Peer Teaching - 1

(Developing Skills in Reading and Writing)

ABDUR NOOR FAHIM

M.A. in TESOL
Department of English Language
Institute of Modern Languages
University of Dhaka
 Reading
 Extensive Reading

 Reading a longer texts often for pleasure and for an overall understanding like reading novel.

 Fluency Reading

 Intensive Reading

 Reading shorter texts for detailed information with an emphasis on precise understanding
 Accurasive Reading
 Reading Strategies

Skimming : Reading to get at the gist

Scanning: Reading to look at the specific piece of information

Inferring:To guess the unknown word's meaning by other known words

Keep in Mind in any Reading Tests

 Ignore anything you already know about the topic

 Practice slow and fast

 Be careful when transferring your answers

 Don't expect to understand every word

 Some Important Tips Regarding Reading
Tests
 Look for synonyms and paraphrases in the text rather than words that
directly match.
 Don't spend too much time looking for the answer to one question.
Focusing on the easier answers is a better use of your time.
 Skim the summary and try to understand the overall meaning.
 Many words will be paraphrased so watch out for that (for example,
work = employment / changing = altering)
 Cont...

 Spend time analysing the statement in the question before

you try to find the answer
 Don’t match just key words, you are aiming to match
meaning. Some of the key words might be the same in the
passage but it doesn’t mean the answer is true or yes.
 Reading Comprehension
Passage - 1

Coffee is one of the most popular hot drinks in the world. Almost a third of the
world’s population drinks coffee. People often meet at cafes or coffee shops for a
coffee break during the middle of the morning or stop work in the afternoon to drink
coffee.
About 7 million tons of coffee is produced every year. Brazil is, by far, the world’s
largest coffee producer. About a third of the world’s production comes from this
South American country. Other coffee producing countries include Vietnam,
Indonesia and Colombia.
The United States is the biggest coffee consumer in the world. About 1.2 billion
kilograms of coffee are consumed there every year. Drinking coffee is extremely
popular in European countries, like Italy, France and Germany, as well as in Brazil.
 Solution of Activity - 1
Choose the correct letter A – D
4. How much coffee does Brazil produce?
1. Which is the best title for the passage below?
A. More than 7 million tons
A. Coffee – a popular hot drink B. Coffee – the main
B. More than 2.3 million tons
consumers
C. About 5 million tons
C. Coffee – the main producers D. Coffee - an European
drink D. 7 million tons
2. Which country is not mentioned in the passage?
A. Vietnam B. Italy 5. Which country is the largest coffee
consumer in the world?
C. Canada D. Colombia
A. Brazil
3. Which of the following best describes the word
"popular" in the line 1?. B. U.S.A
A. Eminent B. Trendy C. U.K
C. Fashionable D. Notorious D. China
 Activity - 2 (Solution)
1. Two third of the world's population do
not take coffee. ✅
2. About 70 lac tons of coffee is
produced every year. ✅
3. Brazil is the world's largest coffee
consumer country. ❌
4. About 1.2 billion kilograms of
coffee are consumed in U.K
every year. ❌
5. Drinking coffee is hardly
prominent in European countries.
❌
 Passage - 2
NASA’s Orion ‘Mars Ship’ set for test flight
A US space capsule that could help get humans to Mars is about to make its maiden
flight.Orion will be launched on a Delta rocket out of Cape Canaveral in Florida on a short
journey above the Earth to test key technologies. The conical vessel is reminiscent of the
Apollo command ships that took men to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s, but bigger and
with cutting-edge systems. Given that this is a first outing, there will be no people aboard.
Nonetheless, Nasa has a window in which to launch Orion of about two-and-a-half hours,
which began at 07:05 local time (12:05 GMT). The launch preparations had to be stopped
shortly before the opening of the window because a boat strayed into the eastern part of the
launch range.
Orion is being developed alongside a powerful new rocket that will have its own debut in
2017 or 2018. It should give engineers the opportunity to check the performance of Orion’s
critical heat shield, which is likely to experience temperatures in excess of 2,000C
(4,000F). They will also watch how the parachutes deploy as they gently lower the capsule
into Pacific waters off Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula.
 Activity -3 (Solution)

Column A Column B

conical opens

strayed more than

debut shaped narrowing to a point

in excess of first ever flight

deploys drifted

maiden flight first appearance

Home Task

Read articles on "Mars Mission" from the

internet and write your own opinion of leaving
Earth to Mars in 150 words by answering
following questions.
1. Are you agree to leave earth? Why or why not?
2. What factors threaten the future of the earth?
3. In what ways can the future threat to the world be reduced?
4. Is Mars suitable for human habitation? Give reasons for your answer.