Independent learning: Reading Explore reading: Fourteen-hour days, marketing and … Which of these do you usually read on a computer? Which do you usually read on paper? Why? Talk together. Think about how you read the things in 35. Which do you: 1 read quickly to get a general idea of what it’s about? 2 read quickly to find information (e. g. a price)? 3 read slowly and carefully so you can understand everything? 4 read slowly and carefully because you enjoy it? Read the definitions of the two reading techniques and match them with the tips (A or B). Look again at Mysteries.com on p. 72. Which ways of reading do you think exercises 8b and 9 practise? 35 essays mobile phone bills dictionaries shopping catalogues newspapers books magazines manuals TV and film listings transport timetables stories 36 37 Skimming Skimming means going through a text quickly in order to get the gist. This technique is useful when you first look at a text, before you analyse it in detail, or when there is no chance to look at it more closely. (Tip ) Scanning Scanning means going through a text quickly in order to find specific information or details. You have a particular question in mind and only read a paragraph to find the answer to this question, ignoring unrelated information. (Tip ) TIP: ■ ■ What is the information you are looking for? Look out for relevant keywords. Stop when you find one and then read that part of the text carefully. ■ ■ Underline or mark relevant passages. ■ ■ Takes notes if necessary. A TIP: ■ ■ Look out for headings, highlighted text and keywords. ■ ■ Don’t read every word, concentrate on the beginnings and endings of paragraphs instead. B 38 Take your favourite book to school and introduce it to your classmates. Talk about: ■■ the cover ■■ what the book is about ■■ where you got it ■■ how many pages it has ■■ how long it took you to read it ■■ why you would recommend it 39 Explore 79 Language skills Extras 6 The story of stuff Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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