The British PeopleReading British and American CultureWeek 2Professor Hayashi

AttendanceAttendance 6 Reading Strategies6 Reading Strategies Think-Pair-Share ActivityThink-Pair-Share Activity Small group reading activitySmall group reading activity

BREAKBREAK Leisure & Sport in BritainLeisure & Sport in Britain Young People in BritainYoung People in Britain

Today’s Class

Reading StrategiesReading Strategies – plans for solving problems encountered in constructing meaning

Why learn reading strategies?1)Strategies help to improve reading comprehension as well as efficiency in reading2)By using strategies, you will read in the way that expert readers do3)Strategies help readers to process the text actively, to monitor comprehension, and to connect what they are reading to their own knowledge and to other parts of the text

PREDICT- Check headlines, look for key words and guess what the text will be aboute.g. – Statistics…… what kind of statistics?

CLARIFY

- If you don’t understand something, reread, look for cluese.g. – Aged 16 and over… does that include 16 year olds?

6 Reading Strategies

VISUALIZE Make a picture in your head.

6 Reading Strategies

ASK QUESTIONS

-Interact with the materiale.g. – How many British people are common law?

MAKE CONNECTIONS

-Connect the material to your prior knowledgee.g. – I know the divorce rate in Korea is much higher.

6 Reading Strategies

SUMMARIZE-Retell what has happened e.g. – The majority of Brits are married, and not too many are divorced

6 Reading Strategies

6 Reading Strategies

PREDICTCLARIFYVISUALIZEASK QUESTIONS MAKE CONNECTIONSSUMMARIZE

EXERCISE 1 – PG. 4 (Think/Pair/Share)In pairs:- introduce yourself and become best friends- read the instructions & think about what kind of reading strategy could be used- read the article in turn- answer the questions

PAGE 5 – SMALL GROUP WORK

In groups of 6:- Each pair should adopt a reading strategy to cover ONE of the three exercises- Share your findings with your group

LEISURE & SPORT IN BRITAIN (PG. 6)

In groups of 6:-Predict what could be contained in the article- Read the article in turn- Go over key vocabulary- Answer exercise 5 and 6

YOUNG PEOPLE IN BRITAIN

-Read the article on page 7-Fill out the chart on page 6-Answer the questions in exercise 8-Which reading strategies did you use?