Reading and Writing

What are the L1/L2 reading differences and similarities?

• L2 reader is smarter than L1 reader.

• L1 transfer influences L2 reading.

• L1 readers have more access to online books.

What factors interfere in L2 reading process?

• Age and Schooling

• Motivation and Cognitive skills

• A and B are correct

What are the main purposes for reading?

• To evaluate critically

  and

  acquire knowledge

• For obligation

  and because teachers ask to.

• A and B are correct

What is writing?

• It is the process of reading any type of material.

• The creation of written discourse putting sentences together to form a text.

• It is a composition that contains 5 paragraphs

''Writing'' is...

• A noun

• An adjective

• None of them

What is Language Threshold Theory?

• It is the process of decoding the written speech.

• It is a theory that supports the idea that L2 proficiency is needed for L2 reading.

• It supports that the more vocabulary an individual has, the more proficient reader he/she will be.

Which of these are reading strategies?

• Previewing, listening to music, and making drafts.

• Watching movies, predicting, and posing questions.

• Previewing, predicting, checking predictions, guessing from context, and summarizing.

Second Language Writer is defined as...

• A person who can write in English.

• A person who can write in any or many other foreign or second language besides their native one.

• A person who can write in two different languages.

Controlled Composition focuses on...

• Implementing specific aspects of a language in written compositions.

• Paragraphs organization

• The process of writing

The Process Approach emphasizes on...

• Paragraphs organization.

• The different types of contexts.

• The procedures to carry out when writing.