ESOL 0032 - Reading III

1. Reading Strategies and Skills
   1. Pre-reading
   2. Skimming to develop context or recognize main ideas
   3. Scanning for specific information
   4. Choosing reading styles/strategies appropriate for various text types
   5. Increasing reading speed
   6. Analyzing sentences to aid comprehension of texts
   7. Using context clues to facilitate comprehension
   8. Recognizing and understanding cohesive devices
   9. Identifying main ideas and supporting ideas
   10. Recognizing words and sentences with equivalent meaning
   11. Summarizing and paraphrasing passages after reading
   12. Identifying academic thought patterns (listing, chronological order, definition, comparison/contrast, classification)
   13. Sequencing ideas/events and outlining a text
   14. Distinguishing fact from opinion
   15. Making inferences
   16. Responding to questions using information from text and/or background knowledge
   17. Stating reasons for agreeing or disagreeing with an author
   18. Discussing fiction in terms of setting, character, plot, tone and theme
   19. Interpreting charts, graphs, maps, tables, and other graphic material
   20. Reading and following directions for academic and technical tasks
2. Vocabulary Skills
   1. Using a dictionary to:
      1. Find the pronunciation of words (especially stress) and part of speech
      2. Select appropriate definition for a word in a context
      3. Understand meanings of abbreviations used (v.t., adj., esp.)
      4. Identify related word forms
   2. Using context clues to guess/infer word meaning
   3. Identifying affixes and roots
   4. Developing individual learning strategies
   5. Identifying parts of speech and using appropriate word forms in sentences
3. Culture
   1. Using information from texts to gain knowledge of American culture in relationship to other cultures
   2. Recognizing differences between author’s and student’s cultural assumptions
4. Text Types
   1. Textbooks and manuals
   2. Print media and the Internet
   3. Fiction and nonfiction of varying lengths
5. Academic Skills in U.S. Culture
   1. Note-taking
   2. Highlighting & underlining
   3. Taking margin notes
   4. Test-taking
   5. Recognizing and applying strategies for multiple choice and short answer tests
   6. Developing short and long answers
6. Resource Materials
   1. Becoming familiar with library materials and procedures
   2. Finding and evaluating online information
   3. Comparing information in different types of resources (e.g., magazines, encyclopedias, Internet, etc.)

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