How to Become a Better Reader & Read Faster

What's reading for GIST?

• Looking up words in the dictionary.

• Reading for main ideas.

• Understanding everything.

• Reading slowly.

What's the Spanish for LOOK UP new words?

• escribir palabras

• buscar el significado de una palabra

• corregir palabras

• traducir palabras

Before looking up words in the dictionary...

• ...read the context.

• ...ask a friend.

• ...forget about the word.

• ...invent meanings.

Reading in English is the same as reading in Spanish. You can use the same techniques.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tick two TOOLS you can use for READING.

• a dictionary

• a pencil

• an eraser

• the Internet

When you SCAN a text, you look for...

• general ideas.

• details.

• correct answers.

• wrong answers.

When you SKIM a text, you look for...

• general ideas.

• details.

• correct answers.

• wrong answers.

Extensive reading means reading for pleasure.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Intensive reading means reading for details.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When you PREVIEW a text, you...

• slow down

• speed up

• look at headings and chapter divisions

• use a ruler and a pencil