6.7.

MODULE 3 PART 5: READING FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

SELF STUDY

Fill in the gaps.

Skimming is reading quickly to get an o i and is an
example of a t d whereas scanning is reading to find
s i and is related to a b u approach.
You can avoid using dictionaries by g f c .
Other skills are p and p which involve students
looking at the source of the material or accompanying photographs, for
example.

2 Are the following extensive or intensive reading tasks?

Tell your group about your favourite types of books.
Write down 5 questions you would like to know about this topic.
Tell your partner about the book you are reading at the moment.
Find all examples of the present perfect in a text.

3 Answer the following questions:

What do you understand by the word “gist”?
What is a “jigsaw reading”?

4 To get you thinking:

How can a teacher encourage students to read more out of class?
Why do we encourage students to check their answers in pairs or groups
before conducting a feedback session?
Why do you think learners of another language prefer to approach a text
with a bottom-up approach?

5 TO DO:
Based on this unit, find a newspaper or magazine article and think of some
tasks you could use with your intermediate students. Think of Pre-, While-,
and Post-reading tasks.

6 Fill In the gaps in the following sentences:

Extensive reading is reading widely for p .
Extensive reading can be encouraged by making l_________ l
I________ available.
With Intensive reading, the material is usually chosen by the t .
7 Now answer the following questions:
Think of 5 reasons for why people read. Are they examples of intensive
reading or extensive reading?
What type of language learner literature do you think teenage students
might like in a school library? Do a search on the internet for ideas.
What do you think are the advantages/disadvantages of extensive and
intensive reading for (1) beginner students; (2) more advanced students?