Activity
The following strategies can help you with
reading. Please classify them on the basis of pre-reading, while-reading, and
post- reading. Put tick (Ö) 1. pre-reading 2. while-reading 3. while-reading
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1. Reading the topic or heading of the
passage.
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2. Looking at the illustrations and pictures
given in the texts.
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3. Reading the every first sentence of each
paragraph in texts.
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4. Asking yourself how the given texts are
related to what you have already known.
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5. Trying to think about the reason why you
are reading the text.
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6. Asking yourself and try to understand what
the purpose of the text the writer conveys?
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7. Changing the predictions slightly in order
for the better comprehension.
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8. Linking your prior knowledge or knowledge
of the world with your reading for the better comprehension of the texts.
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9. Checking the predictions about the texts
while reading.
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10. Practicing the skills and strategies you
have been using during your reading for future or further reading.
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11. Applying the knowledge of the texts you
read in your daily activities.
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12. Skipping the words you do not know the
meaning in the texts and keep reading.
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13. Breaking the sentences into smaller units,
phrases, and individual words for your understanding of the passage.
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14. Read repeatedly aloud or silently and try
to understand every word to help you to understand the ideas in the
texts.
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15. Taking notes and having the important
words and ideas underlined.
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16. Translating the passage read into your own
language.
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17. Finding out the word parts to reason the
meaning in the texts. For example: postwar → post (after) + war.
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18. Reading the questions before reading the
texts.
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19. Reading the conclusion before reading the
texts.
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20. Going back to read some parts of the texts
of that you are not sure.
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21. Writing the summary of the text.
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22. Using skimming and scanning to extract
both relevant ideas and main ideas.
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23. Using the inner structure of the
vocabulary and sentence structure to help you understand the texts.
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24. Reading the passage and trying to make
predictions about what the passages are about?
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25. Predicting what is going to be about in
the next.
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26. Referring to either a bilingual or a
monolingual dictionary for the meaning when you do not know the words.
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27. Guessing unfamiliar words from the clues
in the texts for better comprehension.
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28. Putting down the new words and phrases on
your vocabulary index cards.
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29. Discussing with your friends, classmates,
and teachers about what your thoughts are.
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30. Giving yourself a reward.
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31. When you do not comprehend the text read,
telling yourself not to give up and continue reading.
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32. Drawing tree map or bubble map to help you
organize the information.
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33. Using what you have learnt to facilitate
your other English skills.
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34. Having the news words or phrases
grouped according their types.
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35. Associating words you read
with your existing language knowledge when you do not know the words.
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36. Stopping to listen to the
music to lower your anxiety for the better productive comprehension when you
have difficulty in reading comprehension.
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37. Cooperating with successful readers rather
than with less successful readers when you do not comprehend the text read
totally.
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38. Confirming what you have read
with friends, classmates, and teachers.
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39. Note which date you will read
it again after finish reading.
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