Transcript How to read a text

How to read a text
Examination tests: not only
reading and understanding
Open-ended tests
Summary
Read a comprehension text at
least twice
1.
2.
To get an overall impression of what
it’s about
To concentrate on details
Read
slowly =
spare time
Questions:
ANSWER WITHOUT LOOKING
AT THE TEXT
WITH:
Guessing unknown words
 Get
into the habit of doing without a
dictionary
 Look at the context (sentences that
come before and after)
 Look to see if the word is repeated
 Don’t waste too much time worrying
about words you don’t understand
Open-ended tests:
You not only have to
understand the text and the
questions - you also have
to decide how to express
the answer
how to express the answer
 Use
your own words as far as possible
 Use some words from the text but avoid
using long expressions or whole
sentences
 Write the answer in its most natural
form (often you don’t have to make
complete sentences)
Introduction to
summary
See through the words to
the ideas (often very
simple) which lie behind
them
Possible approach
go through the
following steps
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Read through the text from beginning to end,
underlining all the points which should come into
your answers – do not miss anything important;
Make a list of notes in which you reproduce very
briefly in your own words all the points you have
underlined;
Without looking at the original text, join these
points together into a paragraph;
Change the order of the points if necessary, to
make the construction more logical;
Look back at the text and check that you have
produced a good summary.