week 13
Paragraph reading strategies
Professor let us did exercises 2 and 3
and answers each question on sheet.
and opened Dictionary Cambridge
After, asked us to write summary of each
paragraph and wrote it on the board
We worked in group.
I used the skimming skill.
Skimming Tips
1.Read the table of contents or
chapter overview to learn the main divisions of ideas.
2.Glance through the main
headings in each chapter just to see a word or two.
Read the headings of charts and tables.
Read the headings of charts and tables.
3.Read the entire introductory
paragraph and then the first and last sentence only
of each following paragraph. For each paragraph, read only the first few words
of each sentence or to locate the main idea.
of each following paragraph. For each paragraph, read only the first few words
of each sentence or to locate the main idea.
4.Stop and quickly read the
sentences containing keywords indicated in boldface
or italics.
or italics.
5.When you think you have found
something significant, stop to read the entire
sentence to make sure. Then go on the same way. Resist the temptation to stop
to read details you don't need.
sentence to make sure. Then go on the same way. Resist the temptation to stop
to read details you don't need.
6.Read chapter summaries when
provided.