Transcript Reading Skill

981應外系日四技
大一英文
任課教師：胡若菊
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Unit 1—Chapter 1
Content: Oh, No, Not Another Test!
(Magazine article)
 Reading Skill: Identifying Main and
Supporting Ideas
 Vocabulary Skill: The Suffix –ize
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Ex.: standard _________
memory __________
fantasy __________
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Real Life Skill: Reading Test Instruction
Unit 1—Chapter 2
Content: For Better Grades—Use Your
Brain!(Reference Article)
 Reading Skill: Understanding Cause and
Effect
 Vocabulary Skill: Word Webs (One helpful
strategy that you can use to memorize new
vocabulary is to create a “word web.” Word webs
can help you remember the meaning of new
vocabulary and relate this vocabulary to other
words you know.
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Real Life Skill: Reading Test Instructions
Unit 2—Chapter 1
Content: Safe Travel! (Magazine Article)
Reading Skill: Scanning
Vocabulary Skill: The Prefix pre- (words
made by combining the prefix “pre-,”
meaning “done before” or “in advance,” with
the noun “caution,” meaning “care.” “Pre-”
can be combined with nouns, verbs,
adjectives,and root words to form many
words in English.
 Real Life Skill: Reading and Understanding
Immigration Forms
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Unit 2– Chapter 2
Content: A Trip to Vietnam (E-mail
Messages)
 Reading Skill: Scanning for details
 Vocabulary Skill: Adjective Endings –ed
and -ing (When we talk about how we feel,
it is common to use adjectives that end in “ed.” To describe something or how e feel
about it, use adjectives ending in “-ing.”
 Real Life Skill: Reading and understanding
Immigration Forms
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Unit 3—Chapter 1
Content: Moviemaking Behind the Scenes
(Reference Article)
 Reading Skill: Using Titles to Understand
Main Ideas
 Vocabulary Skill: The Prefix dis- (A word
made by combining the prefix “dis-,”
meaning “not,” with the verb “appear.” It is
placed at the beginning of a noun, verb, or
adjective to make the word negative.
 Real Life Skill: Understanding the Use of
Italics
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Unit 3—Chapter 2
Content: Great Film Directors: Ang Lee
(Reference Article)
 Reading Skill: Recognizing Sequence of Events
 Vocabulary Skill: Organizing Vocabulary (One
helpful way to remember new words is to group
them into meaningful categories, for example by
part of speech, or by topic. Organizing your
vocabulary can also help you to relate new
vocabulary to other words you know.
 Real Life Skill: Understanding the Use of Italics
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REVIEW ONE
PRO stands for Preview, Read, Organize. This
reading strategy will help you build your reading
fluency by helping you to organize and understand
what you read.
 The first stage of PRO is to preview the reading
material by looking for features of the text that can
help you. Read the title of the passage and any other
headings. If any words in the passage are written in
italics, read them. Read the first paragraph, the first
sentences in the middle paragraphs, and the final
paragraph. After doing this, stop for a minute and
think about what the reading is about. Think about
what you already know about the topic and any
questions you have that you hope the passage can
answer.
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Unit 4—Chapter 1
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Content: Sports History (Reference Article)
Reading Skill: Scanning
Vocabulary Skill: Using Play and Go with
Sports and Games ( When we talk about
partivipating in sports and games, we use
either the verb “play” or “go” before the
name of the sport or game, for example, Let’s
play baseball; Let’s go skateboarding.
Real Life Skill: Using Dates
Unit 4—Chapter 2
Content: Sports Success: Yao Ming
(Webpages)
 Reading Skill: Predicting
 Vocabulary Skill: Adjectives with the
Suffix
-ous ( One way of forming adjectives in
English is to combine “-ous” with a noun.
The suffix “-ous” means “to have” or “to
be full of.”
Real Life Skill: Using Dates
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Unit 5—Chapter 1
Content: You Are Amazing: You Are Human!
(Webpage)
 Reading Skill: Skimming for the Main Idea
 Vocabulary Skill: Root Words Related to Life;
Nouns Ending in –logy/-ology (Learning the
meanings of root words and suffixes can help you
increase your vocabulary. In this chapter, you
learned the word :gerontology.” The word is
made up of the root word “geronto,” which means
“old person,” and the suffix”-logy,” which means
“the stud of.”
 Real Life Skill: Finding the Right Doctor
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Unit 5—Chapter 2
Content: Beyond the Body’s Limits
(Magazine Article)
 Reading Skill: Predicting Vocabulary
 Vocabulary Skill: The suffix –tion
(Many common nouns in English are
formed by adding the suffix “-tion” to a
verb.
 Real Life Skill: Finding the right doctor
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Unit 6—Chapter 1
Content: Scrapbooking (Webpage)
 Reading Skill: Finding Definitions
 Vocabulary Skill: The Suffix –ment
(Many common nouns in English are
formed by adding the suffix “-ment” to a
verb, for example, “enjoyment.”
 Real Life Skill: Using Key Words for
Internet Searches
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Unit 6—Chapter 2
Content: Work Hard, Play Hard? (Reference
Article)
 Reading Skill: Identifying Main Ideas within
Paragraphs
 Vocabulary Skill: Word Associations (In learning
new vocabulary, think about how words are
related, or associated, with other words. Think
about words with similar meanings, for example
“hobby” and “activity.” Also think about words
that are related to the same topic, e.g., “scissors”
and “paper.”
 Real Life Skill: Using Key Words for Internet
Searches
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REVIEW TWO
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Parsing, Questioning, Rephrasing, and Explaining (PQR+E) is a
reading strategy to help you build your reading comprehension in
stages from sentences to paragraphs to full texts. Use this strategy
when you have difficulty understanding large pieces of text that you
are reading.
The first step in PQR+E is parsing– breaking a sentence into
smaller parts. When you come to sentences that are long or difficult
to understand, try parsing them into smaller pieces.
The second step in PQR+E is questioning. Once you have finished
parsing a long sentence, ask yourself questions about the parts of
the sentence. What do you understand? What are you not
understanding?
In step 3 of PQR+E, rephrasing, written in your own words what
the sentence you parsed means. Rephrasing helps you show that
you have understood what you have read.
In the final step of PQR+E you explain what you have understood
to a partner. Explaining what you understand to someone else helps
strengthen your comprehension.