IELTS _ READING SKILLS : IELTS _ READING SKILLS Goal: “Learning to scan an article or a report for the most important information is essential – especially when you are working to a deadline.”
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The least time to read, the most information to achieve
: Some questions we must focus when we read a paragraph or a text:
How long does it take?
How many correct answers do you get?
Ex: Read a text in page 4 and note time when you read. 1st: Time to read
1st: Time to read : 1st: Time to read Skills of reading text:
Surveying
Using diagraming and tables
Using title or heading
Skimming for general information
Scanning for particular information
Text features or organisation
Vocabulary strategies
Understanding context
Text difficultly
Links ideas with joining words
Surveying skill : Surveying skill Read any titles, headings and subtitles
Look for captions on diagrams, tables, graphs, illustrations
Skim over the text for general idea. (look at carefully about introduction)
( it takes one or two minutes – ignore the words you don’t know)
Surveying skill : Surveying skill Some questions you should ask yourself:
What is topic?
What is the writer’s purpose?
- What style of the text is it?
How is the text organized?
? find out the main ideas.
Using diagrams and tables skill : Using diagrams and tables skill Look carefully at diagrams and tables can help you find some important information.
Using titles, headlines skill : Using titles, headlines skill Read titles, headlines or subtitles can help us navigate a text to find required information
Skimming skill for general information : Skimming skill for general information Read a text quickly to understand general information or gist.
Scan for particular information : Scan for particular information Look for specific words, ideas to help us identify section that we can find the information.
Text feature and organization : Text feature and organization Text is organized through its function.
Academic text consists paragraphs -> each paragraph has an detailed organizational way so that we can get easier information.
A paragraph has topic, supporting sentences..=> topic sentence often summarize the content of the text.
Others : Others Vocabulary strategies
Understanding context
Text difficultly
Linking ideas with joining words.
=> Get the content of a text
Styles of questions : Styles of questions Multiple choice
Short answer
Sentence completion
Notes/summary/ diagram/ table completion
Choosing from a heading bank
True/false/ not given
Matching lists/ phrase
Classification