ESOL 0042 - Reading IV

1. Reading Strategies and Skills
   a. Pre-reading
   b. Skimming to develop context or recognize main ideas
   c. Scanning for specific information
   d. Choosing reading styles/strategies appropriate for various text types
   e. Increasing reading speed
   f. Analyzing sentences to aid comprehension of texts
   g. Using context clues to facilitate comprehension
   h. Recognizing and understanding cohesive devices
   i. Identifying main ideas and supporting ideas
   j. Recognizing words and sentences with equivalent meaning
   k. Summarizing and paraphrasing passages after reading
   l. Identifying academic thought
   m. Sequencing ideas/events and outlining a text
   n. Distinguishing fact from opinion
   o. Making inferences
   p. Responding to questions using information from text and/or background knowledge
   q. Stating reasons for agreeing or disagreeing with an author
   r. Discussing fiction in terms of setting, character, plot, tone and theme
   s. Interpreting charts, graphs, maps, tables, and other graphic material
   t. 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
   a. Using information from texts to gain knowledge of American culture in relationship to other cultures
   b. Recognizing differences between author’s and student’s cultural assumptions
4. Text Types
   a. Textbooks and manuals
   b. Print media and the Internet
   c. Fiction and nonfiction of varying lengths
5. Academic Skills in U.S. Culture
   a. Note-taking
   b. Highlighting & underlining
   c. Taking margin notes
   d. Test-taking
   e. Recognizing and applying strategies for multiple choice and short answer tests
   f. Developing short and long answers
6. Resource Materials
   a. Becoming familiar with library materials and procedures
   b. Finding and evaluating online information
   c. Comparing information in different types of resources (e.g., magazines, encyclopedias, Internet, etc.)

1. Use pre-, during-, and post-reading strategies to enhance comprehension
2. Assess effectiveness of strategies and adjust as necessary
3. Recognize simple patterns of organization
4. Identify main and supporting ideas in a variety of text types
5. Summarize and paraphrase
6. Use context clues to identify part of speech and infer meaning
7. Develop individualized strategies for learning vocabulary words
8. Articulate connections between readings and personal experience
9. Demonstrate an increased reading rate
10. Expand vocabulary
11. Increase background knowledge through reading and discussion
12. Interpret charts, graphs, maps, tables, and other graphic material
13. Interpret fiction
14. Produce an outline of a non-fiction passage
15. Utilize library and computer resources

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