Svolgi i seguenti esercizi sulle strategie di comprensione del testo (Reading Comprehension Strategies). Per le domande aperte, scrivi risposte complete in inglese sul quaderno, motivando le tue scelte con riferimenti al testo.
- You need to find the population of London in a long article about European capitals. Which strategy should you use?
- A) Skimming
- B) Scanning
- C) Predicting
- D) Inferring
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Match each reading strategy with the correct definition. | Colonna A | Colonna B | |---|---| | Skimming | Looking for a specific piece of information | | Scanning | Making hypotheses about the text before reading it | | Predicting | Understanding what the author implies but does not state directly | | Inferring | Deducing the meaning of an unknown word from surrounding clues | | Guessing from context | Reading quickly to get the general idea of a text |
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When you do skimming, you must read every single word of the text carefully to be sure you understand.
- Vero / Falso
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Before reading a newspaper article, looking at the headline and the photograph to imagine the topic is called ___.
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Read this sentence: 'Although Sarah had studied for weeks, she left the exam room with tears in her eyes and shaking hands.' What can you INFER about Sarah?
- A) She was happy with her performance
- B) She thinks the exam went badly
- C) She did not study enough
- D) She forgot to take the exam
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Read the text: 'The new museum, which opened in Manchester in March 2023, attracts over 5,000 visitors every weekend. Its interactive exhibitions on climate change have been praised by both scientists and teachers.' Use SCANNING to answer: (a) Where is the museum? (b) When did it open? (c) How many visitors come each weekend?
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In the sentence 'The detective examined the room meticulously, checking every corner', the word 'meticulously' probably means ___ (guess from context, one word in English).
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Imagine you have to read a 3-page article in English about climate change for a homework task. Describe in 6-8 sentences which reading strategies you would use, in which order, and why. Refer to at least three different strategies studied in class.