Fluentu)</a></li>
Ask students:<em>What reading strategies did you employ? How did you arrive at a global comprehension of this text? Discuss with the rest of your class.</em>Make the students reflect on their use of reading strategies and explain the most commonly used ones.<br /><br /><strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>1. If the activity is used to assess learning skills:<li><em>Ask students to reflect on their learning. What did you learn during this activity in terms of:</em><ul><li><em>Reading/comprehension skills</em></li><li><em>Contemporary language style</em></li><li><em>Vocabulary/Language</em></li>
</ul>
</li><li><em>Evaluate their learning journal</em></li>
2. If the activity is used to assess language skills:<li><em>Evaluate their ability to provide relevant comprehension hypotheses and discussion</em></li><li><em>Evaluate their language practice test.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution: </strong>Digilanguages <strong> Author: </strong>Valentina Rizzo

Reading is a receptive skill and refers to the ability to understand and make meaning from written texts. It is a crucial skill in very different contexts, in the students’ academic career and in the professional world.Reading strategies are explicit attempts that students can employ to become more effective readers.<br /><strong>Outcomes</strong>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:<li>Utilize an online text to develop their reading strategies</li><li>Preview and predict (analyze title, make hypotheses/guess using previous knowledge)</li><li>Use Skimming & Scanning techniques</li><li>Verify hypotheses</li>
<br /><strong>Procedure</strong><strong>Before starting the activity:</strong><li>Select a suitable online text or use one of the language specific texts provided within this activity.</li>
<br /><strong>Plenary session:</strong>
Ask students to read the title and discuss what they think the topic of the text is.<li>Students answer the following questions: <em>What do you know about the topic? What keywords do you know regarding this topic? Brainstorming relevant ideas and vocabulary.</em></li>
<br /><strong>Group session:</strong><li>Students now read the whole text. <em>What ideas previously discussed, can they find in the text? What is the main point of the text?</em></li><li>Students are asked to reflect on the text in groups: <em>are there any passages that are difficult to understand? Any words you do not know? If so underline them and then discuss them – can you infer the meaning of these passages/words from the context? How?</em></li><li>Students read the text again and divide it in paragraphs: <em>Give a short title to each paragraph and compare with the students in your group.</em></li><li>Final reflection: <em>What is the point of view of the author? What is the tone of the text? What type of text is it? Ask students to discuss this in their group.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Language practice:</strong>Provide language exercises to practice specific structures contained in the text or select those suggested within the language-specific content of this activity.<br /><strong>Reflection on reading strategies:</strong>For information on <em>reading strategies</em> you can see:<li><a href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/factsheet/en05skim-e3-f-skimming-and-scanning”>Skimming and Scanning</a></li><li><a href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-reading-strategies/”>Read in a Foreign Language (Fluentu)</a></li>
Ask students:<em>What reading strategies did you employ? How did you arrive at a global comprehension of this text? Discuss with the rest of your class.</em>Make the students reflect on their use of reading strategies and explain the most commonly used ones.<br /><br /><strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>1. If the activity is used to assess learning skills:<li><em>Ask students to reflect on their learning. What did you learn during this activity in terms of:</em><ul><li><em>Reading/comprehension skills</em></li><li><em>Contemporary language style</em></li><li><em>Vocabulary/Language</em></li>
</ul>
</li><li><em>Evaluate their learning journal</em></li>
2. If the activity is used to assess language skills:<li><em>Evaluate their ability to provide relevant comprehension hypotheses and discussion</em></li><li><em>Evaluate their language practice test.</em></li>
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution: </strong>Digilanguages <strong> Author: </strong>Valentina Rizzo