Reading Techniques

By: Teacher Melissa

READING
TECHNIQUES
How to improve your reading to
improve your English

Why is reading important

to English students?

it fixes and improves vocabulary and

spelling, concentration and even the
pronunciation;
it stimulates the visual memory;
when the brain focuses on the content, it's
easier to accomplish the language
obstacles;
it can be funny and relaxing;

Base your choice...

on your preference, interests

and on what you are studying:

It's easier to understand a

text about a theme you like,
you know, or you are studying
over.

Where to find it?

Bookstores: like Livraria Cultura,

Saraiva, Nobel. Ask for books or material
you have chosen and which are directed
to your level;
internet: look for pages on social media,
blogs, e.g.:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish/catalog/readers
http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/self-driving-cars-in-the-streetslevel-1/
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2015/05/23
http://www.cnanet.com.br/logadon/CNAReaders.aspx?i=gMelJgJq%2f

How to read?

Before reading:
- activate what you know about the text by
checking its structure and where you
normally find it (books, magazines,
newspaper, etc).

preview: pay attention to the title, the

layout, the headings, the text itself
and even illustrations.

predict: determine what you think will happen in

the text based on your knowledge concerning the
subject and the characteristics you have elicited in
the previous step;

skimming and scanning: take a quick look

at the text to get the main idea and confirm
your predictions;

While reading

visualize: create mental images of the

characters;
guess from the context: deduce the meaning
of unknown words, instead of stopping to
look them up in a dictionary;
paraphrasing: stop at the end of a section
at restate the information and ideas in the
text; reread it if you think it's necessary;
connect: find ways to relate the text to
yourself, other texts, and the world around
you;
read actively: highlight, underline and take
notes of key information or vocabulary

After reading
identify: determine the author's
purpose, find important details, the
main idea, and the themes in the text;
evaluate: think about the text as a
whole and form opinions about what you
read;

- Look for the meaning of highlighted

expressions first on Google Images, then
in an English to English dictionary;
- Write about what you've read in a
format that best pleases you: a review, a
letter, an article, a message, etc

Quem no l, mal ouve,

mal fala e mal v.
- Monteiro Lobato

Get in touch:
Teacher Melissa - melissamslima@hotmail.com

Source:

http://www.mindtools.com/rdstratg.html
http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/reading/s
tratread.htm
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/se
ven-strategies-teach-students-textcomprehension