mgr. petra soukupová. 1. pre-reading questions 2. post-reading questions 3. resources 4. key

Mgr. Petra Soukupová

Reading Techniques I

Contents1. Pre-reading Questions2. Post-reading Questions3. Resources4. Key

1. Pre-reading Questions* How old were you when you learnt to read?* Was it easy/difficult for you to learn to read?* What was/is the most difficult thing for you about

reading?* What was the shortest/longest time you have ever

spent on reading a book? Why?* Do you prefer to read short or long texts? Why?* Can you read fast and still get what you are reading? * How long does it take you to read one A5 page of text?* Do you know anyone who is a fast reader?

2. Post-reading Questions

1. What is speed reading?2. Explain the difference between skimming and canning.3. When and why do people employ skimming?4. When do people employ scanning and why?5. Why is it good to improve our reading abilities?

4. ResourcesLongman Dictionary of Contemporary English: The Living Dictionary. Editor Stephen Bullon. Essex: Pearson Education Limited, 2003, 1949 s. ISBN 0582776465.

Adapted from:*Skimming. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online].

San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-02-20]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skimming_(reading)*Speed Reading. In: Wikipedia: the free

encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-02-20]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_reading

5. Key1. Pre-reading Questions: Students' owns answers.2. Post-reading Questions: 1. For learning how to read quickly and effectively. 2. When looking for information on the Web. Because there are large quantities of information and much of it is unimportant or irrelevant.3. skimming= fast reading for a general/overall idea of a text scanning= slow reading for specific information