TKT | Reading

To read around an unknown word and try to work out its meaning.

• Reading for gist

• Deducing meaning from context

• Reading for specific information

When we scan a text, we...

• read slowly and carefully.

• want to comprehend the general idea of it.

• are looking for specific information e.g. what time a movie starts.

To work out what a writer's opinion is based on the words, register, grammar or style they use.

• Deducing meaning from context

• Reading for gist

• Inferring

Reading for gist can also be called

• Reading for detail

• Reading for global understanding

• Reading for specific information

Skimming means to

• glance over a text to get a general idea of it.

• use clues before we begin to read in order to predict its content.

• read thoroughly to get as much detail as possible.

To get the meaning out of every word and decode the links between words and sentences we use:

• Reading for gist

• Reading for specific information

• Reading for detail

To look at a newspaper's headlines, photos and the name of the writer before reading is a way to

• Deduce meaning from context

• Predict

• Work out meaning

Connected text which is connected by grammar, vocabulary and world knowledge is referred to as

• Cohesion

• Coherence

• Discourse

Reading for specific information is the same as

• Skimming

• Scanning

Reading for specific information and reading for detail are the same thing

• True

• False