[Workshop] We're developing reading skills, aren't we?

"Reading closely to get as much detail as possible"

• Extensive reading

• Intensive reading

"Getting to understand the 'big picture'. It relies on learners' previous knowledge."

• Bottom-up techniques

• Top-down techniques

"Reading quickly to get the gist of a passage. It's like speed-reading."

• Skimming

• Scanning

"Fluent, faster reading. That's when readers do so for entertainment and general understanding"

• Extensive reading

• Intensive reading

"To bring attention to small parts of a text / listening task, such as focusing on sounds and specific words."

• Bottom-up techniques

• Top-down techniques

"Move eyes quickly to find specific piece of information in a text."

• Skimming

• Scanning

"We should grade the text when learners find it too difficult."

• I agree with that.

• I'm not sure I agree.

• I disagree.

"Learners should read the text before getting to know the task."

• I agree with that.

• I'm not sure I agree.

• I disagree.

"Students benefit from trying to predict the content of a text prior to reading it"

• I agree with that.

• I'm not sure I agree.

• I disagree.

"I normally follow the same procedures when carrying out reading tasks"

• I agree with that.

• I'm not sure I agree.

• I disagree.