Difference between scanning and intensive reading?
Scanning- specific info or details, a rapid reading. Intensive- reading a text carefully and thoroughly,
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Some teachers use them in class for reading aloud, with different students reading short sections one after the other. This reading called?
Round the class
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True/False: In everyday life, extensive reading is typically characterized by a slow and careful approach to understand every word
False
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Tasks to focus on fast reading for gist (skimming), eg check text against predictions made beforehand, guess the title from a choice of three options, put events (or illustrations) in the correct order
Text
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What are the main problems of students when reading a text in a foreign language? (at least three)
not knowing enough vocabulary / understands individual words but not the full text / speed
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Why might round the class technique not be effective?
Round-the-class reading tends to be a slow, tedious turn-off rather than a rouser of enthusiasm.
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What is the synonym of âintense readingâ?
reading for detail
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Introduction and lead-in, eg get the learners interested in the topic, initial discussion of key themes, make an explicit link between the topic of the text and s-s' own lives and experiences, focus on important lang. that will come in tex
Pre-text
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What is Extensive reading?
Reading longer texts, such as a novel, over time. The more someone reads, the more they pick up items of vocabulary and grammar from the texts.
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Follow-on task, eg role play, debate, writing task (eg write a letter in reply), personalisation (eg 'Have you ever had an experience like this one?')
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Students are encouraged to move their eyes quickly over the text to locate specific pieces of information, a process known as __________