Q3: Lesson 1: Pre-Reading Strategies

Pre-reading strategies

Strategies used to get an overview of the text.

Previewing

It is taking a sneak peek of the text, "to look before." It involves the clues about the title, clues about the front and back cover, author of the book, and table of contents, pictures, and other illustrations.

Skimming

It is getting the gist of something else. To do this, one must look at the main points of the reading material and identify the ideas that develop it. Consider reading the first and last paragraph and headings, subheadings, titles, subtitles, and illustrations.

400-700 wpm

What is the words per minute for Skimming?

Newspaper

To get general news of the day.

Magazine

To quickly discover which articles you would like to read in more detail.

Business/Travel Brochure

To quickly get informed.

Scanning

It is when you have a specific focus or are looking for specific information. Answers the "how". Consider the key terms, determine if the source will provided needed information, and finds dates, names, and places.

More than 700wpm

What is the words per minute for Scanning?

Schemata

It is the certainty to understand new material because of previous knowledge related to it. It also categorizes your experience.

Assimilation

Adding new information to past knowledge.

Accommodation

It is replacing existing knowledge.

Cultural and semantic barriers

What are the two (2) barriers that may challenge schemata?

Formal

It is the knowledge of how a text is organized logically to make it understandable to readers (rhetorical patterns for writing). Examples are narration and description.

Linguistic

It is the decoding of certain features to understand how words are logically arranged. Examples are language and grammar.