Reading Skills Revision

Reading skills

​objectives

To revise the reading process
to practice skimming and scanning
to practice answering detailed questions
to critically analyse a text

Word Cloud

When you think about reading, what comes to your mind?

Poll

How often do you read in your free time?

• every day

• more than once a week

• less than once a week

• never

Open Ended

Why do you need reading skills in English?

Multiple Choice

What is the first thing you do when you start an exam in reading comprehension?

• Read the text very carefully.

• Read the text very fast, not understanding most of it, just the topic.

• Start answering the questions immediately.
• Underline key words in the text.

Multiple Choice

What is this type of reading called?

• skimming

• scanning

• fast reading

• detailed reading

Open Ended

Why do we skim the text before doing anything else?

​Skim the text now: you have 1 minute

Match

Match the following

• to have a word with someone

• plasticity

• to sugarcoat

• innate

to speak to someone in private

the capacity to change

to make something unpleasant sound good

existing from birth and not learned or t

• to speak to someone in private

• the capacity to change

• to make something unpleasant sound good

• existing from birth and not learned or t

Match

Match the following

• to have an eye for

• to hone

• cynical

• to counter the effects

to be particularly perceptive

to develop a skill or talent by working

distrusting intentions of others

to neutralise or reduce the bad effects

• to be particularly perceptive

• to develop a skill or talent by working

• distrusting intentions of others

• to neutralise or reduce the bad effects

Multiple Choice

What do we do after we understand the topic of the text?

• We read in detail.

• We We read the text again.

• We read the questions and underline key words.

• We summarise the text.

Multiple Choice

What does the 'feedback sandwich' involve?

• Giving positive feedback by accompanying it with negative feedback

• Giving negative feedback by accompanying it with positive feedback

• Creating a feedback culture in an organisation

• Devaluing positive feedback

Multiple Choice

The writer believes that the 'feedback sandwich' …

• can encourage good performance.

• makes negative feedback more painful.

• makes employees fearful of feedback.

• is too predictable to be effective.

Multiple Choice

The 'growth mindset' idea is that ...

• we can become good at things that we might initially not seem to have a talent for.

• we should focus on honing the talents that we are born with.

• the end result is more important than the process.

• we must not tell people that they are good at certain things.

Multiple Choice

How can we create a culture of positive feedback?

• By offering feedback only during informal occasions such as when walking down a corridor

• By making sure that only positive and not negative feedback is given

• By asking your employees to offer positive feedback to their colleagues

• By not conducting appraisals for employees

Multiple Choice

A cynical view of positive feedback …

• is irreversible.

• can make the quality of working life richer.

• can be healthy.

• can be changed gradually.

Multiple Choice

What might be a good title for this article?

• The power of a growth mindset

• The power of positive feedback

• The power of positive thinking

• The power of the feedback sandwich

Open Ended

How are you going to work on your reading skills from now on?